71-09 Amend 903.10 Duty to Repair & Maintain Sidewalks

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apron, or tree lawn which the City finds to be a nui- sance or in an unsafe condition. (1) The Director of Public Works shall serve a writ- ten notice of his or her determination in the manner provided by law for. service in a civil acEion, setting forth a duplicate of the sidewalk survey indicating which sidewalks, driveway aprons, or tree lawns are to be repaired, the cost per square foot of those repairs and a time frame in which such work is to be com- pleted. (2) If a property owner fails to repair a sidewalk or tree lawn as required by such order, the Direc- tor of Public Works may perform the work de- termined necessary and assess the cost of such work to the abutting land owner. (3) The Director of Public Works shall have the au- thority to inspect any sidewalk or tree lawn and issue a citation and order to repair to any property owner whose property abuts a side- walk or tree lawn that is in an unreasonable state of disrepair or is determined to be a pub- lic hazard. The order to repair and citation shall be in writing upon a form approved by the Di- rector of Public Works setting forth the specific conditions determined to be a public hazard or unreasonable state of disrepair and shall con- tain adate for compliance not less than thirty days from the date of the issuance of the order and citation, unless a longer period is deter- mined to be appropriate by the Director of Public Works. Section 2. That Section 903.99, Penalties, within Chapter 903, Sidewalks and Curbs, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 903.99 Penalty. Whoever violates Section 903.09 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100).