(A) Every person, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company or syndicate in charge or control of any building or lot of land within the city fronting or abutting on a paved sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove and clear away, or cause to be removed and cleared away, snow and ice from a path of at least 48 inches in width so much of said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building or lot of land.
(1) Except as provided in division (B) hereof, snow and ice shall be so removed from sidewalks in all business districts within the city by two business hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain by the beginning of business hours of the next business day following such fall, whichever is shorter.
(2) Except as provided in division (B) hereof, snow and ice shall be so removed from all sidewalks within the city on the same day of the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain or within the first two hours of daylight after the cessation of any such fall, whichever period is longer.
(B) However, in the event of snow and ice on a side walk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person or entity charged with its removal shall, within the time mentioned in division (A) hereof, cause enough and or other abrasive to be put on the sidewalk to make travel thereon reasonably safe; and shall then, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause a path in said sidewalk of at least 48 inches in width to be thoroughly cleaned.
(‘68 Code, § 7-802) (Ord. 564, passed 12-15-80) Penalty, see § 97.999