(A) (1) The record owner of any building or ground within the municipality fronting upon or adjoining a street where a sidewalk exists in front of or adjoining such premises, shall clear or make arrangements to clear the sidewalk in front of or adjoining such buildings and ground to the width of the sidewalk within 24 hours after snow or ice has fallen or formed. Where it is impossible to take the snow and ice from the walk by reason of its being frozen to the sidewalk the record owner shall sprinkle or spread some suitable material upon the same to prevent the walk from becoming slippery and dangerous to travel.
(2) RECORD OWNER means the fee owner of real property as shown in the records of the register of deeds. A CONTRACT PURCHASER of real property means the record owner for the purpose of this section.
(B) If the record owner of any building or lot fails or neglects to remove snow and ice from the sidewalk adjoining the property within 24 hours after the same has fallen or formed, the municipal public works director or his or her designee may arrange for an independent contractor to remove the snow and ice. The municipality may also, at its discretion, remove the snow or ice if it deems such action appropriate. In either case, the municipality shall be entitled to a fee for the costs of arranging the removal plus the actual cost paid to the contractor or, in the event the removal is done by municipality employees, the record owner shall pay a sum as determined by the municipality plus material per hour for each employee. Such sums shall be recoverable by the same legal means as for the recovery of other nuisance abatements, including, but not limited to, direct billing of the property owner, assessment of the sum against the property itself, or by bringing an action against the property owner. Each day the record owner fails to remove the snow and ice, after notice as provided for in this section, shall constitute a separate violation of this section and shall be subject to a civil fine, as set by the municipality, per day for each separate violation.