§ 27-2. Prior written notice required.  


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  • No civil action shall be maintained against the Village for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of any defect whatsoever or any unsafe, dangerous or obstructed conditions of any street, highway, bridle path, bridge, culvert, parking field, sign, tree, sidewalk, crosswalk, footpath, bicycle path, sewer or storm drain, or any property, real or personal, owned or maintained by the Village, improved or unimproved; or in consequence of the existence or accumulation of snow or ice upon any street, highway, bridge, culvert, parking field, sign, tree, sidewalk, crosswalk, footpath, bicycle path, park, sewer or storm drain, or any property, real or personal, owned or maintained by the Village, improved or unimproved; unless written notice of the existence of such condition had theretofore actually been given to the Village Clerk, specifying the particular place and the defect, danger or obstruction, and there was a failure or neglect on the part of the Village to correct the defect, danger or obstruction complained of, or to cause such snow or ice to be removed, or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice.