The occupant of every lot or parcel of land adjoining any sidewalk or the owner of such lot or parcel of land, if not occupied, shall clear all ice and snow from sidewalks adjoining such lot or parcel of land within the time herein required. When any snow shall fall or drift upon any sidewalk, the owner or occupant of the lot or of the parcel of land adjoining the sidewalk shall remove such snow as shall have fallen or accumulated during the nighttime by 10:00 a.m.; snow falling or drifting during the day shall be removed before 10:00 a.m. of the following day. When any ice forms on any sidewalk, the owner or occupant of the lot or parcel of land adjoining such sidewalk shall, if practicable, immediately remove the ice, and when immediate removal is impracticable, shall spread sand, sifted coal ashes, salt, or other chemicals produced for the purpose of snow/ice removal upon the ice in such a manner and in such a quantity as to prevent the sidewalk from being slippery and dangerous to pedestrians, and shall remove the ice as soon thereafter as practicable. Under no circumstances shall the snow or ice removed from the sidewalk be placed on roadways and/or shoulders as defined or hereafter defined in the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, Public Act 300 of 1949, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.1 through 257.923.
(1990 Code, § 88.001) (Ord. 15a, passed 4-2-1973; Ord. passed 10-14-2003) Penalty, see § 10.99