Chapter 16.15
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sections:

16.15.010    Snow removal.

16.15.010 Snow removal.

(a) No person having the care, either as owner or occupant, of any premises bordered by a sidewalk, shall fail to remove any snow which may have fallen thereon, within a reasonable time thereafter.

(b) In the event that a person mentioned in the preceding subsection shall fail to keep the sidewalks adjoining his or her property reasonably clear of snow, the city may cause the snow to be removed from such sidewalk and assess the cost thereof against such premises at the rate of three dollars per front foot; such assessment shall be a paramount lien upon the premises against which it is assessed and may be collected and enforced as general taxes are collected and enforced and be subject to the same penalties and interest after delinquency as in the case of general taxes.

(c) A person whose snow has been so removed shall be mailed, by registered mail, a notice in writing by the city clerk, stating the time of removal and the cost of removal. Said notice shall state that if the owner does not appear and in writing object to said charge, the same shall be immediately assessed against his property by motion properly carried at the next ensuing council meeting. The lien shall attach from the date of passage of said motion and the same shall thereupon be entered on the assessment rolls of the city. No such motion shall be made within ten days of the mailing of said notice. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)