(A) Ice and snow a nuisance. All snow and ice remaining upon public sidewalks is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance and shall be abated by the owner or tenant of the abutting private property within 12 hours after the snow or ice has ceased to be deposited thereon in commercial areas and 24 hours after its deposit thereon in residential areas.
(B) City to remove snow and ice. The city may cause to be removed from all commercial public sidewalks, beginning 24 hours after snow or ice has ceased to fall, and beginning 48 hours in residential areas, all snow or ice which may be discovered thereon, and it shall keep a record of the cost of the removal and the private property adjacent to which such accumulations were found and removed.
(C) Cost of removal to be assessed. The City Administrator shall, upon direction of the Council, and on receipt of the information provided for in the preceding subdivision, extend the cost of the removal of snow or ice as a special assessment against the lots or parcel of ground abutting on walks which were cleared, and such special assessments shall at the time of certifying taxes to the County Auditor be certified for collection as other special assessments are certified and collected.
(Prior Code, § 7.05)