City of North Adams, MA
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2023-10-31
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Part II: Revised Ordinances
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Chapter 21 Streets and Sidewalks
- Part I: Charter and Special Acts
- Ch C The Charter
- Ch ACTS Special Acts and Acceptances of General Laws
- Part II: Revised Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 3 Building Code
- Ch 3A Preservation of Historically Significant Buildings
- Ch 4 Canvassers, Solicitors and Itinerant Photographers
- Ch 5 Reserved
- Ch 6 Reserved
- Ch 7 Department of Public Services
- Ch 8 Department of Public Safety
- Ch 9 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendor
- Ch 10 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 11 Library
- Ch 12 Licenses and Permits Generally
- Ch 13 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 14 Offenses - Miscellaneous
- Ch 15 Litter
- Ch 15A Reserved
- Ch 15B Dumping
- Ch 16 Reserved
- Ch 17 Professional Services
- Ch 18 Purchases and Contracts
- Ch 19 Smoke Abatement and Air Pollution
- Ch 20 Sound Trucks
- Ch 21 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 21 Art I In General
- § 21-1 Naming of streets; erection of signs.
- § 21-2 Numbering of buildings—Assignment of numbers.
- § 21-3 Same—System.
- § 21-4 Same—Owners or occupants to affix; size; position.
- § 21-5 Digging up or obstructing streets, etc.—Generally.
- § 21-6 Same—Placing of lights or guards.
- § 21-7 (Reserved)
- § 21-8 Altering sidewalks and gutters.
- § 21-9 Moving buildings through streets.
- § 21-10 Steps or doors to basements abutting on streets.
- § 21-11 Gates or doors not to swing over streets or sidewalks.
- § 21-12 Snow and ice removal from sidewalks.
- § 21-13 Snow and ice removal from roofs abutting on sidewalks.
- § 21-14 through Sec. 21-20. (Reserved)
- § 21-21 Heating roofing material in streets or sidewalks.
- § 21-22 Coasting in streets or sidewalks.
- § 21-23 Playing games in streets or sidewalks.
- § 21-24 Discharging weapons in streets and sidewalks.
- § 21-25 Bicycle riding, roller skating, in-line skating and skateboarding on sidewalks.
- § 21-25.1 Roller skating, in-line skating and skateboarding in the Business District.
- § 21-25.2 Shopping carts.
- § 21-26 Parades, etc., through streets or sidewalks.
- § 21-27 Speechmaking in streets or sidewalks.
- § 21-28 Selling articles in streets and sidewalks.
- Ch 21 Art II Awnings, Signs, Marquees and Other Similar Projections
- § 21-29 Permit required.
- § 21-30 Application for permit; bond.
- § 21-31 Revocation of permit.
- § 21-32 Height above and extension beyond sidewalk.
- § 21-33 Additional regulations.
- § 21-34 Effect on existing structures.
- Ch 21 Art III Pipes, Poles, Wires and Conduits in, Over or Under Public Ways
- § 21-35 Power and authority of commissioner of public works generally.
- § 21-36 Permit to construct and maintain—Application for issuance.
- § 21-37 Same—Plans to accompany application.
- § 21-37.1 Fees.
- § 21-38 Same—Acceptance of conditions by permittee; when permit voided.
- § 21-39 Bond.
- § 21-40 Plan showing location of underground facilities.
- § 21-41 Order to change location.
- § 21-42 Compliance with rules and regulations of commissioner of public works; access to facilities; manner of performing work.
- § 21-43 City to have free use for police and fire alarm system.
- § 21-44 Permit required to excavate, etc., street, etc., surface; restoration work.
- § 21-45 Facilities of others not to be interfered with.
- § 21-46 Repair or replacement of unsafe facilities; removal of abandoned facilities generally.
- § 21-47 Removal of certain wires, poles, etc., after completion of conduit.
- Ch 21 Art IV Laying Out, Altering, Relocating and Discontinuing Streets
- § 21-48 Petition required; contents of petition and profile.
- § 21-49 Releases by abutters.
- § 21-50 Grade and drainage.
- § 21-51 Width of streets.
- Ch 21 Art V Installation or Alteration of Sidewalk Curbings for Private Entrances
- § 21-52 Supervision.
- § 21-53 Installation of new curbing; cutting of existing curbing generally.
- § 21-54 Cost of work.
- § 21-55 Width of curb cuts.
- Ch 22 Subdivisions
- Ch 23 Taxicabs and Buses
- Ch 24 Water, Sewers and Drains
- Ch 25 Forest Cutting
- Ch 26 Mobile Home Park Rent Control, Board
- Ch 27 Dog Regulations
- Ch 27A Cat Regulations
- Ch 28 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Cultural Development Commission
- Ch 29 Penalties
- Appendix
- Ch Z Zoning
- Code Comparitive Table
- Ch CCT Code Comparative Table
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Editor's Note: See also § 13-12, Dropping or leaking load, § 14-3.1, Drinking or possessing alcoholic beverages in public places, § 14-10, Spitting on sidewalks, Ch. 15, Litter, § 15-7.1, Throwing snow or ice into streets, § 15-7.2, Washing vehicles in streets, and §§ 15-19 through 15-20, gutter discharges and drainage into streets and sidewalks. For statutory provisions on streets, generally, see MGL c. 81 et seq.
Cross references: Dropping or leaking load, § 13-12; drinking or possessing alcoholic beverages in public places, § 14-3.1; spitting on sidewalks, § 14-10, litter, Ch. 15; throwing snow and ice into streets, § 15-7.1; washing vehicles in streets, § 15-7.2; gutter discharges and drainage into streets and sidewalks, §§ 15-19, 15-20; State law reference: Streets generally, G.L., C. 81 et seq.
