If any owner of any real property abutting upon improved sidewalks in the city shall fail or refuse to keep the sidewalks clean and free from all earth, dirt, rubbish or other obstructions that may accumulate, as required by § 97.015, it shall be the duty of the street property owner to remove the obstructions from the sidewalks within 24 hours from the date of the service of the notice. If the property owner shall fail or refuse to so remove the obstructions with 24 hours, the Street Commissioner is authorized to cause the obstructions to be removed from sidewalks and to cause the same to be kept free of all obstructions.
(Prior Code, § 97.16)