A. Open Excavations: No landowner or tenant shall permit an excavation for a basement, or other excavation hazardous to human life, to remain open on land owned or occupied by any person, firm or corporation without covering the same securely to prevent injuries to persons; provided, however, that the same may remain open during the course of construction or for the purpose of cleaning the same. (1990 Code §4-101)
B. Warning Signs Required: No excavation hazardous to human life shall be permitted to remain open unless the same is properly safeguarded at all times by barricades and warning signs. (1990 Code §4-102)
C. Abandoned Excavations: All excavations, hazardous to human life, which are no longer in use or have been abandoned shall be filled with earth to the level of the surrounding ground. An excavation for the basement of a building shall be deemed to have been abandoned when construction has stopped for a period of thirty (30) days. (1990 Code §4-103)
D. Hazardous Excavations: Any excavation shall be determined to be prima facie hazardous to human life if its depth exceeds two feet (2'). (1990 Code §4-104)
A. Removal Required: The owner, tenant or occupant of any premises within the City abutting or adjoining any public sidewalk shall remove all snow and ice from any such sidewalk. (1990 Code §9-101)
B. Giving Notice: It shall be the duty of the City to notify any owner, tenant or occupant of property herein described to remove or otherwise correct the objectionable matter herein legislated against, which notice shall be sent by registered mail to the last known address of such owner, tenant or occupant, notifying him that he has a period of twenty four (24) hours from and after receipt of such notice, within which to correct or otherwise remove the objections set forth in said notice. (1990 Code §9-102)
C. Failure To Comply; City Removal: Upon failure of the owner, tenant or occupant of said premises to comply with the terms and conditions of said notice, then and in that event the City shall have the right to remove such snow and ice and assess the cost thereof against the premises abutting the sidewalk. Such assessment shall be certified to the County Assessor or other proper County officials having charge of the making of the assessment roll, and such assessment shall be placed on the assessment roll and collected in the same manner as other City Taxes are collected. (1990 Code §9-103)
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