(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)