(a) No owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land within the City along the front or side of which any sidewalk is located or upon which is located any sidewalk forming a continuation of a sidewalk upon a public street or highway and designed for use by the public as such a continuation, shall fail to keep such sidewalk thereof free from snow, ice, slush, dirt, mud and any other foreign substance. No such owner, occupant or person in control shall place any merchandise or other object upon such sidewalk or a continuation thereof, or knowingly permit such merchandise or object to remain thereon. Every such owner, occupant or person in control shall keep such sidewalk in good repair and free of nuisances. However, no sidewalk or continuation thereof shall be required to be cleaned more often than once in any one day nor before the hour of 9:00 a.m. next following the fall of any snow. As used in this section, "continuation of a sidewalk" shall not include any sidewalk or portion thereof located upon private property and used only for single-family, two-family or multifamily residences.
(b) Where the elevation or topography of any lot or parcel of land abutting upon a sidewalk is such in relation to the sidewalk that earth, stone, sand or gravel slide, fail or are carried upon such sidewalk by force of gravity or by action of water, the owner or person in charge or control of such lot or parcel of land shall, within twenty-four hours after the deposit of such matter upon the sidewalk, remove or cause the same to be removed. If, by reason of the elevation or topography of such lot or parcel of land, a recurrence of an obstruction or nuisance upon the sidewalk is probable or reasonably to be anticipated, the owner or person in charge or control of such lot or parcel of land shall construct upon his or her land such a suitable retaining wall or other device as will effectually prevent such recurrence. No person shall obstruct or permit a nuisance to exist upon any public sidewalk.
(Ord. 1963-150. Passed 9-4-63.)
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 1974-16. Passed 1-16-74.)