Whenever any sidewalk shall become defective by reason of the failure of a property owner to properly maintain a private construction constituting an encroachment on such sidewalk area, the Mayor shall be authorized and directed to require the removal of the encroachment and the repair or reconstruction of the defect caused by such encroachment by the owner, or to have the work done by the village in case of his or her default, and to charge or assess against the owner any expense incurred by the village in connection therewith, and in the same manner as provided in the case of the removal of interfering encroachments.
(2000 Code, § 56.26) (Ord. O-31-92, passed 9-14-1992)