It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant, or person in possession or in charge of any lot, parcel, or plot of ground or residential property fronting or abutting upon any sidewalk to keep such sidewalk free and clear from snow and ice within 24 hours after any fall of snow and it shall be the duty of the owner, occupant, or person in possession or in charge of any lot, parcel, or plot of ground of business property located within a commercial district, fronting or abutting upon any public sidewalk, to keep such sidewalk free and clear from snow and ice at all times. When it is impossible to take snow and ice from such walk because it is frozen to the sidewalk, the owner, occupant, or person in possession or in charge of such lot shall sprinkle or spread such suitable material upon the same to prevent the walk from becoming slippery and dangerous to travel, and in removing snow from said sidewalk it shall be unlawful for any person to shovel or blade the snow so removed into the street after the street has been cleared of snow by the city snow removal equipment. All power cords crossing sidewalks must be kept a minimum of eight feet above the ground.
(Prior Code, § 11-3-1) Penalty, see § 93.999