No person shall connect with any sewer or water main or open any hydrant
or make temporary excavation in any street or other village property or move
any building along any street or encumber any public roadway with building
material without proper permit in writing from the Director of Public Works
and Utilities.
No person, firm or corporation shall set out or plant or cause or permit
to be set out or planted between the curb and sidewalk lines abutting upon
any public highway, street, avenue or place in the Village of Groton any tree
which is one of the general class commonly known as "willow" or "poplar,"
and all ornamental shade trees hereafter planted or placed on the sides of
any of the streets in said village shall be planted and placed under the direction
of the Board of Trustees.
No owner or occupant of real property abutting upon any street in this
village shall permit ice and snow to remain upon the sidewalk in front thereof
later than 10:00 a.m. In the event that any such owner or occupant refuses
to remove such snow and ice after due notice so to do by the Director of Public
Works and Utilities of this village, any member of the Board of Trustees or
police officer, at the option of said Board of Trustees, such snow and ice
may be removed from the walk in front of said property and the cost and expense
thereof charged against the owner of said land, said sum to be added to the
next tax levy and collected in the same manner as provided by law for the
collection of taxes.
A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, Penalties for Offenses.
[Added 4-3-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995]
In the event that personal injury or property damage shall result from the failure of any owner or occupant to comply with the provisions of §§
173-3 and
173-5 of this chapter, the owner and the occupant, shall be liable to all persons injured, or whose property is damaged directly, or indirectly thereby and shall indemnify, save and hold harmless the Village of Groton to the extent that said village is required by law or by any court to respond in damages to any injured party.