Prior notice required.

No civil action shall be maintained against the Town of Webster (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 sustained by reason of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk, or of the existence of snow or ice thereon, unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk, or of the existence of snow or ice thereon, 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 defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition.