(A) Kept In Good Repair: All public streets, alleys and sidewalk pavement shall be kept in good repair, said repair work to be done under the supervision of the Director of Maintenance Services.
It shall be the duty of all owners of lots, blocks, tracts or parcels of land touching the line of a sidewalk in the City to maintain and repair said sidewalk.
It shall be the duty of the Director of Maintenance Services to serve or cause to be served, a notice addressed to the party who last paid the general taxes on the respective real estate, notifying said person that the sidewalk abutting the subject real estate is in need of repair and that the necessary repairs must be made within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the notice. The cost of said repairs made under voluntary compliance shall be shared between the property owner and the City under the then existing sidewalk replacement program as determined by the City Council.
If the person so served does not make the necessary repairs within the prescribed time period, the Director of Maintenance Services may proceed to make the necessary repairs, keeping an account of the expense of the repairs, and one hundred percent (100%) of such expense shall be collected from the property owner pursuant to 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-84-3, or may be filed as a lien against said property with the Recorder of Deeds of Rock Island County, Illinois. Any property owner's failure to properly maintain the sidewalk abutting the owner's real estate shall create a cause of action against such owner in favor of any party injured as a result of the failure to maintain the sidewalk.
(B) Duties Of Abutting Property Owners:
1. The occupant of property abutting a public right of way or the owner thereof if said property is vacant, or any person acting as the agent of either, shall have the following duties in relation to said public right of way:
(a) To remove within a reasonable time from the portion of any public sidewalk abutting said property all snow and ice.
(b) To refrain from putting, pushing, blowing or otherwise depositing any snow removed from a public sidewalk or private property upon any improved public roadway.
(c) To refrain from allowing, causing, permitting or making any accumulation of sand, gravel, soil, ashes, debris, or other matter to be washed, blown, carried or deposited by the elements or otherwise from private property to the public right of way, including, but not limited to, streets, alleys, sidewalks, catch basins and storm drains, and to remove any such matter so washed, blown, carried or deposited onto said public right of way within a reasonable time.
(d) To maintain the boulevard in accordance with the ordinances of the City.
2. For purposes of this Section, "reasonable time" shall mean as follows:
(a) Snow Removal: Within twenty four (24) hours after cessation of a snowfall or, if a snowfall ceases in the nighttime hours, within twenty four (24) hours after sunrise.
(b) Other Material: Within twenty four (24) hours after such matter has been washed, blown, carried or deposited onto the public right of way or; if the cause of said washing, blowing, carrying or depositing of such matters onto public right of way is an ongoing activity such as excavation, construction or transportation; within two (2) hours after the close of each workday.
(C) Violation: Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a fine of five dollars ($5.00) for the first offense, ten dollars ($10.00) for the second offense and twenty five dollars ($25.00) for the third offense, with said offense being charged by citation as issued by the Police Department, only after written warning has been delivered to the property owner or occupant. (Ord. 96-4, 2-5-1996)