CE-2016-0010 - Snow-covered Sidewalk.txtTo: koch@midlandu.edu
Subject: Snow-covered Sidewalk
Attachments: 2848 College Drive - 2016-01-06.JPG
Dear Mr. Koch:
This is a follow-up e-mail to the voice mail I left this morning about the snow-covered sidewalk
along College Drive between 27th Street and Elkhorn Hall, west up the hill, at the former Dana
College site.
The City has had a complaint and I am required to follow up on that complaint. This concerns
just the sidewalk along College Drive and not any of the sidewalks witin the campus.
The current condition of the sidewalk is in violation of the City of Blair Municipal Code 06-
326.05, which is at the bottom of this e-mail. I have also attached a photo of the sidewalk.
The sidewalk needs to be cleaned by Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, or the city will hire a contractor to
clear the snow. The estimated cost will be $175 plus a $50 fine.
You can contact me at 402-426-6688 to discuss this violation.
Sincerely,
Jeff Beiermann
Jeff Beiermann
Code Enforcement Officer
City of Blair
218 South 16th Street
Blair, NE 68008
Phone: (402) 426-6688
jbeiermann@ci.blair.ne.us
Blair Municipal Code 06-326.05: “CLEANING OF SIDEWALKS. It shall be unlawful for the adult
occupant or occupants of any improved lot or tract of ground or the owner or owners of any
unimproved tract of ground in the City to permit snow, sleet, mud or ice to accumulate and remain
on the sidewalk along and adjacent to such lot or tract of ground for a period of more than five (5)
hours after cessation of the storm causing the same, except in the case of cessation after the hour of
nine (9:00) o'clock P.M. in which case such person shall be permitted until ten (10:00) o'clock A.M., of
the following day in which to remove such substances. In case snow, sleet, mud or ice is not
removed within twelve (12) hours following the deposit of same on the sidewalk along and adjacent
to any lot or tract of ground within the City, the City Administrator may cause same to be removed
and the cost of removal of same shall immediately become due and payable, jointly and severally,
from the owners and adult occupants of such tract of ground and may be collected by civil suit
brought by the City without necessity for formal demand for payment.