(A) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of lots or premises adjacent to or abutting upon sidewalks that the same shall be kept at all times in good repair and safe for pedestrian use, free of hazard and maintained as herein provided; and the owner shall assume and pay the expense of repair, maintenance and freedom from hazards. Sidewalk repairs shall consist of the filling with concrete of cracks, hollows or crevices, and the correction of any other condition of disrepair which presents a hazard to pedestrians. Sidewalk maintenance shall consist of the removal of weeds, grass or other vegetation from cracks or crevices in the surface of a sidewalk, and the removal or trimming of tree limbs, shrubbery or other vegetation which restrict the full use of a sidewalk for pedestrian travel or which constitute a hazard to pedestrians. Freedom from hazards shall consist of removal of ice, snow and any other object or condition hazardous to pedestrian travel.
(B) The failure, neglect or refusal of a property owner to keep in good repair a sidewalk adjacent to or abutting upon lands owned by him or her, and safe for use as a public pedestrian way, or to maintain a sidewalk as aforesaid, shall constitute a civil infraction, and the property owner shall, upon being found responsible, be subject to the penalties provided for municipal civil infractions.
(Ord. 157, passed 1-12-2005; Ord. 164, passed 11-9-2005) Penalty, see § 92.99