[Ord. No. 65-7, § 3, 6-24-1965; Ord. of 6-18-1986; Ord. of 12-6-2004]
(a) 
No person, occupying or using any premises adjoining any sidewalk, shall use, and no person occupying or using any such premises shall permit or suffer anyone to use any part of any such sidewalk within six feet from the curb thereof, for the purpose of selling or offering for sale, or inducing the sale of any article of food, or any goods, wares or merchandise displayed or maintained on the premises occupied or used by such person, unless a special permit for same shall have been obtained as authorized by the Board of Police Commissioners.
(b) 
No permit issued to an individual shall be for a period longer than two days. No individual shall be entitled to receive more than one such permit per month and no more than two permits may be issued to different individuals for the same period of time. No permit issued to a group or association shall be for a period longer than three days. No group or association shall be entitled to receive more than four such permits per calendar year.
[Ord. No. 65-7, § 4, 6-24-1965; Ord. of 12-6-2004]
No person, in making delivery to any place of any article of food, or of any goods, wares or merchandise or of any other thing, shall deposit and permit any such articles to remain upon any street or sidewalk.
[Ord. No. 65-7, § 6, 6-24-1965; Ord. of 7-10-1978, §§ 1, 2; Ord. of 12-6-2004]
(a) 
Nothing contained herein shall apply to or forbid the maintenance of any sidewalk stand for the sale of newspapers, nor to any receptacle for the deposit of refuse or rubbish maintained for the use of the public by or with the permission of the City; nor to refuse or garbage deposited for collection by the Department of Public Works, provided such refuse or garbage is deposited in such manner and form, in such receptacles and at such places as are approved by the Director of Public Works, nor to lawful picketing in any bona fide labor dispute.
(b) 
Nothing contained herein shall apply to those activities of the Milford Chamber of Commerce from Railroad Avenue south to Milford Harbor, and Harborside Drive west to Seaside Avenue during their annual event known as the "Milford Oyster Festival." All activities conducted by the Milford Chamber of Commerce on City streets and sidewalks for the Milford Oyster Festival shall be under the sole jurisdiction of the Milford Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission and the ordinance regulating the conducting of a carnival, amusement show, festival or public exposition on any City park or playground.
(c) 
The passage of Subsection (b) shall only apply to those vendors permits issued by the City of Milford after August 1, 1978.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 20-6, Trucks transporting certain substances over streets to be adequately covered, adopted and amended by Code 1962, § 9-1, and 9-9-1974, was repealed 9-10-1990.
[Ord. of 2-5-1973, § 1]
On any corner lot in the City, no planting, structure, fence, wall or obstruction to vision more than three feet in height above the center line of the road shall be placed or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line connecting points on such street lines each of which points is 25 feet distant from the point in intersection.
[Ord. of 3-4-1968]
The City and its proper agents are hereby empowered to provide for the maintenance of railroad roadways owned by the New Haven Railroad that run on either side of the railroad station buildings from High Street to River Street and from High Street to West Town Street within the City limits.
[Code 1962, § 14-32]
All snow and ice shall be removed from the sidewalks of the City by the owner, tenant or occupant of the premises adjoining and fronting every such sidewalk within 24 hours after the storm, during which such snow or ice was precipitated, shall have ceased. Every owner, tenant or occupant of the premises adjoining and fronting on any sidewalk which has not been cleared of snow and ice shall be subject to punishment as provided in Section 1-9 of this Code of Ordinances.
[Code 1962, § 14-32]
The City, as provided in Section 7-118, of the General Statutes of the state, may remove snow and ice upon default or neglect of the owner, tenant or occupant of such premises to comply with the removal of Section 20-9 of this chapter. The expense of such removal of snow and ice shall be a lien upon the premises adjoining such sidewalk upon the filing of a certificate of lien to be recorded in the City Clerk's office within 60 days from completion of such removal of snow and ice.
