A. Responsibility: It shall be the duty of the owner or tenant of any premises abutting or adjoining any public sidewalk to remove all snow and ice from the sidewalk. (2000 Code § 14-105)
B. Failure Of Owner To Remove; City Removal; Cost Assessment:
1. The city may give notice to any owner or tenant of any property to remove snow and ice, which notice shall be given personally or, if personal notice cannot be given, notice shall be sent by registered mail to the last known address of the owner, tenant or occupant. The owner or occupant shall have not more than twenty four (24) hours from and after receipt of the notice within which to remove the snow and ice as set forth in the notice.
2. Upon failure of an owner or tenant to comply with the provisions of the section, the city shall have the right to remove such snow and ice and assess the cost thereof against the premises abutting the sidewalk. The assessment shall be certified to the proper county official having charge of the making of the assessment roll and the charge shall be placed on the assessment roll and collected in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected. (2000 Code § 14-106)