[Adopted 10-16-1986 by L.L. No. 16-1986; amended in its entirety 8-28-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
A.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Village of New Hempstead
for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence
of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, traffic signal, sidewalk
or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or
obstructed unless:
B.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Village of New Hempstead
for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence
of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, street,
highway, bridge or culvert unless:
(1)
Written notice of the existence of such snow or ice specifying the
particular place was actually given to the Village Clerk; and
(2)
There was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time to cause
such snow and ice to be removed or to make the place otherwise reasonably
safe after receipt of such notice.
A.
The Village Clerk shall keep an indexed record, in a separate book,
of all written notices received of the existence of a defective, unsafe,
dangerous or obstructed condition, or of the existence of such snow
or ice, which record shall state the date of receipt of such notice,
the nature and location of the condition stated to exist, and the
name and address of the person from whom the notice is received. All
such written notices shall be indexed according to the location of
the alleged defective, dangerous, unsafe or obstructed condition,
or the location of the existence of snow and ice.
B.
The records of each notice shall be preserved for a period of five
years after the date it is received.
