8.36.050 Snow and ice removal.
A. No person having the care, either as owner or occupant, of any premises bordered by a graded or paved sidewalk shall fail to remove promptly any snow which may fall thereon nor fail to remove or sand any ice which may form thereon.
B. It is unlawful for any person to place, leave, deposit or cast upon any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley in the city any snow or ice taken from private property.
C. No salt shall be used on sidewalks for ice removal without obtaining the consent of the city engineer.
D.
1. In the event that such a person mentioned in this section fails to keep the sidewalks in front of his premises reasonably clear from snow, the city may cause the snow to be removed from such sidewalk and assess the cost thereof against such premises. Such assessment shall be a paramount lien upon the premises against which it is assessed and may be collected and enforced as general taxes or special assessments for improvements are collected and enforced and may be subject to the same penalties and interest after delinquency as in the case of general taxes.
2. A person whose snow and ice 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 thereof to the city. Such notice shall state that if the owner does not appear and, in writing, object to such 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 such motion, and the same shall thereupon be entered on the assessment rolls of the city. No such motion shall be made within 10 days of the mailing of such notice. (Ord. 140 § 1, 1967; 1978 code § 7.32)