HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 88- 1266 Landowners to repair sidewalks
WHEREAS, Section 7-14-4122 Montana Code Annotated (MCA) authorizes the City
Commission to regulate and provide for the construction or repair of sidewalks and foot
pavements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of Bozeman, Montana:
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That Section 12.20. be added to the Bozeman Municipal Code as follows:
12.20. Temporary or permanent repair of sidewalk and foot pavements thereof by adjacent or
abutting owners; duty to keep in good repair; and, consequences of fai lure to repair.
All owners or agents of owners with property abutting upon any street or alley within the
corporate limits of the City are required to keep the public sidewalks and foot pavement adjacent
to or immediately abutting their property in good order and repair. Each such owner shall be
liable to the City for all losses to the City or recoveries from the City for damages to person or
property of others caused by his or her fai lure or that of his or her agents to repair and keep
in good order and reasonably safe condition all such sidewalks and foot pavements adjacent to or
abutting his or her property upon any street or alley within the corporate limits of the City.
The City may, at its discretion, through the Director of Public Service, notify such owner that
temporary or permanent repairs are necessary to put such sidewalk or foot pavements in good
order and such owner shall, within thirty (30) days after such notification, under the
supervision of the Director of Public Service, complete such repairs, as specified in such notice.
If the person fails to make the required repairs, the City may repair same and the amount so
paid shall be a lien upon the lot and may be enforced or the amount recovered against the owner
by a suit before any court of competent jurisdiction.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1266
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, REQUIRING
ADJACENT OR ABUTTING LANDOWNERS TO REPAIR SIDEWALKS AND FOOT
PAVEMENT.
PREAMBLE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to protect the public by requiring adjacent or
abutting landowners to keep public sidewalks and foot pavements in good repair.
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PROVISIONALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED and approved by the City Commission of the
City of Bozeman, Montana, this 26th day of September, 1988.
ALFRED M. STIFF
Mayor
ATTEST:
ROBIN L. SULLIVAN
Clerk of the Commission
FI NALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana
this _ day of , 1988, and effective thirty (30) days after said date.
ALFRED M. STIFF
Mayor
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ATTEST:
ROBIN L. SULLIVAN
Clerk of the Commission
NOTE: The City Manager indicated on October 3, 1988 that this ordinance will be placed in
resolution form, with the approved revisions.
ORDI NANCE NO. 1266