All owners or agents of owners with property abutting and fronting upon any street within the corporate limits of the city are required to keep the public sidewalks, curbs and gutters immediately abutting their property in good order and repair. By order of the City Council placed upon its minutes, any sidewalk, curb or gutter may be ordered to be constructed according to plans and specifications provided by the City Clerk, and notice shall be given to the owner as provided herein. The owner of such property shall be liable for the damages to persons or property of others caused by his or her failure, or that of his or her agents, to keep in good order and reasonably safe condition all such sidewalks abutting and fronting his or her property upon any street within the corporate limits of the city. After making an order providing for the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs or gutters, written notice shall be given to the owner or agents of such property in such manner as the Council may direct. If the owner or agent of such lot or parcel of land shall fail and neglect for a period of 30 days after the date of service of such notice to cause such sidewalk, curb or gutter to be constructed, or fail to have a written contract or memorandum providing for such construction, the city may construct or cause such sidewalk, curb or gutter to be constructed and shall assess the costs thereof against the property in front of which the same is constructed, and such cost shall be a lien upon the lots, and may be enforced, or the amount recovered against the owner by a suit before the District Court, as provided in the laws of the state.
(Prior Code, § 12.06.010) (Ord. 1, passed 1-17-1980)