(A) Owner’s responsibility. The owner, occupant, or person in charge of each and every building or structure or unoccupied lot in the village fronting or abutting any street shall clean or cause to be cleaned the sidewalk in front of or adjoining each such home, building, or unoccupied lot, as the case may be, of snow or ice to the width of such sidewalk each day and shall cause the same to be kept clear from ice and snow; provided, that when the ice has formed on any sidewalk so that it cannot be immediately removed, the persons herein referred to shall keep the same sprinkled with salt, sawdust, or sand; provided also, that in case snow shall continue to fall, then it shall be removed within 24 hours after it shall cease to fall.
(B) Village’s option to clear sidewalks. In any case where the owner, occupant, or person in charge of any building or structure or unoccupied lot shall fail to clear their respective sidewalks of snow and ice as set forth above, then and in that event, the village may elect to clear the sidewalks as follows.
(1) Written notice shall be personally served, delivered, or mailed by certified mail informing the person of his or her failure to clear such sidewalk, the village’s intention to clear the same, and the potential costs thereof, no less than 24 hours prior to the village’s clearing such sidewalk.
(2) The village shall clear or cause to be cleared all snow and ice from the subject’s sidewalk, and shall charge the expenses of so doing at the rate of the current village labor rate per hour but no less than one hour labor at the current village labor rate per clearance. The charges shall be set forth in a statement to the Village Treasurer who, in turn, shall mail the same to the owner, occupant, or person in charge of the subject premises. If the statement is not paid in full within 30 days thereafter, the statement shall be reported to the Village Treasurer, who shall enter the charges in the tax roll as a special tax against such lot or parcel of land, and the same shall be collected in all respects like other taxes upon real estate, or as provided under Wis. Stat. § 66.615(3)(f).
(1999 Code, § 94.15) (Ord. 130, passed 7-7-1992) Penalty, see § 94.99
Statutory reference:
Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks, see Wis. Stat. §§ 66.0703 and 66.0907(3)(f) and (5)