(a) Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land within the City along the front or side of which any paved sidewalk is located shall keep the sidewalk and continuation thereof in good repair. No owner, occupant or person in control shall place or cause to be placed upon the sidewalk any substance or object which does not accumulate naturally at that point, nor knowingly permit such substance or object to remain thereon. Landscaping shall be so arranged that dirt and mud shall not naturally form on an abutting sidewalk nor shall dirt and mud having accumulated on a sidewalk be allowed to remain.
(b) A separate offense shall be deemed to have occurred on each day on which the sidewalk is in a condition which is in violation of this section provided that no sidewalk shall be deemed to be in violation of this section unless and until the conditions which are a violation of this section have occurred and existed for more than four continuous hours between official sunrise and official sunset on any given day.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense; a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a second offense; and a misdemeanor of the second degree for a third or subsequent offense.
(1982 Code, § 543.06) (Ord. 80-55. Passed 7-7-1980.)