§ 78-6. Snow and ice removal.

(a)

Time limitation. The owner, occupant, or person in charge of each building or lot in the village abutting upon one or more sidewalks shall clear the sidewalk of snow or snowfall within 24 hours after the occurrence of each snowfall and shall, thereafter, cause the sidewalk to be kept cleared of snow or ice. The formation of ice shall be removed or controlled by the owner, occupant or person in charge, by the application of salt, other ice melting products, and/or sand.

(b)

Notice.

(1)

If the snow or ice is not removed as provided in this section, a police officer shall notify the owner, occupant or person in charge of the property that the snow must be removed and/or the ice sprinkled with a substance which reduces the hazard within 12 hours after the notice is given. If the owner, occupant or person in charge of the property cannot be personally contacted after a reasonable effort has been made, the police officer shall place a distinctive notice on the front door of a building on the property which shall serve as notice that a violation of this section exists.

(2)

The personal notice or placement on the building of such notice shall serve as a warning to the owner, occupant or person in charge of the property for the period between November 1 of any year and October 31 of the following year, and any subsequent violation of this section will result in the issuance of a municipal citation to the person who is responsible for the removal of snow and/or ice from the sidewalk. Record of these notices shall be maintained by the police department.

(3)

If the owner, occupant or person in charge of the property fails to remove the snow and/or ice from the sidewalk, after receiving notice as required in subsection (1) of this section and does not contact the police department and give a valid reason for not complying with this section, a police officer may issue a municipal citation for each day that the violation exists. If the nonremoval of the snow and/or ice constitutes a hazard to other persons using the sidewalk, a police officer shall notify the department of public works, who shall cause the snow and/or ice to be removed, and notify the clerk of the costs incurred for the removal of the snow and/or ice. The clerk shall bill the person listed as the owner of the property involved. If the bill remains unpaid at the end of 30 days, the charges shall be entered on the assessment roll of the general village taxes and collected in the same manner as other village taxes.

(4)

The notice which is placed on the building of a property where snow and ice have not been removed from the sidewalk shall consist of:

a.

Notification of the specific ordinance violated.

b.

The type of violation that must be corrected.

c.

The amount of time within which the violation must be corrected.

d.

The date and time the violation notification was issued.

e.

The signature of the police officer who issued the violation notice.

f.

A consecutive number.

g.

The address of the property where the violation exists.

h.

A detachable stub containing all of the information required in subsections (4)a—(4)g of this section which the officer will remove from the notice and file with a report at the police department.

(Code 1991, § 8.07)