(A) It shall be unlawful for the occupant of any lot or lots, or the owner of any vacant lot or lots, within the corporate limits to allow snow, sleet, mud, ice or other substance to accumulate on the sidewalks, or to permit any snow, sleet, ice, mud or other substance to remain upon said sidewalk. All sidewalks within the Business District shall be cleaned within five hours after the cessation of a storm, unless the storm or fall of snow shall have taken place during the night, in which case the sidewalk shall be cleaned before 8:00 a.m. the following day. All sidewalks within the residential areas of the municipality shall be cleaned within 24 hours after the cessation of the storm.
(B) If the owner of the property fails, neglects or refuses after one day notice by posting or by personal service to remove the snow, sleet, mud, ice or other substance from the sidewalk, the City Administrator shall arrange for the removal of snow, sleet, mud, ice or other substance from the sidewalk. If the municipality shall remove the snow, sleet, mud, ice or other substance, the cost shall be a minimum of $50 for an interior lot and $100 for a corner lot. The cost thereof shall be assessed against the lot or parcel of land as a special tax thereon and shall be collected as other taxes of the municipality or may be recovered by civil suit brought by the municipality against the owner of the parcel of land. In the event that the property owner is a nonresident of the county in which the property lies, the municipality shall, before levying any special assessment against the property, send a copy of any notice required by law to be published by means of certified mail, return receipt requested to the last known address of the nonresident property owner. The last known address shall be that address listed on the current tax rolls at the time such required notice was first published.
(Prior Code, § 8-201) (Ord. 680, passed 4-4-2006) Penalty, see § 151.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-557