(A) Snow and ice - nuisance. All snow and ice remaining upon public sidewalks is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance, and shall be abated within 12 hours after such snow or ice has ceased to be deposited:
(1) In the case of snow and ice remaining on a sidewalk in front of a building, by the owner or occupant of such building; or
(2) In the case of snow and ice remaining on a sidewalk in front of vacant property, by the owner of such property.
(B) Utilities Supervisor to remove snow and ice. The Utilities Supervisor shall cause to be removed from all public sidewalks, beginning 24 hours after any snow or ice has ceased to fall, all snow and ice which may be discovered thereon, and shall keep a record of the cost of said removal and the lot or lots adjacent to which such accumulations were found and removed, and shall deliver such information to the Clerk-Treasurer as soon as the work of removal is completed.
(C) Cost of removal to be assessed. The Clerk-Treasurer shall, upon direction of the Council, on receipt of the information provided for in division (B) above to be delivered to him or her by the Utilities Supervisor, extend the cost of said removal of snow or ice as a special tax against the lots or parcels of ground abutting on walks which were cleared, and such special tax shall at the time of certifying taxes to the County Auditor be certified for collection as other special taxes are certified and collected.
(D) Civil suit for cost of removal. The Clerk-Treasurer shall, at the direction of the Council, bring suit in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the person owning land adjacent to which sidewalks were cleared, as provided in division (B) above, the cost of said clearing and the costs of suit in civil action.
(E) Clerk-Treasurer to report sidewalks cleared. The Clerk-Treasurer shall present to the Council at its first meeting after any snow or ice has been cleared from the sidewalks as provided in division (B) above, a report of the Utilities Supervisor and shall request the Council to determine by resolution whether the procedure provided in division (C) or (D) above of this section should be followed.
(Ord. 14-1, passed 2-14-1972; Res. 14-209, passed 2-24-2014) Penalty, see § 93.99