[Adopted 2-23-1939 by Ord. No. 18]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies
and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
A.
The owner or occupant of a house or any other building
and the owner or person entitled to possession of any vacant lot and
any person having charge of a church or a public building in the village
shall keep the sidewalk in front thereof free from the obstruction
of snow and ice and free from dirt, filth, hedges and weeds or other
obstructions and encumbrances and shall keep and maintain such sidewalk
in safe and proper condition.
B.
No owner or occupant of a house or building adjacent
to a street of the village shall allow snow, ice or water to accumulate
on such house or building, nor shall such owner or occupant of a house
or building allow snow, ice or water to fall from such building upon
a street or sidewalk of the village. Leaders or drains erected or
attached to the side of a house or building shall be so placed that
a flow of water therefrom shall not run over a sidewalk of the village.
A watertight drain may be erected and maintained for the passage of
such water, ice or snow to the gutter of the street.
[Amended 4-21-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
No person owning and/or occupying any premises shall allow any
sidewalk, path and/or public thoroughfare in front of or contiguous
to such premises to become or remain in any condition which might
reasonably endanger any person after receiving actual or constructive
notice thereof. If such sidewalk, path and/or public thoroughfare
shall not have been repaired or put in a safe condition within a reasonable
time after receipt of such actual or constructive notice, the Board
of Trustees may serve a notice upon the owner or occupant of such
premises specifying the place, manner and time, not less than 24 hours,
within which said sidewalk, path or public thoroughfare is required
to be repaired or put in a safe condition. If the owner and/or occupant
of such premises shall not repair the sidewalk, path and/or thoroughfare
within the time required by the notice, the Board of Trustees may
cause the sidewalk, path and/or public thoroughfare to be repaired
or to be otherwise put in a safe condition and assess the expense
thereof upon the adjoining land, and such assessment shall be made
and collected in the same manner as the making and collection of any
other assessment as prescribed by the provisions of the Village Law.
