(A) It shall be unlawful for any abutting land owner or owners to allow the sidewalk immediately adjacent to and/or in front of, and/or along side of, and/or in back of the property owned by such abutting land owner or owners to be in disrepair and/or in a defective condition and/or in any condition which might be injurious in any way to the safety of all persons using said sidewalk.
(B) Upon notice given by the City Clerk pursuant to resolution of the City Council to such land owner or owners to make repairs and/or otherwise correct the defective condition of said sidewalk, such land owner or owners shall forthwith make such repairs and upon failure to do so after a period of ten days, the city may at its option, make such repairs for and on behalf of such land owner or owners, and such land owner or owners in addition to other penalties hereinafter set forth shall thereupon be liable to the city for all the costs thereof, and shall pay the same within ten days of receiving the bill therefor.
(C) Every such abutting land owner or owners shall be liable in damages to any person injured by reason of such sidewalk being in a defective condition and regardless of whether or not such land owner or owners received notice from the city to correct the same.
(Ord. 59, passed 6-21-50) Penalty, see § 98.99