[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Brockport as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 5-4-1908]
No person shall ride, drive or lead any horse, team or cow upon
any sidewalk, except that sidewalks may be cleaned by a snowplow drawn
by a horse and, with the permission of the owner, teams may drive
upon the stone and cement sidewalks for the purpose of unloading;
no person shall draw or push anything containing swill, rubbish, offal
or other foul matter upon any sidewalk; no person shall ride any bicycle,
motorcycle or other similar vehicle upon any sidewalk in said Village.
No person shall slide upon any sidewalk on any sleigh, sled,
board or other contrivance.
No person shall push, draw or ride any cart, wheelbarrow or
wagon upon any sidewalk within the limits of this municipality, except
that a baby carriage and other chair carts, or other carts or vehicles
for sick or crippled persons, will be permitted upon such walks.
No owner, occupant, tenant or any person having the charge or
control of any premises, lot, tenement or manufacturing establishment
situate within the Village of Brockport shall suffer or permit any
snow, ice or other substance, encumbrance or obstruction to collect
and remain on any sidewalk fronting on or belonging to said premises
so as to impede, obstruct or render dangerous public travel upon such
walks later than 10:00 a.m. of any day after the same shall have fallen,
accumulated or collected thereon, or for more than two hours after
being notified by the President[1] or any of the trustees or the Street Commissioner or his
assistant to remove the same.
[1]
Editor's Note: Now termed "Mayor."
No person shall, by selling or advertising goods upon the street,
attract a crowd and obstruct a sidewalk.
[Amended 4-6-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987]
No person shall erect or construct an awning which shall not
be at all times, at its lowest point, at least eight feet above the
sidewalk.
All sidewalks hereafter constructed upon any street within the limits of this municipality shall be constructed either of cement or flagstone, with the following exceptions: A plank or wooden walk may be constructed as provided by § 45-9 of this article, and a cinder or gravel walk may be constructed upon the following streets: Washington Street; West Avenue, west of the west line of lands of George Dean; East Avenue, east of the west line of lands of Christina Webb; State Street, east of the west line of lands of the Monroe Agricultural Society.
No person shall lay any flagstone walk upon any street within
the limits of this municipality with stones which shall be less than
four feet in width and two feet in length, or less in width than the
width of the adjacent walks.
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed any plank
or wooden sidewalk of any kind upon any street within the limits of
this municipality, except that the New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company may be permitted to construct a plank walk between
the rails of its tracks on the Park Avenue and Kenyon Street crossings
and between the rails of the tracks crossing Spring, State and Market
Streets and Park Avenue, and the end of the ties on either side not
exceeding two feet.
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed any sidewalk,
except under the supervision of and in accordance with the directions
of the Street Commissioner and the several ordinances relating thereto.
All grades of walks shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees,
and a verbal or written notice by the Street Commissioner shall be
sufficient notice of the grade upon which any walk may be constructed.
All sidewalks shall be not less than four feet in width and
shall not be less in width than that of the adjoining walk on the
street.
All cement and flagstone walks shall be constructed substantially
in accordance with the following specifications:
A.
Each cement flagstone shall be at least four feet in width and not
less in width than the adjoining walk, and generally four feet in
length, measured in the line of the walk, and four inches in thickness
throughout. Each stone shall be separate from the next one and the
joints made with tar paper or sand.
B.
For the construction of the three lower inches of the cement flagstones,
concrete shall be made in the following proportions in units of volume
of the component parts: one part of portland cement, two parts of
sand, four parts of broken stone or screened gravel. The sand and
cement shall be thoroughly mixed together dry, in a mortar box or
platform, then mixed with water until there is a good mortar; level
off the mortar and spread over it the required amount of stone or
gravel, which shall be wet. The whole shall be thoroughly mixed by
turning and re-turning with shovels. If broken stone is not used,
the mixture may be made with one part of cement and six parts of good
gravel, mixed together dry and then mixed with water.
C.
Wooden frames shall be placed to outline the external edges of the
walk accurately, in height the same as the thickness of the walk and
set to coincide with the established grade of the walk. Said frames
shall be kept in a straight line by a sufficient number of stakes
to prevent bulging when the concrete is rammed in place. The concrete
shall be thoroughly rammed until moisture flushes to the surface,
and the top course immediately put on so as to secure a thorough binding
of the two courses.
D.
For the construction of the upper one inch in thickness of said flagstones,
the mixture shall be: one part portland cement, two parts of clean,
sharp sand, granite or quartz screenings that will pass a sieve having
one-fourth-inch meshes, thoroughly mixed with each other, using water
sufficient to make the mass pliable. This course shall be floated
and rubbed smooth and hard, using a float or straightedge, making
the top even with the top of the wooden frames. In floating and troweling
the surface, if the mortar has been made too wet and water appears,
this excess may be absorbed by a mixture of cement and sand of the
proportions used for the topcoat, and not by using clear cement.
E.
The wooden frames shall not be considered as a part of the finished
walk and shall be removed, except that they may be left at driveways.
No person shall leave a trapdoor or grate open in any sidewalk
at any time except when receiving or delivering goods, and during
such time, said door or grate shall be surrounded by barriers sufficient
to secure public safety. All iron cellar doors, or covers of any kind
over openings into areas or gratings, or glass skylights in sidewalks
shall be kept covered with burlap or matting from November 15 to April
1 of each year.
