(a) Every owner, occupant and person in control of any lot or land within the city along the front or side of which any sidewalk is located, or upon which is located any sidewalk forming a continuation of a sidewalk upon a public street or highway and available for use by the public as such a continuation, shall make a reasonable effort to keep such sidewalk and continuation thereof free and unobstructed from snow, ice, slush, dirt, mud, tree limbs and other objects. Every such owner, occupant and person in control shall keep such sidewalk in good repair and free of nuisance. A continuation of a sidewalk within the meaning of this section shall not include any sidewalk or portion thereof located upon private property and used only for single-family, two-family or multi-family residences.
(b) Where the elevation or topography of any lot or parcel of land abutting upon a sidewalk is such in relation to the sidewalk that earth, stone, sand or gravel slide, fall or are carried upon such sidewalk by force of gravity or by action of water, the owner or person in charge or control of such lot or parcel of land shall, within 72 hours after the deposit of such matter upon the sidewalk, remove or cause the same to be removed. If, by reason of the elevation or topography of such lot or parcel of land, a recurrence of an obstruction or nuisance upon the sidewalk is probable or reasonably to be anticipated, the owner or person in charge or control of such lot or parcel of land shall construct upon his or her land such a suitable retaining wall or other device as will effectually prevent such recurrence. No person shall obstruct or permit a nuisance to exist upon any public sidewalk.
(1964 Code, § 521.06) (Ord. 2012-118, passed 5-7-2012)