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CHAPTER 8 – PUBLIC WORKS

dispose of properly. In the event that it appears to any agent or employee of said
Village that there is dead wood in any tree on private property in the Village, the
Village shall cause notice to be given to the owner at his last known address, and the
person in possession of such property, to remove and dispose of such dead wood. If
such dead wood has not been removed within 10 days after such notice is given,
then the Village shall remove the same. Accurate record of the cost of removing
dead wood shall be kept and a report made to the Village Clerk, and the amount
thereof shall be entered as a special tax against such property.

(8) PENALTIES

Penalties for violation of this ordinance subject to provisions in Chapter 25.04.

8.12 REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM SIDEWALKS.

(1) The occupants of every building, tenement or premises fronting upon any street
within this Village, and the owners of any unoccupied buildings or premises
fronting on any streets shall keep the sidewalks adjacent to their premises
reasonably free and clear of snow and ice, and shall within 24 hours after every
snowfall clear the snow off such sidewalk.

(2) The Village Board may remove the snow or ice where a person fails or neglects to
comply with the provisions of this section, and charge the costs thereof to the owner
of the property.

OBSTRUCTING, LITTERING AND DAMAGING OF STREETS, ALLEYS
AND PUBLIC GROUNDS.

(1) OBSTRUCTING OR LITTERING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC
GROUNDS.

(a) Obstructions. No person shall place, deposit or cause to be placed upon any
street, alley, gutter, sidewalk or public ground within the Village any timber,
wood, lumber, rubbish, grass clippings, leaves, yard or garden debris, offal,
vegetables, paper, shavings, garbage or earth, snow, or anything of substance
whatever which may obstruct any street, alley, gutter, sidewalk or public
ground, or impede, hinder or endanger travel thereon, or which shall or may
injure or disfigure the same, or tend to the injury or disfigurement thereof, or
tend to render the same unclean or a nuisance; nor shall any person cause or
suffer any vehicle or any box, crate, bail, baggage, merchandise or other thing
to stand or be in or upon any such street, alley, sidewalk or public ground.

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