[Adopted 5-10-1983 as Ord. No. 6-1983]
A. 
Any person owning any land fronting upon any street or sidewalk in the Town shall, at his own charge and expense, maintain in good repair, in accordance with the requirements of this article and regulations promulgated hereunder, the sidewalk in front of such house or premises or lot.
B. 
The surface of all concrete sidewalks shall be kept properly roughened so as not to become smooth and slippery.
C. 
Construction of public sidewalks shall be as set forth by ordinance of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. V, Sidewalk and Curb Standards.
A. 
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen may, by resolution, cause a notice in writing to be served upon the owners or occupants of land abutting any sidewalk which has not been maintained in good repair in accordance with the requirements of this article and the regulations promulgated hereunder.
B. 
The notice shall state the following:
(1) 
The necessary specified work to said sidewalk required to be done by said owner or occupant.
(2) 
The time within which such work shall be completed, provided that said time period shall not be less than 30 days from the date of service of such notice.
(3) 
The failure of the owner or occupant to perform the required work within the time period stated shall permit the municipality to cause the work to be done and paid for out of available municipal funds, following which the cost of such work shall become a lien upon the abutting lands in front of which such work was done. Such lien shall have the same effect as an assessment for local improvements and may be collected in a manner provided by law for the collection of such other assessments.
(4) 
Such notice shall further state that a municipality may have an action to recover the cost of such work against the owner of lands in any court having competent jurisdiction there.
C. 
Whenever any lands are unoccupied and the owner cannot be found within the municipality, the notice may be mailed, postage prepaid, to his or her post office address, if the same can be ascertained; in case such owner is a nonresident of the municipality or his or her post office address cannot be ascertained, then the notice may be inserted for two weeks, once a week, in some newspaper of such municipality or, if none be published therein, then in some newspaper published in the state and circulating in said municipality.
[Added 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 19-1996; amended 4-9-2002 by Ord. No. 11-2002]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,250, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.