(A) (1) Any owner, agent or occupant of any lot, block or parcel of land in the city, who shall permit any sidewalk adjacent to the lot or block or parcel of land to get or remain out of repair so as to render the same dangerous or unsafe or inconvenient to walk upon or who shall leave the sidewalk by day or night in the dangerous, unsafe or inconvenient condition, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, and the same hereby is declared to be a public nuisance.
(2) Whenever the City Council, by order or resolution duly passed and entered upon its minutes shall determine that a nuisance exists or is maintained or permitted, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to serve a copy of the order or resolution upon the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land mentioned therein, or in case the owner cannot be found, or is a nonresident, then upon the agent or occupant thereof, together with a notice in writing directing the owner to abate the nuisance and to lay, construct, replace or repair a sidewalk adjacent to the lot, block or parcel of land, in conformity to the order or resolution and notice and the requirements of this article, within 30 days from the service.
(B) (1) Should the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land designated in the order, resolution or notice fail, neglect or refuse to abate the nuisance and to lay, construct, replace or repair the sidewalk as designated in the order or resolution or notice, and in conformity to the requirements of this article, within 30 days from the service, the director of public works is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to abate the nuisance and to lay, construct, replace or repair the sidewalk in the manner hereinbefore provided.
(2) The necessary expense thereof shall be a charge against the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land, and the same may be paid by the city and may be collected by an action on behalf and in the name of the city against the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land, as debts of like amount are by law collectible and shall be a lien upon the lot, block or parcel of land.
(`61 Code, § 19.6) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)