A. Removal Required: It shall be unlawful for the owner, tenant, lessee, occupant, or any agent of said owner, tenant, lessee or occupant having charge and control of any real property, house or other building abutting on any paved or unpaved sidewalk, path or other walkway available for the common use of pedestrians within the city to permit ice to form and remain thereon to an extent dangerous to pedestrians using such walkway, or to fail to remove or cause to be removed therefrom all hail, snow, sleet falling upon such walkway within an hour after such hail, snow or sleet shall have ceased falling. In the event that such walkway after the removal of hail, snow or sleet shall remain icy or slippery, such owner, tenant, lessee or occupant, or agent thereof, shall cause to be placed thereon a sufficient quantity of salt, sawdust, sand or other commercially available substance used for the de-icing of walkways to render such sidewalk, path or walkway safe for the use of pedestrians. In the case of hail, snow or sleet occurring between the hours of five o'clock (5:00) P.M. and five o'clock (5:00) A.M., such precipitation must be removed by nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. following such fall.
B. Penalty: Any person convicted of violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished:
1. First Offense: For a first offense, by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) or not less than twenty four (24) hours of community service, or by both a fine and community service.
2. Second Offense: For a second offense, by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or not less than forty eight (48) hours of community service, or by both a fine and community service.
3. Third And Subsequent Offenses: For a third and all subsequent offenses, by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not less than forty eight (48) hours of community service or not less than two (2) days' confinement in the county jail in lieu of community service. (Ord. 530, 2-11-1999)