(A) Ice and snow nuisance. All snow and ice remaining upon public sidewalks is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance and shall be abated by the owner or responsible tenant of the abutting private property within 24 hours after such snow or ice has ceased to be deposited.
(B) City to remove snow and ice. The city may cause without advance notice all snow and ice to be removed from all public sidewalks, beginning 24 hours after snow or ice has ceased to fall, and it shall keep a record of the cost of such removal and the private property abutting to which such accumulations were found and removed.
(C) Cost of removal to be assessed. The City Administrator shall, upon direction of the Council, and on receipt of the information provided for in division (B) above, extend the cost of such removal of snow or ice as a special assessment against the lots or parcels of ground abutting on walks which were cleared, and such special assessments shall at the time of certifying taxes to the County Auditor be certified for collection as other special assessments are certified and collected.
(D) Civil suit for cost of removal. The City Administrator shall, in the alternative, upon direction of the Council, bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the persons owning land adjacent to which sidewalks were cleared, as provided in division (B) above, the cost of such clearing and the cost and disbursements of a civil action therefor.
(E) Placing snow or ice in public street or on other city property. It is a misdemeanor for any person, not acting under a specific contract with the city, to remove snow from private property, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, or alleys and place the same on a public street in such quantity, or in such manner as to cause a hazard to travel without adequate arrangements for the immediate removal thereof, and it is also a misdemeanor for any person not acting under a contract with the city to dump snow on other city property and boulevards other than the boulevards adjacent to his or her property. It is also a misdemeanor to place snow on the property of another person without approval.
(F) Public safety. It is a misdemeanor to allow rainwater, ice, or snow to fall directly from any building or building roof downspouts upon any street or sidewalk or flow across any sidewalk as to cause a safety hazard.
(G) General time limits. From November 1 to March 31 of each year, no vehicle or equipment shall be parked upon any street or avenue between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m. at the following locations:
(1) On the side of the street or avenue bearing odd-numbered U.S. Post Office addresses on every even-numbered date; and
(2) On the side of the street or avenue bearing even-numbered U.S. Post Office addresses on every odd-numbered date.
(2006 Code, § 7.04) (Ord. 118, 3rd Series, passed 5-22-1998; Ord. 241, passed 11-15-2022) Penalty, see §
90.99