§ 23-3. Ice and snow.

(a)

All snow and ice remaining upon public sidewalks is a public nuisance and shall be abated by the owner or tenant of the abutting private property within twenty-four (24) hours after such snow or ice has ceased to be deposited.

(b)

The city may cause to be removed from all public sidewalks, beginning twenty-four (24) hours after snow or ice has ceased to fall, all snow and ice which may be discovered thereon. The city shall keep a record of the cost of such removal and the private property adjacent to which such accumulations were found and removed.

(c)

The city clerk shall, upon direction of the council, and on receipt of the information provided for in the preceding subsection, extend the cost of such removal of snow or ice as a special assessment against the lots or parcels of ground abutting on walks which were cleared. Such special assessment shall, at the time of certifying taxes to the county auditor, be certified for collection as other special assessments are certified and collected.

(d)

The city clerk shall, in the alternative, upon direction of the council, bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the persons owning land adjacent to which sidewalks were cleared, as provided in subsection (b) hereof, the cost of such clearing and the costs and disbursements of a civil action therefor.

(Code 1984, Title 6, §§ 210—240)

State law reference

Special assessments for snow removal, M.S. §§ 429.101, 429.111.

Charter reference

Special assessments for snow removal, § 8.02.