DANGEROUS ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR ICE: An accumulation of snow or ice or both on the sidewalk which constitutes an unreasonable risk to the health or safety of the public which the real property owner or occupant abutting or adjacent to the sidewalk or the real property owner or occupant whose property is subject to a public easement or right of way knows to exist or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known to exist.
INJURY: Death, injury to a person, damage to or loss of property, of whatever kind, which could lie in tort regardless of whether that may be the type of action or form of relief chosen by a claimant.
OWNER: Shall include the real property owner of record, whether person, partnership, corporation, firm or other association of persons, any authorized agent or representative of the owner of record, the manager of the real property, and any occupant or tenant of the real property.
PUBLIC EASEMENT: An easement conveyed to the City of Colorado Springs whether by grant or otherwise within which a sidewalk is located.
REAL PROPERTY: Any lot, parcel or tract of land that is not a public right of way or a lot, parcel or tract of land that is subject to a public easement or right of way.
SIDEWALK: A walk primarily designed for pedestrian use within a public right of way which lies between the real property line and the curb line of the street or roadway, or, if there is no curb line, between the real property line and the traveled part of the street or roadway or a walk primarily designed for pedestrian use located within a public easement or right of way. Any public right of way between real property lines, which provides pedestrian access to abutting or adjacent real properties, platted as a midblock walkway, or as a midblock walkway located within a public easement or right of way shall be deemed a sidewalk for purposes of this chapter. (Ord. 90-159; Ord. 99-110; Ord. 01-42)