[Amended 3-16-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
Whoever shall violate any provision of this article shall, for
each offense, forfeit and pay the sum of not less than $50 for the
use of said Village.
[Adopted 5-4-1908]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 9-15 of the original ordinance,
concerning burning of rubbish and vehicle and traffic regulations,
has been superseded by more recent legislation and removed from this
article.
No person shall race or run any horse or team or engage in fast
driving or trial of speed in or upon any street, lane or alley in
said Village; no person shall play ball or aid or assist in playing
any game of ball in or upon any street, alley or public grounds or
upon any sidewalk; no person shall hitch a horse to or cut, girdle
or otherwise willfully injure any shade or ornamental tree in or upon
any street or alley or public grounds, or willfully injure any bridge,
sidewalk, post or railing upon or beside any street.
No person shall use or cause to be used any chain, clevis, rope
or other article or device, for the purpose of retarding the movement
of any carriage, wagon, sleigh or other vehicle, that will in any
way tear, gutter or injure the roadbed of any road or street within
the limits of this Village.
No person shall in any way obstruct, encumber, occupy or consent
to aid or abet the obstruction, encumbrance or occupation of any part
of any street, lane, alley, sidewalk or public grounds, except so
far as the same shall be necessary for the erection or repair of a
building or the grading or improvement of a lot, and only so long
as shall be necessary for the erection or repair of a building or
the grading or improvement of a lot, and only so long as shall be
necessary therefor for the loading and unloading of wagons and vehicles
and the removal of their contents, provided also that a passageway
shall, at all times, be kept clear for travelers and pedestrians,
and provided also that all such obstructions shall be carefully and
properly guarded and lighted at all times during the night; no person
shall otherwise store or keep any property in any street at night.
No person or corporation shall dig or cause to be dug into,
through or across any street, alley, sidewalk or public grounds, any
trench, ditch or other opening for any purpose, without the consent
of the Board of Trustees in writing and under the supervision of the
Street Commissioner. All such ditches or trenches or other openings
shall be wet down and puddled as required by this Board, and shall
at all times be carefully and properly guarded and lighted at night.
No person shall post or hand any handbill, notice or placard,
except legal notices, upon any post, telegraph pole, tree, fence,
bridge or other object in the streets, alleys or public grounds, except
upon billboards authorized and located by the Board of Trustees; no
person shall cut down any tree upon any street or public ground (unless
such tree shall be dead) without first obtaining the consent of the
Board of Trustees; no person or corporation shall erect or cause to
be erected any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole in or upon
any streets or public grounds, or string any wire in, over or upon
the streets or public grounds or upon, over or in front of any building
or buildings, without the consent of the Board of Trustees.
[1]
Editor's Note: On 8-17-1925, the Board of Trustees resolved
that no telephone, telegraph or light company shall set any poles
or trim any trees without the consent of the Street Committee and
under the direction of the Street Commissioner.
No steam road cars, engines or trains shall stand upon any street
crossing longer than five minutes at a time.
No person shall permit snow or ice to accumulate upon any building
adjacent to any street or sidewalk, and no person shall permit snow,
ice or water to fall from such building upon any street or sidewalk;
no person shall cause the steam from any engine to be blown into,
upon or over any street; no person shall place or deposit any ashes
or rubbish in or upon any street, lane or alley or public grounds,
except for the purpose of removal, and in that case the same must
be removed before sunset of the same day; no person shall throw snowballs
upon any street or alley or public grounds; no person shall engage
in coasting or sliding upon any street, alley or public grounds without
permission of, or under regulations adopted by, the Board of Trustees.
No person shall cause, authorize or permit horses, cattle, sheep,
swine, fowls or other animals to run at large upon the streets or
alleys or public grounds to the injury and annoyance of the public,
and in case any police officer of said Village shall find any such
animal so running at large, the said police officer is hereby authorized
to impound the said animal or animals, and sell the same at public
auction to the highest bidder after reasonable public notice thereof,
and out of the proceeds to pay the cost of keeping and sale and the
penalty imposed by this article, the remainder, if any, to be returned
to the owner of such animal.
No person shall permit any horse or mule to stand in a public
street unattended without being securely tethered or tied to a post,
ring or secure weight or other secure fastening; or permit any animal
or vehicle to stop or stand upon any crossing, sidewalk or any bridge,
except in case of accident or other emergency; or, without authority,
fasten any animal to a tree or public lamppost or feed any animal
in a public street without permission of the owner or occupant of
the adjoining premises; or place or permit any vehicle to remain crosswise
of any street for a period longer than may be actually necessary for
the purpose of loading or unloading; or permit any vehicle to stop
or stand within the intersection of any street or within 10 feet of
a street corner, except in case of accident or other emergency.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 45-25, Speed of surface railroad
cars; standing restrictions, was repealed 3-16-1998 by L.L. No. 4-1998.
[Added 6-16-1924]
No stepping-stone, block or cement or flagstone walk leading
from any sidewalk to the curb shall be constructed so that the outer
end or edge thereof shall extend to a point nearer than five inches
of the outer edge of the curb, and any such stepping stone, block
or cement or flagstone walk now existing of which the outer edge projects
over any portion of the curb is hereby declared unlawful and shall
be removed within 10 days.
[Amended 3-16-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
Whoever shall violate any provision of this article shall, for
each offense, forfeit and pay the sum of not less than $50 for the
use of said Village.
