The owner and the occupant of any real property in the city shall have the duty of keeping the sidewalks adjacent to such real property clean and free from obstructions and accumulations of snow, ice, mud and slush. All obstructions and accumulations shall be cleared from sidewalks as soon as is reasonably possible, and in any event accumulations shall be removed within 24 hours after cessation of any storm or snowfall. For the purposes of this article, the term
OCCUPANT shall include the person or persons actually occupying the real property or having the right to do so, whether a tenant, lessee or owner.
(Ord. 2732, § 1, passed 3-8-1993)