Legislation
SECTION 92
Repair of sidewalks; removal of snow and ice
Second Class Cities (SCC) CHAPTER 53, ARTICLE 7
§ 92. Repair of sidewalks; removal of snow and ice. The commissioner
of public works shall have full power and authority to require the owner
of property abutting upon a street to repair any sidewalk in front
thereof or bring the same to true grade, and to remove the snow and ice
therefrom. Where the owner of such property shall fail or neglect to
repair any sidewalk or bring the same to true grade for five days after
written notice so to do has been served on him, either personally or by
delivering the same at his residence, or if he be a non-resident by
mailing the same to him at his last known place of residence, or if the
name of the owner or his place of residence can not be ascertained after
due diligence, by posting the same in a conspicuous place upon the
premises; or where the owner of any such premises shall fail or neglect
to remove snow and ice from any such sidewalk after the same has
remained thereon for more than twelve hours, and the commissioner shall
have repaired such sidewalk or brought the same to grade or removed the
ice or snow therefrom, a bill for the expenses incurred thereby shall be
presented to the owner personally or by leaving the same at his
residence or, if he be a non-resident, by mailing the same to him at his
last known place of residence, or, if the name of such owner or his
place of residence can not be ascertained after due diligence, by
posting the same in a conspicuous place on the premises; and, if he
shall fail to pay the same within ten days thereafter, the commissioner
shall file each year immediately preceding the time for making the
annual assessment-roll his certificate of the actual cost of the work,
together with a statement as to the property in front of which the
repairing or grading or cleaning was done, with the assessors of the
city, who shall, in the preparation of the next assessment-roll of
general city taxes, assess such amount upon such property, and the same
shall be levied, corrected, enforced and collected in the same manner,
by the same proceedings, at the same time, under the same penalties and
having the same lien upon the property assessed as the general city tax
and as a part thereof.
of public works shall have full power and authority to require the owner
of property abutting upon a street to repair any sidewalk in front
thereof or bring the same to true grade, and to remove the snow and ice
therefrom. Where the owner of such property shall fail or neglect to
repair any sidewalk or bring the same to true grade for five days after
written notice so to do has been served on him, either personally or by
delivering the same at his residence, or if he be a non-resident by
mailing the same to him at his last known place of residence, or if the
name of the owner or his place of residence can not be ascertained after
due diligence, by posting the same in a conspicuous place upon the
premises; or where the owner of any such premises shall fail or neglect
to remove snow and ice from any such sidewalk after the same has
remained thereon for more than twelve hours, and the commissioner shall
have repaired such sidewalk or brought the same to grade or removed the
ice or snow therefrom, a bill for the expenses incurred thereby shall be
presented to the owner personally or by leaving the same at his
residence or, if he be a non-resident, by mailing the same to him at his
last known place of residence, or, if the name of such owner or his
place of residence can not be ascertained after due diligence, by
posting the same in a conspicuous place on the premises; and, if he
shall fail to pay the same within ten days thereafter, the commissioner
shall file each year immediately preceding the time for making the
annual assessment-roll his certificate of the actual cost of the work,
together with a statement as to the property in front of which the
repairing or grading or cleaning was done, with the assessors of the
city, who shall, in the preparation of the next assessment-roll of
general city taxes, assess such amount upon such property, and the same
shall be levied, corrected, enforced and collected in the same manner,
by the same proceedings, at the same time, under the same penalties and
having the same lien upon the property assessed as the general city tax
and as a part thereof.