[Ord. of 8-3-1981, §§ 1, 2[1]]
(a) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13a-149 of the General Statutes or any other general statute or special act, the City shall not be liable to any person injured in person or property due to the presence of ice or snow on a public sidewalk unless the City is the owner or person in possession and control of land abutting such sidewalk, other than land used as a highway or street, provided the City shall be liable for its affirmative acts with respect to such sidewalk.
(b) 
The owner or person in possession and control of land abutting a public sidewalk shall have the same duty of care with respect to the presence of ice or snow on such sidewalk toward the portion of the sidewalk abutting his property as the City had prior to October 1, 1981, and shall be liable to persons injured in person or property where a breach of said duty is the proximate cause of said injury.
(c) 
No action to recover damages for injury to the person or to property caused by the presence of ice or snow on a public sidewalk against a person who owns or is in possession and control of land abutting a public sidewalk shall be brought but within two years from the date when the injury is first sustained.
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Editor's Note: The preamble of this ordinance stated that same was enacted pursuant to Public Act 81-340 which permits municipalities to limit their liability for injury to persons or property caused as a result of snow and ice on public sidewalks.
[Added 6-5-2017]
(a) 
Every person riding a bicycle upon a street shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle pursuant to Title 14 of the Connecticut General Statutes, except those provisions, which by their nature, are not applicable. Every person riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a pedestrian.
(b) 
A violation of any provision of Chapter 20, Article I, Division 2, by an operator of a bicycle shall be ticketed using the same procedure as is used for motor vehicle infractions, except that any violation committed while operating a bicycle shall not affect the status of the violator's motor vehicle operator's license. When a citation is issued to a bicycle operator, the fact that the violation involves a bicycle shall be clearly indicated on the citation.
(c) 
Whenever there is a violation of traffic law by a bicycle operator or a violation by a motorist that endangers a bicycle operator, the court may permit demonstration of successful completion of a court-approved cycling knowledge course or test in lieu of or in addition to a fine or other penalty.
(a) 
Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall ride not more than two abreast in a single lane, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b) 
Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, and with the flow of traffic, obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
(c) 
This section does not require a person operating a bicycle to ride at the edge of the roadway when it is unreasonable or unsafe to do so. Conditions that may require riding away from the edge of the roadway include when necessary to avoid fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, surface hazards, or if it is otherwise unsafe or impracticable to do so, including if the lane is too narrow for the bicycle and an overtaking vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
(d) 
When a bicycle is operated on the roadway, the operator shall give hand signals to other vehicle operators in the vicinity before turning or changing lanes. Such signals shall conform with the motor vehicle laws of Connecticut. The signal shall be made not less than one time but is not required to be continuous. A bicycle operator is not required to make a signal if the bicycle is in a designated turn lane, and a signal shall not be given when the operator's hands are needed for the safe operation of the bicycle.
No person shall operate a bicycle:
(a) 
Without due regard for the safety and rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants of all other vehicles, and so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person while in the lawful use of the streets or sidewalks or any other public or private property.
(b) 
Without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such bicycle.
(c) 
By trick riding or in a weaving or zigzag course, unless such irregular course is necessary for safe operation in compliance with the law.
(a) 
Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic signals, signs and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(b) 
Whenever authorized signs are erected that no right or left turns or U-turns are permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across any alley or driveway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on such sidewalk area and upon entering the street shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on said street.
(a) 
No person shall park a bicycle upon a sidewalk in such a manner so as to unduly interfere with pedestrian traffic, or upon a roadway so as to unduly interfere with vehicular traffic.
(b) 
Bicycles shall be parked in such a manner as not to interfere with building entrances.
Whenever any person operates a bicycle or motorized bicycle in violation of any section of this Code, the bicycle may be seized by any member of the Police Department and impounded. A bicycle or motorized bicycle so impounded shall be surrendered to the owner, or if the owner is a minor, to the parents or guardians of such minor. A full explanation of the reason for the impounding shall be made to the owner, parent or guardian. A complete record of each such impounding shall be kept in the office of the Chief of Police.