(a) No owner of any lot or land abutting upon any street shall refuse, fail or neglect to repair or keep in repair and free from nuisance and obstruction, the sidewalk in front of such lot or land after due notice of a resolution of Council ordering the repair of such sidewalk, the removal of such obstruction or the abatement of such nuisance.
(b) If the owner or person having charge of such land fails to comply with such notice, Council shall cause the sidewalks to be repaired. All expenses and labor costs incurred shall, when approved by Council, be paid out of Municipal funds not otherwise appropriated. Council shall make a written return to the County Auditor of its action, with a statement of the charges for its services, and the amount paid for labor, the fees of the officers serving such notices, and a proper description of the premises. Such amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and be a lien upon such lands from and after the date of entry and be collected as other taxes and returned to the Municipality with the General Fund.
(c) It shall be the duty of the owner of every parcel of real estate in the Municipality abutting upon any sidewalk to keep the sidewalk abutting his premises free and clear of snow and ice and to remove within a reasonable time all snow and ice accumulated thereon, which time will ordinarily not exceed twelve hours after the abatement of any storm during which such snow and ice may have accumulated.
(Ord. 324. Passed 10-5-56.)
(d) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.