(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to require owners or occupants of real property to remove snow and ice from public sidewalks to prevent a public nuisance affecting the safety of the general public.
(B) Requirements.
(1) It shall be unlawful for the owner or the occupant of real property to fail to remove snow or ice from public sidewalks within 48 hours after the snow or ice has been deposited.
(2) This section shall not apply to sidewalks on dead-end streets where no houses face that side of the street nor to sidewalks which are asphalt surfaced.
(3) The Mayor, or in the absence of the Mayor, the acting mayor, may file with the City Clerk a written declaration suspending the requirements of this section when the accumulation of snow makes removal unreasonable. Suspension shall continue for the remainder of the winter season, unless revoked by the City Council at its first regular meeting following the date of the written declaration.
(C) A violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.
(‘81 Code, § 18-7) (Ord. 230, passed 10-11-79; Am. Ord. 266, passed 1-28-82; Am. Ord. 373, passed 11-25-86; Am. Ord. 887, passed 4-8-10)