(A) All owners of real property abutting on any street where there are improved sidewalks, are required to keep the sidewalks in front of their respective properties clean and free from earth, dirt, rubbish, or other obstructions which may accumulate.
(B) If any owner of real property abutting on improved sidewalks in the city fails or refuses to keep the sidewalks clean and free from all earth, dirt, rubbish, or other obstructions that may accumulate, it shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner of the city to serve written notice upon the property owner to remove the obstructions from the sidewalks within 24 hours from the date of the service of the notice.
(1) If the property owner fails or refuses to remove the obstruction within 24 hours, the Street Commissioner is authorized to cause the obstruction to be removed from the sidewalks, and to cause the sidewalks to be kept free of all such obstructions.
(2) The notice herein provided for shall contain a full statement of the provisions of this section.
(C) After the work has been completed by the Street Commissioner, he or she shall report the total cost and expense, together with the name of the property owner failing to comply with the provisions of this section to the Clerk-Treasurer, who shall keep a record thereof. The amount of cost and expense may be recovered from the property owner by the city in an action brought by it for that purpose.
(`81 Code, § 95.26) Penalty, see § 10.99