§ 254-17. Snow and ice.

A. 

Removal from sidewalks; duty of owner, occupant. It shall be the duty of the owner and occupant of each and every parcel of real estate in the City, abutting or bordering upon any street, avenue, highway or other public place, to remove or cause to be removed all snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of or adjacent to such premises to the full paved width of such sidewalk before 9:00 a.m. of each day; provided, however, that where footways or sidewalks have not been paved or duly established, snow and ice shall be removed to a width of not less than four feet from that portion of the street or way which is used in common as a footway in such street or way.

B. 

Use of ashes, sand, similar material. In case the snow and ice on the sidewalk shall be frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the pavement, the owner and occupant of every parcel of said real estate shall, within the time specified in the preceding section, cause the sidewalk abutting or adjacent to such premises to be strewn and to be kept strewn with ashes, sand or some other suitable material and shall as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit thoroughly clean such sidewalk.

C. 

Removal from roofs; duty of owner, occupant. It shall also be the duty of the owner and occupant of any buildings abutting upon or near to any public street, sidewalk or place so located that snow or ice may fall from the roof thereof into or upon such street, sidewalk or place to cause all snow and ice to be removed from such roof before 9:00 a.m. of each day or to provide suitable guards so that the ice or snow shall not be discharged upon the sidewalk.

D. 

Authority of Department of Public Service to cause removal; assessment of cost of removal by City. Whenever any owner or occupant of such parcel of real estate shall fail or neglect to remove such snow and ice as aforesaid, the Board of Public Service may have the snow and ice removed therefrom without notice to such owner or occupant, and the cost of such removal, together with an additional charge of 50% thereof for supervision and administration, shall be assessed against 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 so assessed as the general City tax and as a part thereof.