[Adopted 6-19-1980 as Secs. 4-1-8 through 4-1-20 of the 1980 Code]
The tenant, occupant and, in case there shall be no tenant, the owner or any person having the charge of any building or lot or land bordering on any street, lane, square or public place within the town, where there is any paved footway or sidewalk, shall, after the ceasing to fall of any snow, if in the daytime within six hours, and if in the nighttime, before 12:00 noon of the following day, cause such snow to be removed.
If the occupant or owner of the premises, as the case may be, fails or refuses to clean off the snow in accordance with § 143-9, the Town Superintendent shall cause such pavement or sidewalk in question to be cleaned at the expense of the occupant or owner, and the costs thereof shall be collected in the manner in which fines are collected.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to obstruct or damage in any manner any sidewalk in the town by allowing trees, shrubbery, hedges, branches, roots or other debris to interfere therewith. Trees shall be pruned to a minimum height of 10 feet above the sidewalk.
Any person injuring any sidewalk shall, when required by the Town Superintendent of the town, pay to the Town Treasurer such an amount as shall be estimated by the Town Superintendent to be necessary to repair such injury, and the Town Superintendent shall repair the same. If the person causing the injury and damage fails to pay to the Town Treasurer the costs of repairs within 15 days, the same shall be collected as any other debt is collected.
No person shall pave a sidewalk in the town without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Town Superintendent.
A permit, as required in § 143-13, shall designate the material and foundation to be used, the width of the pavement and such other matters as may be material.
The paving done pursuant to a permit as required in § 143-13 shall be done under the supervision of the Town Superintendent.
The owners of property in front of which the sidewalks are not paved shall, whenever the Council by ordinance determines that such sidewalk shall be paved, pave the same in front of and adjacent to their respective properties at 1/2 of the expense and in such manner as may be required by the Council.
Before the Council shall, in accordance with § 143-16, order the owners to pave a sidewalk, it shall first publish for two weeks in a newspaper published in the county, a notice inviting all persons interested to appear before the Council to be heard on the question. Such notice shall simply state that the Council is considering the subject of requiring the owners abutting on a certain street or a designated portion thereof to pave the sidewalks and inviting all persons interested to appear at a certain time and place to be heard upon the subject. The Council shall hold a hearing in accordance with such notice.
A. 
If, upon a hearing held as provided in § 143-17, the Council shall determine that the sidewalk in question shall be built, the Council shall order each owner of real property involved to build the sidewalk in question in such manner as may be required by the Council. If such owner shall fail, neglect or refuse, after 30 days notice to him or her of such order, from the Town Superintendent, to comply with such order, then it shall be the duty of the Town Superintendent to cause such sidewalk to be so paved. One-half the cost of such paving shall be certified by the Town Superintendent to the Town Treasurer, who shall enter the same in a book to be kept for the purpose, setting forth the name of the owner and the street upon which the property abuts, and the frontage of the property on the street. The amount of such cost shall be a lien on the property and shall be collected by the Town Treasurer.
B. 
The notice required by this section may be served on the owner in person or if a nonresident, by mailing such notice by certified mail, at his or her last known address, or by publication of such notice in a local newspaper for two successive weeks.
The owners of property in front of which the sidewalks are not now paved or a majority of such owners may petition the Council to pave the sidewalk along their property, which petition shall contain an agreement by the signers to pay 1/2 of the cost thereof.
Whenever an order is given to the owners to pave the sidewalks in front of their property, as provided in § 143-16, or whenever the owners or a majority thereof file a petition, as provided in § 143-19, the Council, shall, at the same time, determine the material of which the sidewalks shall be paved, the width to be paved, the kind of foundation to be used for such pavement, and any other matter material to such paving.
It shall be an offense for any person to fail to abide by this article, and any person found guilty thereof shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed six months, or both. Each day any violation of this article shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.