CHAPTER 38:  CITY POLICY

Section

Prior Notice Law

   38.01   Civil actions against city

   38.02   Receipt of written notices

   38.03   Indexed record to be kept; duration

Affirmative Action Plan

   38.15   Adopted by reference

Public Records Policy

   38.25   Policy

   38.26   Purpose

   38.27   Definitions

   38.28   Scope

   38.29   Procedures

   38.30   Payment

   38.31   Email

   38.32   Denial of a public records request

   38.33   Compliance

   38.34   Exceptions; change

PRIOR NOTICE LAW

§ 38.01 CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST CITY.

   (A)   No civil action shall be maintained against the city for damages or injuries to persons or property sustained by reason of any highway, bridge, or culvert being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed unless:

      (1)   Written notice of that defective, unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed condition was received by the Clerk-Treasurer; and

      (2)   There was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after giving of notice to repair to remove the defect, danger, or obstruction complained of.

   (B)   No such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, bridge, or culvert, unless:

      (1)   Written notice thereof, specifying the particular place was actually received by the Clerk of Council; and

      (2)   There was a failure or neglect to cause snow or ice to be removed, or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of the notice.

(‘91 Code, § 35.25)  (Ord. 2548, passed 12-18-86; Am. Ord. 09-3289, passed 5-7-09)

§ 38.02 RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICES.

   The City Manager or his designee shall receive all written notices received pursuant to § 38.25.

('91 Code, § 35.26)  (Ord. 2548, passed 12-18-86)