§ 62-1. Defects in highways, bridges, signs or other property.

No civil action will be maintained against the Town of Oneonta (hereinafter referred to as the "town") or the Town Superintendent of Highways of the town or against any improvement district in the town for damages or injuries to person or property, including those arising from the operation of snowmobiles, sustained by reason of any highway, bridge, culvert, highway marking, sign or device or any other property owned, operated or maintained by the town or any property owned or maintained by any improvement district therein, being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of such highway, bridge, culvert, highway marking, sign or device or any other property owned, operated or maintained by the town or any property owned or maintained by any improvement district was actually given to the Town Clerk of the town or the Town Superintendent of Highways of the town, and that there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of; and no such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to persons or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, bridge, culvert or any other property owned by the town or any property owned by any improvement district in the town unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given to the Town Clerk of the town or the Superintendent of Highways of the town and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.