Sec. 14-44. - Maintenance and repair.

(a)

All owners or agents of owners with property abutting and fronting upon any plaza, street, or alley within the corporate limits of the city are required to keep the public sidewalks including the authorized installations thereon and therein and the curb, and the curb and gutter immediately abutting their property in good order and repair. Each such owner shall be liable to the city for all losses to the city or recoveries from the city for damages to person or property of others caused by his failure or that of his agents to repair and keep in good order and reasonably safe condition all such sidewalks abutting and fronting his property upon any plaza, street, or alley within the corporate limits of the city.

(b)

Upon failure of any owner to maintain the sidewalk, curb or gutter as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, the sidewalk inspector shall serve a notice upon such owner describing the property affected and the improvement for such repairs required and stating the intent of the city to cause such improvements or repairs to be made within 30 days after service of notice in the event that such owner shall fail to do so.

(c)

If, after service of any notice as provided for in subsection (b) of this section the owners of any land affected thereby shall neglect to make the improvements to be made, the sidewalk inspector shall notify the city council and after receiving its approval shall cause improvements to be made and shall report the expenses for those improvements to the council. The council shall thereupon by resolution assess the cost and expense thereof upon the owner or owners of all the property bounding or abutting thereon, and such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as other assessments with a penalty of ten percent and interest for failure to pay at the time fixed by the assessment resolution.

(d)

All contracts for repairs shall be secured and all bids concerning contracts for repairs shall be secured in compliance with the city ordinance.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 14-45)