§ 90-8. Maintenance of sidewalks and drains.  


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  • A. 
    The owner or occupant of any building and the owner or person entitled to possession of any vacant lot and any person having charge of a church or a public building in the Village shall keep the sidewalk, if any, in front thereof free from the obstruction of snow and ice and free from dirt, filth, hedges and weeds or other obstructions and encumbrances and shall keep and maintain such sidewalk in safe and proper condition, and shall be solely liable for any claim for property damage or bodily injury on the sidewalk, including the defense and indemnification of the Village against such claim.
    B. 
    Leaders or drains erected or attached to the side of a house or building shall be so placed that a flow of water therefrom shall not run over a sidewalk in the Village. No drain shall be maintained in such a manner as to permit the flow of any water underneath the curbing or roadway of any street in the Village.
    Editor's Note: Original Section 11, Vehicles without tires, and Section 12, Truck limitations, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 3-4-1985 by L.L No. 1-1985.
Amended 4-5-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010