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City of Woodbury 167-1. Duty to remove. [Amended 4-10-2003 by Ord. No. 1953-03] A. The owners of lands abutting or bordering upon any of the public areas or highways of the City, including roads maintained by the City, county or state, shall remove or cause to be removed from all sidewalk areas in front of or bordering on their land all snow and ice within 10 hours of daylight after the same shall be formed or shall have fallen thereon and a City, county or state snowplow has made at least one pass over the bordering road. Owners of corner properties shall also ensure that a path suitable for pedestrian traffic exists from the sidewalk to the curb to each street of the corner. If an area of the street beyond the curb is not passable to pedestrian traffic due to snow and/or ice placed there by previous municipal/county/state snowplowing, it shall be the City's responsibility to clear that area of the street so that pedestrians may proceed across the street at the corner. B. The fact that snowplowing of streets has placed additional snow upon a sidewalk does not excuse any property owner from the responsibility of clearing snow and ice from the sidewalk. C. It shall be the duty of any person owning or operating an apartment house or building or of any duly constituted agent therefor to remove or cause to be removed from all parking areas designed to serve such apartment house or building or a tenant or tenants therein and from the roadways leading to and servicing the same, all snow and ice within 10 hours of daylight after the same shall have formed or fallen thereon. D. It shall also be unlawful for the owners, tenants, occupants or agents of lands abutting or bordering upon any of the public avenues or highways of the City to permit any sand, dirt or other material or a collection of material to form an obstruction or constitute an impediment or hazard thereon for a period of more than 10 hours after the same shall have formed or been created thereon (b)The following are nuisances affecting public peace and safety: (1) All snow, ice, and/or rubbish not removed from public sidewalks within 12 hours after the snow, ice and/or rubbish have ceased to be deposited thereon. The owner of property adjacent to a public sidewalk shall be responsible for the removal of snow, ice and/or rubbish from said sidewalk.