(a) Every owner, occupant, person or corporation having charge of any tenement, building, lot or land abutting or adjacent to, or fronting on any sidewalk, or any street or alley, or other public street shall clear the sidewalk in front of such tenement, building, lot or land, of snow and ice, or dirt, mud, water or other substance of any kind which in any manner makes it inconvenient to use such sidewalk, before 12:00 noon of each day, to a width of not less than four feet. However, if the sidewalk is not flagged or paved, it shall be cleared of snow and ice, dirt, mud, water or other substance, to a width of at least three feet. If from any cause whatsoever, it is impossible to remove any substance which interferes with the safe and convenient use of the sidewalk, then each such owner, occupant, person or corporation shall before 12:00 noon of each day, cover the sidewalk with sand or some other substance as may be necessary to render the sidewalk safe and convenient for use.
(b) The Director of Public Safety shall have a police officer investigate any report of violation of this section and arrest any person who violates the same.
(1964 Code §519.03, 519.04)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.