[Adopted 10-7-1963 as Ch. 22, Art. III, of the 1963 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit
any act which violates the provisions of this Code or of any ordinance
or rule or regulation promulgated thereunder relating to the obstruction
of the streets and sidewalks of the City or the interruption of free
passage along the same or to aid, advise, abet or encourage the commission
of any such act. Any such act shall be deemed malicious if repeated
or continued after the person committing such act has been forbidden
to repeat or continue the same.
[Added 9-16-1996]
Every executive or police officer of the City
shall have authority to keep the streets and sidewalks of the City
open and free of obstruction and to require all persons unlawfully
obstructing such streets and sidewalks to desist therefrom whenever
the act of obstruction is done in view of such officer.
Whenever anything unlawfully placed or kept
on any street or sidewalk in the City is removed by any department
or officer of the City, the expense of such removal shall be chargeable
to the person causing such obstruction and shall be collectible by
the City in the same manner that other debts due the City are collected,
provided that, where practicable, such person has been given reasonable
notice and a reasonable time within which to remove such obstruction.
[Amended 9-16-1996]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain
any article or merchandise or wares or any case, box or container
therefor or any packing boxes upon any street or sidewalk in the City,
except for the purpose of transit or delivery and for such time and
in such manner as shall be reasonably necessary for such purpose.
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.
[Amended 9-15-1980; 10-21-1996]
A.
No building or other structure shall be moved through
any street in the City without a permit so to do issued by the Engineering
Division. The Division shall prescribe in writing the terms and manner
of moving buildings through the streets. Any person desiring a permit
to move a building shall sign a written guaranty before receiving
such permit agreeing to pay all expenses that may necessarily be incurred
by the City in protecting the wires or poles of the fire alarm telegraph
system from injury to which they may be exposed by such removal and
to pay for all damage to the pavement of the streets and sidewalks
to the satisfaction of the Engineering Division. Such number and kinds
of lights as the Engineering Division shall direct shall be placed
on such building each night during the process of removal.
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
and/or City Engineer.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
A.
The Department of Public Works shall prescribe in
writing the terms and manner of occupation of streets and sidewalks
in front of buildings in process of construction or repair with building
materials or in any other manner.
B.
No person shall place or cause to be placed on any
street or sidewalk in the City any obstruction of earth, stone, lumber,
metal or other materials without a permit from the Department so to
do. All such materials, if left on the streets or sidewalks overnight,
shall be lighted as specified by the Department.
C.
The owner of every lot upon which any building is
being erected, if such building is located upon the line of any street
or within eight feet thereof, shall, until the cellarway and doors
thereof are completed, either keep such premises securely fenced from
the street or maintain in front thereof at night such number and kinds
of lights as the Department shall direct.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect
or maintain or cause to be erected or maintained upon any street or
sidewalk in the City any permanent building, erection, fence, gate
or other obstruction or to erect or maintain any temporary building
or other structure without a permit from the Department of Public
Works so to do.
No person shall permit any gate or door belonging
to premises owned, occupied or controlled by him to swing into, over
or on any street or sidewalk in the City.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
All telegraph, telephone and electric light
and power wires, together with the poles and supports upon which the
same have been erected, shall be under the superintendence, regulation
and control of the Department of Public Works, and the City Council
may make such rules and regulations and issue such orders with reference
to the manner of locating and erecting such poles and wires as it
shall deem best for public convenience and safety. Whenever the City
Council shall take any action under this section it shall notify in
writing the manager of the corporation owning and controlling the
poles and wires with reference to which such action is taken, and,
if any order or regulation is not promptly complied with, the Council
may take down and remove the poles and wires to which such order or
regulation relates and may refuse to permit the same to be again erected
except in compliance therewith.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
No person shall place or maintain any awning
over any part of any street or sidewalk in the City unless he has
obtained a permit from the Department of Public Works so to do. No
such awning shall be erected unless the same is securely fastened
and the lowest part thereof is at least seven feet above the sidewalk,
and no part of any such awning shall extend beyond the outer sidewalk
line. Any permit granted under this section shall be revocable by
the Department.
No person shall place, suspend or maintain any
sign of any type across, over, on or beside any sidewalk or street
in the City without the permission of the Department of Public Works.
The permission authorized by this section shall be revocable, and
it shall be unlawful for any person to fail to remove any sign for
which such permission is given within 24 hours after receiving written
notice from the Department so to do.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
No person shall suspend or display any flag
or banner made of cloth or canvas over or on any sidewalk or street
in the City without permission from the Department of Public Works
so to do. The Department may revoke such permission at any time.
