Weed Municipal Code Ch. 12.02 Sidewalks

Certain private property owners are already required to construct sidewalks to allow safe and convenient public passage, and such owners benefit directly from such sidewalks, and such owners are in the best position to know when such sidewalks are in need of repair or maintenance and to promptly undertake the same, and such owners should be responsible for their failures to repair and maintain such sidewalks.

(Ord. No. 2013-412, § 1, 7-11-2013)

A. Condition of Sidewalks. It shall be unlawful for any owner of any real property in the city, other than the city itself, fronting on any portion of a public street to allow any portion of the sidewalk adjacent to the owner's property to be out of repair. Said owner must at all times keep such sidewalk in such a condition that it will not endanger persons or property passing thereon and will not interfere with public convenience in the use thereof.

B. Duty to Public. Said owner owes a duty to the public to keep said sidewalk in a safe condition. If said owner fails to maintain said sidewalk in a safe condition, and a person sustains injury or damage as a result of said failure, then the owner shall be liable to such person for the resulting injury or damage, and in addition, to the fullest extent permitted by law, said owner shall be required to indemnify and defend the city and its officers from any liability for the owner's said failure.

C. Snow and Ice. Nothing in this section shall require the removal of snow or treatment of ice from a sidewalk, that subject being addressed in Section 12.16.060 of this code.

(Ord. No. 2013-412, § 1, 7-11-2013)