This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions
of MGL c. 40, § 6N, to provide by ordinance for making temporary
repairs on private ways. Said temporary repairs shall include grading
and/or the filling of holes or depressions, as the Commissioner of
Public Works may deem suitable from time to time to make the way passable,
but in no event shall such temporary repairs include extensive construction,
reconstruction or installation of drainage.
The City Council shall hold a public hearing with notice as provided in §
157-9 before voting on a petition for making temporary repairs in a private way(s).
Upon adoption of an order, the order shall be
directed to the Public Works Department. The Commissioner shall request
a release from all abutting owners for the area of the private way
to be repaired; provided, however, that the lack of a release shall
not prevent repairs from being made.
The City shall have no liability for any damages
arising out of its repairs of said way.