[Adopted 10-7-1963 as Ch. 22, Art. I, of the 1963 Code]
[Amended 9-15-1980]
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with any direction of the City Council given under the provisions of this chapter in connection with any permit issued or permission granted by it.
No person shall lay out, order or make any new street in the City except with the consent of the Council, and no mains or pipes for water or sewer service shall be laid by any department of the City in any street in the City until such consent has been obtained.
[Added 2-5-1973; amended 9-15-1980]
A. 
Unaccepted streets that need minor corrections that cannot be accomplished due to seasonal weather conditions shall be accepted on a conditional acceptance basis in order to have adequate services supplied to the residents. The requirements for conditional acceptance are as follows:
(1) 
Conditions which must be corrected must be listed in detail and corrections necessary.
(2) 
Such conditions shall be corrected by the developer within six months of conditional acceptance, unless other time limits are so noted in the original conditional acceptance.
(3) 
Prior to conditional acceptance a cash bond shall be posted with the Division of Planning to cover the costs of correcting the conditions above by the Department of Public Works if this action becomes necessary. The amount of bond necessary shall be set by the Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works and the Division of Planning. The Division of Planning shall notify the City Council that such bond has been posted prior to submission of a conditional acceptance recommendation to the Council.
B. 
Final acceptance of a street by the City Council shall not be made until all conditions above have been corrected to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission and the Department of Public Works.
Every space of 20 feet frontage upon the streets of the City shall be a lot for the purpose of numbering. The numbering shall be done upon the following plan, the even numbers to be assigned to the left side and the odd numbers to the right side of every street:
A. 
Main Street, commencing at Colony Street and running westerly to the City limits, shall be West Main Street, and the numbering shall commence from Colony Street. Main Street, commencing at Colony Street and running easterly to the City limits, shall be East Main Street, and the numbering shall commence from Colony Street.
B. 
Broad Street shall be numbered from the south limits of the City northerly to the north limits thereof.
C. 
North Colony Street shall be numbered northerly to the City limits.
D. 
South Colony Street shall be numbered southerly to the City limits.
E. 
All streets east of North Colony Street and South Colony Street running easterly shall be so numbered, commencing at the western terminus.
F. 
All streets west of North Colony Street and South Colony Street running westerly shall be so numbered, commencing at the eastern terminus.
G. 
All streets north of East Main Street and West Main Street running northerly shall be so numbered, commencing at the southern terminus.
H. 
All streets south of East Main Street and West Main Street running southerly shall be so numbered, commencing at the northern terminus.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 146, Numbering of Buildings.
[Amended 9-15-1980[1]]
No person shall place or set out in any street or sidewalk of the City any tree, bush or shrub without first obtaining the consent of the Department of Public Works.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 196, Trees.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Whenever any tree along any street or sidewalk abutting on any premises in the City becomes diseased or decayed or in any way dangerous to persons using such street or sidewalk, the owner of such premises shall cause such tree to be made safe by trimming or removing the same within 48 hours after notice so to do has been given by the Department of Public Works. If any person fails or neglects to comply with such an order, the Department of Public Works shall trim or remove such tree, and the expense thereof shall be chargeable to the person to whom such order was directed and collectible by the City in the same manner that other debts due the City are collected.
It shall be unlawful for any person to injure any tree, shrub or other vegetation planted on the streets or sidewalks of the City.
[Amended 9-15-1980; 9-16-1996]
A. 
No person shall write or print upon a sidewalk in the City without the permission of the City Council. The Council may revoke any permission given under this section at any time.
B. 
The provisions of this section may be enforced by citation, in addition to other remedies. The citation fine amount shall be $77. The following persons have authority to issue citations for violations pursuant to this section: City of Meriden police officer.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 177, Spray Paint and Markers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cast in or upon any street, sidewalk or public place in the City any wire, nails, glass, tin or other thing liable to injure persons or property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any fire upon any permanent pavement in the City.
It shall be unlawful for three or more persons to stand together or near one another upon any street or sidewalk in the City in such manner as to obstruct the free passage of traffic thereon.