City Council:
LOCAL LAW NO. ___ - 2026
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 265 OF
CHAPTER 490 OF THE LAWS OF 1922, AS
AMENDED, BEING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ENTITLED
"LIABILITY OF CITY IN ACTIONS FOR DAMAGES
OR INJURIES TO PERSON OR PROPERTY"
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, as follows:
Section 1. Section 265 of Article XVIII of Chapter 490 of the Laws of 1922, being the Charter of the City of Mount Vernon, entitled "Liability of City in actions for damages or injuries to person or property," is hereby amended to read as follows:
? 265. Liability of City in actions for damages or injuries to person or property.
No civil action shall be maintained against the City for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, city tree, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, sanitary sewer or storm drains, public parking lot or parking garage being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless, previous to the occurrence resulting in such damages or injury, written notice of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of said street, highway, city tree, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, sanitary sewer or storm drains, public parking lot or parking garage was actually given to the Commissioner of Public Works and that there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of. No such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to the person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, street, highway, bridge, culvert, city tree, public parking lot or parking garage unless written notice thereof relating to the particular place was actually given to the Commissioner of Public Works, and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed, or th...
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