A. Duty To Repair:
1. Responsibility Of Owner: It shall be the duty of the owner of any property along or abutting any sidewalk which shall have been constructed within the corporate limits pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise to keep such sidewalk in good repair.
2. Notice Of Defective Condition: Whenever any such sidewalk shall be found to be in a defective condition, the city engineer or the city council shall serve written notice on the owner or person in control of such property that such defect exists and require that the same be repaired.
3. Failure To Make Repairs; Work Done By City; Costs: Upon the failure of such person to make such repair within ten (10) days after the receipt of such notice, the city council, or its authorized representative, may cause the same to be done and shall require the city engineer to certify the cost of such work to the clerk-treasurer to be placed upon the assessment book and certified to the county auditor to be placed on the assessment roll and collected in the same manner as other city taxes are collected. (1974 Code § 6-110)
B. Failure, Neglect Or Refusal To Repair: It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having control of any property abutting any sidewalk which is defective or out of repair to fail, neglect or refuse to repair the same for a period of more than ten (10) days after such person shall have received written notice from the city engineer or duly authorized representative of the council, that such defect exists, and each day's failure to diligently proceed with such work or repair, after the expiration of ten (10) days from the receipt of such written notice, shall constitute a separate offense. (1974 Code § 6-111)