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It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, alter or repair any sidewalk within the limits of any of the public streets or alleys of the city without a permit as required in this division. He shall use material in accordance with the plans, specifications, dimensions and standards furnished by the Director of Public Works.
(1993 Code, § 58-98)
Whenever the Council shall by resolution or otherwise order the construction of any new sidewalk or the repair of any sidewalk, the City Manager shall give notice of such order, in accordance with § 1-15, to the owner or occupant of the land adjacent to and abutting on the street or alley upon which the new sidewalk is to be built or the old sidewalk is to be repaired. Such notice shall be in writing, signed by the Director of Public Works and shall be directed to the owners or occupants of the land adjacent to the sidewalk, advising such owner or occupant of the premises that the city intends to construct or repair the sidewalk.
(1993 Code, § 58-100) (Ord. passed 9-14-1998)
§§ 58-103 – 58-115 RESERVED.
DIVISION 3. SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
(A) Except as otherwise provided in the establishment of special assessment districts by the City Council for the purpose of snow removal, no person having the care, either as owner or occupant, of any house, building or lot shall permit any snow or ice to remain on any sidewalk in front of any house, building or lot within the City of Charlotte.
(2) For purposes of this section, a PRIOR OFFENSE means a prior or current resident of the property or prior or current owner of the property for which the current violation applies has had a judgment entered against them for a violation of § 58-116
for that property within the same snow season.
(3) For purposes of this section, a SNOW SEASON shall mean from October 1 to April 30 of the following year.
(4) To charge a violation as a subsequent offense, the issuing officer shall note on the citation that it is a subsequent offense and all dates of the prior offenses and all of the names of all persons or entities to whom the prior citations were issued that make this a subsequent offense.
(5) The Chief of Police is charged with the enforcement of § 58-116 and may for such purpose assign enforcement to limited duty parking and property maintenance officers who shall be authorized to issue and serve citations for municipal civil infractions as provided by § 8707 of the Revised Judicature Act.
(1993 Code, § 58-116) (Ord. passed 6-10-1991; Ord. passed 5-12-2003; Ord. 2009-02, passed 2-23-2009; Ord. 2009-06, passed 10-26-2009; Ord. 2014-03, passed 3-10-2014; Ord. 2017-08, passed 9-25-2017; Ord. 2021-01, passed 3-15-2021)
No person shall permit any snow or ice to remain on the sidewalk in front of any house, building or lot occupied by him or, if unoccupied, owned by him longer than 48 hours after the snow or ice has fallen or formed in the area mentioned in § 58-116. When ice is formed on any sidewalk, such owner or occupant shall, within 12 hours after the ice has formed, cause salt, chloride or sand to be strewn on the sidewalk.
(1993 Code, § 58-117) (Ord. 2014-03, passed 3-10-2014)
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