It shall be the duty of the owner of every lot or piece of land in said city to keep
the sidewalks, any sidewalk cellar or vault or vaults and/or gutters in front thereof
at all times in good repair and in safe condition for public use and also to remove
and clean away all snow and ice and other obstructions therefrom.
In case any sidewalk or gutter in said city shall at any time, in the judgment of
the commissioner of public works, require cleaning, constructing, reconstructing,
renewing, relaying, repairing or otherwise improving or in case any sidewalk cellar
or vault, in the judgment of the commissioner of public works, requires reconstruction
and/or backfilling, the said commissioner of public works may serve a notice upon
the owner of the abutting lot requiring him forthwith to clean, or within five (5)
days, construct, reconstruct, renew, relay, repair or otherwise improve said sidewalk
or gutter or reconstruct and or backfill said sidewalk cellar or vault. Such notice
may be served on such owner personally or by leaving the same at his residence with
a person of suitable age and discretion, or by mail addressed to such owner at Syracuse.
Where there are two (2) or more owners of any such property, service upon one of them
shall be sufficient. If such notice to construct, reconstruct, renew, relay, repair,
backfill, or otherwise improve shall be served by mail, it shall require the owner
to construct, reconstruct, renew, relay, repair or otherwise improve said sidewalk
or gutters or reconstruct and/or backfill said sidewalk cellar or vault within ten
(10) days after date of such service.
