(a) No owner or occupant of any property abutting a public street shall fail to keep the sidewalks adjacent to such property clean and free of all dirt, mud, earth or similar debris or obstruction, or fail to remove ice and snow from such sidewalks within a reasonable time. Such reasonable time will ordinarily not exceed 12 hours after the abatement of the ice or snow storm.
(b) If it shall be impossible to remove all snow or ice from any such sidewalks, then such person shall cover such snow or ice as shall remain with ashes or sand or other substance, so as to render travel thereon safe and convenient until such time as it is possible to entirely remove the snow or ice. If the owner or occupant of such property fails to comply with the foregoing provisions, the city may then clean the sidewalks and assess the costs against the owner or occupant as provided by law.
(Ord. 6010, passed 7-29-1969) Penalty, see § 543.99