No owners, occupants, agents or persons having charge of any house, premises, building or lot shall permit any snow or ice to remain on the sidewalks abutting such house, premises, building or lot longer than 24 hours after any snow or ice has fallen or formed. When either snow or ice has fallen or formed on any sidewalks, the owner, occupant, agent or person having charge shall, within 24 hours after the snow or ice has fallen or formed, remove the snow or ice or cause a sufficient quantity of salt, sand or ashes to be strewn on the sidewalks in such manner as to render the sidewalks safe for a person walking thereon.
(Prior Code, § XI-5.00) Penalty, see § 97.99