(a) No owner or occupant of lots or lands abutting any sidewalk, curb or gutter shall fail to keep the sidewalks, curbs and gutters in repair and free from snow, ice or any nuisance, and to remove from such sidewalks, curbs or gutters all snow and ice accumulated thereon within a reasonable time, which will ordinarily not exceed 12 hours after any storm during which the snow and ice has accumulated.
(Ord. 278-73. Passed 12-17-73.)
(b) No owner or occupant of lots or lands abutting any sidewalk, curb or gutter shall fail to keep the sidewalks, curbs and gutters free from snow, ice or any nuisance, and to remove from such sidewalks, curbs or gutters all snow and ice accumulated thereon within a reasonable time, which will ordinarily not exceed 12 hours after any storm during which the snow and ice has accumulated.
(c) Upon the violation of subsection (a) hereof, Council shall, by resolution, order the repair of such sidewalk, the removal of such obstruction or the abatement of such nuisance. If the owner or person having charge of such land fails to comply with such resolution, after due notice of same, Council shall cause the sidewalks to be repaired or cleared. All expenses and labor costs incurred shall, when approved by Council, be paid out of City funds not otherwise appropriated. Council shall make a written return to the County Auditor of their action, with a statement of the charges for their services, the amount paid for labor, the fees of the officers serving such notices and a proper description of the premises. Such amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and be a lien upon such lands from and after the date of the entry and be collected as other taxes and returned to the City to be deposited in the General Fund. This remedy shall be in addition to the penalty provided in subsection (c) hereof.
(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)
(d) In addition to the powers and duties of the Sidewalk/ Zoning Inspector set forth in Section 903.11, such employee is hereby empowered to issue a warning notice with respect to any condition, excluding snow and ice accumulation, he or she finds to be in violation of this section. Upon the failure of any person to comply with such notice within a reasonable time, but not less than fifteen days, the Sidewalk/ Zoning Inspector may cause a criminal complaint to be issued thereafter.
(e) In addition to any other powers and duties of any City building inspector, such employee is hereby empowered to issue a warning notice with respect to snow and ice accumulation which such inspector finds to be in violation of this section. Upon the failure of any person to comply with such notice within twenty-four hours, the inspector may cause a criminal complaint to be issued thereafter.
(f) Whoever violates subsection (b) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. In addition to any other method of enforcement, a violation of subsection (b) may be enforced by the issuance of a citation in compliance with Rule 4.1 of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure. Whoever violates subsection (b) as a fourth and subsequent offense is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(g) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 267-91. Passed 11-6-91; Ord. 64-92. Passed 4-20-92; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13.)