(A) For the purpose of this section,
OCCUPANT shall mean the person occupying for business, residence, or other purposes the first floor of any building situated on the premises so occupied, and if the first floor of any building is not occupied then the premises shall be deemed to be unoccupied and the owners thereof shall be required to remove snow and ice.
(B) The occupant of premises or the owners of unoccupied premises abutting upon any public sidewalk shall remove the snow or ice from that sidewalk in front of those premises.
(C) In case the snow and ice on the sidewalk shall be frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the pavement or in case the weather conditions are such that cleaning of the sidewalk at such time is not practicable, the occupant of premises and the owner of unoccupied premises shall within a reasonable time cause the sidewalk abutting such premises to be sprinkled with ashes, salt, sand, sawdust, or other similar suitable material so as to render such sidewalk safe for travel and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather may permit, thoroughly clean the sidewalk.
(Ord. 75-25, passed 7-28-75) Penalty, see § 97.99