[Amended 10-25-2005]
The owner or occupant of any public or private
property, buildings, schools, churches, hospitals and other medical
facilities, businesses or vacant lots adjacent to a sidewalk shall
keep snow, ice and other debris free and clear from the sidewalk for
the safety, health and general welfare of the public. Further, the
Town of Woodruff will not be responsible for snow removal from any
private parking lots.
No person shall deposit by any means snow and
ice from private property onto any public streets, sidewalks, parking
lots or alleys or onto any other type of public right-of-way. All
existing sidewalks within the Town of Woodruff shall be kept clear
of ice, snow and other debris, regardless of condition, width or the
location of such sidewalks.
All sidewalks in the business district shall
be shoveled by 9:30 a.m. All remaining sidewalks within the Town of
Woodruff shall be cleared of all snow, ice and other debris within
a thirty-six-hour period following the cessation of snowfall. Failure
to do so will result in the Town of Woodruff employees accomplishing
this task, with a flat fee as provided in the Town Fee Schedule[2] charged to the property owner or occupant adjacent to
such sidewalk for each time the Town of Woodruff employees must clear
such sidewalk. In cases where ice has formed on the sidewalk to such
an extent that it cannot be readily removed, the sidewalk shall be
sprinkled with ashes, sawdust or sand within the time frame required
by this section.
Any person who violates this article shall, in addition to the shoveling fee, be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-3 of this Code. Failure to pay fees and forfeitures will result in a special assessment being levied on the property tax the following year, in accordance with state statutes.
