The tenant, occupant and, in case there shall be no tenant,
the owner or any person having the charge of any building or lot or
land bordering on any street, lane, square or public place within
the town, where there is any paved footway or sidewalk, shall, after
the ceasing to fall of any snow, if in the daytime within six hours,
and if in the nighttime, before 12:00 noon of the following day, cause
such snow to be removed.
If the occupant or owner of the premises, as the case may be, fails or refuses to clean off the snow in accordance with §
143-9, the Town Superintendent shall cause such pavement or sidewalk in question to be cleaned at the expense of the occupant or owner, and the costs thereof shall be collected in the manner in which fines are collected.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
obstruct or damage in any manner any sidewalk in the town by allowing
trees, shrubbery, hedges, branches, roots or other debris to interfere
therewith. Trees shall be pruned to a minimum height of 10 feet above
the sidewalk.
Any person injuring any sidewalk shall, when required by the
Town Superintendent of the town, pay to the Town Treasurer such an
amount as shall be estimated by the Town Superintendent to be necessary
to repair such injury, and the Town Superintendent shall repair the
same. If the person causing the injury and damage fails to pay to
the Town Treasurer the costs of repairs within 15 days, the same shall
be collected as any other debt is collected.
No person shall pave a sidewalk in the town without first obtaining
a permit therefor from the Town Superintendent.
A permit, as required in §
143-13, shall designate the material and foundation to be used, the width of the pavement and such other matters as may be material.
The paving done pursuant to a permit as required in §
143-13 shall be done under the supervision of the Town Superintendent.
The owners of property in front of which the sidewalks are not
paved shall, whenever the Council by ordinance determines that such
sidewalk shall be paved, pave the same in front of and adjacent to
their respective properties at 1/2 of the expense and in such manner
as may be required by the Council.
Before the Council shall, in accordance with §
143-16, order the owners to pave a sidewalk, it shall first publish for two weeks in a newspaper published in the county, a notice inviting all persons interested to appear before the Council to be heard on the question. Such notice shall simply state that the Council is considering the subject of requiring the owners abutting on a certain street or a designated portion thereof to pave the sidewalks and inviting all persons interested to appear at a certain time and place to be heard upon the subject. The Council shall hold a hearing in accordance with such notice.
The owners of property in front of which the sidewalks are not
now paved or a majority of such owners may petition the Council to
pave the sidewalk along their property, which petition shall contain
an agreement by the signers to pay 1/2 of the cost thereof.
Whenever an order is given to the owners to pave the sidewalks in front of their property, as provided in §
143-16, or whenever the owners or a majority thereof file a petition, as provided in §
143-19, the Council, shall, at the same time, determine the material of which the sidewalks shall be paved, the width to be paved, the kind of foundation to be used for such pavement, and any other matter material to such paving.
It shall be an offense for any person to fail to abide by this
article, and any person found guilty thereof shall be subject to a
fine not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed
six months, or both. Each day any violation of this article shall
continue shall constitute a separate offense.