(a) All owners or agents of owners with property abutting and fronting upon any plaza, street, or alley within the corporate limits of the Town are required to keep the public sidewalk, driveway approach, curb, gutter or appurtenance immediately abutting their property in good order and repair.
(b) All persons who own real estate in the Town which abuts upon any sidewalk shall be required to keep that portion of such property which lies between the property line and the curb line of the adjoining street, and upon which the subject real estate abuts, in good and smooth condition and free from growing weeds and other obnoxious and unsightly vegetation or other things which would mar or detract from the beauty and cleanliness of the street upon which their property abuts. Any property owner who shall place or allow grass to grow upon the portion of the sidewalk lying between the property line and the curb line of the street and upon which his real estate abuts, shall keep such grass properly mowed and free from rubbish of all kinds. Grass shall not exceed eight inches in height.
(c) Each such owner shall be liable to the Town for all losses to the Town or recoveries from the Town for damages to person or property of others caused by such owner's failure or that of such owner's agents to repair and keep in good order and reasonably safe condition all such sidewalks abutting and fronting such property upon any plaza, street, or alley within the corporate limits of the Town.
(d) When a sidewalk, driveway approach, curb, gutter or appurtenance becomes defective, unsafe and hazardous, it shall be the duty of the owner of the abutting property to reconstruct or repair same. If, upon thirty (30) days of written notice by the Town of the deficiency, the owner fails to make the required repairs, the Town may repair same and the owner shall be liable to the Town for the cost of repairs. Failure by the Town to notify a property owner of a dangerous sidewalk condition shall not excuse the owner from the duty to discover and correct such condition.
(e) Each owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person in charge of any real property within the Town, and each agent or representative of any such person, is hereby charged with responsibility for the maintenance and use of such real property in such manner that no use of, or activity or condition upon or within, such real property shall constitute a nuisance; and all such persons are hereby charged with the duty of observing all of the provisions of this article, but such responsibility shall not be construed to permit any other person not charged with such responsibility to commit or maintain any nuisance upon or within any real property in the Town.
(Passed 7-2-24)