(A) Snow, ice, and mud. It shall be unlawful for the occupant of any lot or lots, or the owner of any vacant lot or lots within the corporate limits of the city, to allow snow, sleet, mud, ice, or other substance to accumulate on the sidewalk contiguous thereto, or to permit any hard trodden snow, sleet, ice, mud, or other substances to remain upon said sidewalk; but such sidewalk shall be cleaned within 12 hours after the cessation of a storm. In addition, any snow, sleet, ice, mud, or other substance which remains on a sidewalk contrary to the provisions of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, in the discretion of the city Transportation Superintendent or other agent of the city.
(B) Notice to remove and penalty. Notice to remove such substance shall be made upon the owner or occupant of the premises, or their agent. If the person owning or occupying such premises be unknown or cannot be found, or if any reasonable service cannot be had upon any such owner, agent or occupant within the city, then such service of said notice shall be made by posting a notice in a conspicuous place on the premises.
(C) Emergency. If the Transportation Superintendent or another agent of the city shall determine that an accumulation of snow, sleet, ice, or mud is so unsafe, or is unsafe in a respect such that a delay in removal thereof would result in undue danger or other hazard to the public, he or she may declare in writing that there exists an emergency requiring that the snow, sleet, ice, or mud be removed immediately and order the owner or occupant to remove the snow, sleet, ice, or mud from public walkways and sidewalks.
(Prior Code, § 95.01) (Ord. 2038 passed 9-26-2016; Ord. 2059, passed 2-12-2018) Penalty, see § 95.99