All sidewalks which have been heretofore or shall be hereafter constructed within the City of Union shall be repaired or renewed at the expense of the abutting property owner upon notification by the Street Commissioner under order of the City Council of the needed repair or renewal, or upon actual or constructive notice to the abutting property owner, as the case may be. The notification shall be in writing and delivered personally to the abutting property owner at his or her last known post office address if he or she resides without the city, proof of the service to be made to the City Recorder by the Street Commission and the same made a record in the Recorder’s office. If the abutting owner shall fail to begin the repair or renewal, as the case may be, within five days of the notification or within a reasonable time after actual or constructive notice and proceed diligently to completion thereof, then, and in that event, the repair or renewal, as the case may be, shall be done by the City of Union under the supervision of the Street Commissioner and the expense thereof charged to the abutting property and become a lien on the abutting property; record of the lien to be made and the same enforced in the manner provided in §§ 94.083 and 94.084. In addition, the abutting property owner shall be liable for the personal injuries and property damage to third persons injured as a result of the owner’s failure to fulfill the above duty.
(Ord. 233, passed 5-19-1941; Ord. 371, passed 4-9-1984)