(A) Downtown business district. To ensure prompt and timely removal of snow and ice from sidewalks located within the City, the owner and lessee of every lot or parcel of land abutting the following listed streets in the downtown business district, and fronting or abutting upon a sidewalk, shall clear such sidewalk of snow and ice by 9:00 a.m. and midnight of each day, and cause the same to be kept clear of the same.
(1) Main Street, from Lincoln Street to Perkins Street.
(2) Broadway Avenue, from Washington Avenue to Second Street.
(3) Wisconsin Avenue, from Broadway Avenue to Perkins Street.
(4) Perkins Street, from Second Street to Park Avenue.
(5) Whelen Avenue, from Broadway Avenue to Perkins Street.
(6) State Street, all.
(7) Division Street, all.
(B) All other property. The owner or lessee of every lot or parcel of land in the City not included in the downtown business district as defined in division (A) of this section, and fronting or abutting upon a sidewalk, shall clear any such sidewalk of snow and ice within 24 hours after accumulation of the same, and shall cause the sidewalks to remain free of snow and ice.
(C) No person, firm or corporation shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or ice taken or removed from private property onto any sidewalk, boulevard, alley, parkway, public place or street in the City, provided, however, that snow and ice removed from a sidewalk in accordance with division (A) of this section may be deposited on the public streets fronting or abutting such property.
(D) The depositing of any snow or ice contrary to the provisions of division (C) of this section shall be and is declared to be a nuisance, and, in addition to the penalty provided for in § 1.1.99 of this Code of Ordinances, the City may summarily remove any snow or ice so deposited and cause the cost of that removal to be charged to the owner of the property from which the snow or ice has been removed in the manner provided for in division (E) of this section.
(E) Any snow or ice not removed from a sidewalk as required in divisions (A) and (B) of this section, and any snow or ice deposited contrary to division (C) of this section, may be removed at the direction of the City Coordinator and/or Street and Water Superintendent, and the actual cost of that removal shall be paid by the owner of the property from which the snow or ice was removed. The City Coordinator and/or Street and Water Superintendent shall present a statement for the costs of that removal to the owner of the lands in question, either in person or by mail to the owner’s last known address if available. If the charge is not paid within 30 days of the mailing or delivery of the statement by the City Coordinator and/or Street and Water Superintendent, the same shall be a charge against the land from which the snow or ice was removed, and shall be collectable as an ordinary debt of the City or placed on the tax roll and collected in the same manner as ordinary taxes are collected against that property.
(Ord. 1078, passed 2-7-23) Penalty, see § 1.1.99