(A) The owner or occupant of any lot or land abutting on any improved sidewalk shall not suffer or permit any dirt, earth, soil, gravel or other material to be washed on or to slide onto the sidewalk. Where the abutting lot or land is elevated or terraced or is in any manner at a higher grade than the improved sidewalk, it shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of the lot or land to properly terrace, grade or slope the property, and properly sod the terrace, grade or slope, so that dirt, earth, soil or gravel will be securely held in place, or to build a permanent and substantial retaining wall of such height and construction as to prevent any dirt, earth, soil, gravel or other material from being washed or from sliding onto the sidewalk.
(B) If the owner or occupant of any lot or land in the city shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section, the Board of Public Works and Safety shall adopt a resolution ordering the work to be done or improvement to be made, and notice of the passage of the resolution shall be served on the owner, if he or she is a resident of the city, or on the occupant of the premises. If the property is unoccupied, and if the owner is a non-resident of the city, the notice of passage of the resolution shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the lot or land. If after the expiration of five days from the date of the service or posting of notice the work is not performed or improvement made, the Board of Public Works and Safety shall cause the work to be performed or made and the cost shall constitute a lien on the property, to be assessed on the land. The cost shall be placed on the tax duplicate to be collected as other taxes and improvement liens are collected.
(C) It shall be the duty of the occupant, or owner if there is no occupant, of a tenement, building, lot or parcel of land in the city, fronting on any improved sidewalk to clean the sidewalk in front of the tenement, building, lot or parcel of land, of snow or ice, by 10:00 a.m. of each day, and to keep it clean of snow or ice.
(Prior Code, § 96.24) (Ord. passed 11-16-2014) Penalty, see § 157.999