The owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land in the town abutting upon any sidewalk shall, within 12 hours after any fall of snow upon the sidewalk, or within 12 hours after snow or ice had, from any cause, collected upon the sidewalk, remove the same from so much of the sidewalk as adjoins his or her premises. If any occupant or owner shall fail to remove snow or ice within the specified 12 hours, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. In case of vacant lots, the work shall be ordered 1 by the Chief of Police and certified against the lot with the taxes thereon.
(1992 Code, § 10-1-7) (Ord. 31, § 16-5, passed 10-1-1975)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see SDCL § 9-30-5