No owner or person in charge of property, improved or unimproved, abutting a public sidewalk shall permit:
(A) Snow, to remain on the sidewalk for a period longer than the first two hours of daylight on business days after the snow has fallen;
(B) Ice to remain on the sidewalk for more than two hours, of daylight on business days after ice has formed, unless the ice is covered with sand, ashes or other suitable material to ensure safe travel;
(C) In the event the property owner shall fail to remove any ice or snow from their sidewalks, and the same becomes hazardous in the opinion of the Street Department for the city, the city may remove such snow and ice or cause the same to be removed and charge the cost of removal to the owner of the property abutting said sidewalk; and
(D) (1) In areas where the buildings abut the sidewalk, snow or ice shall be placed on the three-foot area of the sidewalk adjacent to the curb.
(2) No ice or snow shall be placed on the street or in the gutter where it can block run off water or impede traffic.
(Ord. 94-16, passed 12-16-1994) Penalty, see § 151.99