As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
GUTTER
That portion of the street immediately adjoining the curb.
PAVEMENT
Includes a macadam, asphalt, brick, concrete or other similarly
improved roadbed and is applied only to the portion of the street
between the sidewalks or established curblines.
SIDEWALK
The structure of stone, brick, cement or other material used
as a thoroughfare for pedestrians along the side of the street where
one has been constructed pursuant to a local law or otherwise, and
in case no such structure has been made it shall be deemed to be a
space at least four feet in width on each side of the several streets.
STREET
Includes a highway, road, avenue, lane or alley which the
public has a right to use.
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
The entire width of a street between property lines measured
at right angles to the center line of the street.
All gutters in the Village shall be maintained and preserved
free from all sticks, stones, dirt, refuse, snow, ice or other obstructions,
so as to permit the free flow of water thereon at all times.
No person shall, without permission from the Board of Trustees,
remove or cause to be removed any earth, stones, sand, gravel or other
part of the highway from any street, lane, alleys, sewer, square,
public ground or road within the bounds of this Village.
No person, firm or corporation shall place or cause to be placed
any bridge, planks, boards or other material over or upon any curb
or gutter in this Village so as to provide a means of access to or
egress from his or her or its premises, and no person, firm or corporation
shall construct, erect or build any driveway or roadway over any sidewalk
in this Village, so as to provide means of access to and egress from
the street to the adjoining premises, without first having obtained
a permit for the same from the Board of Trustees, upon proper written
application therefor.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $250, 15 days' imprisonment,
or both, for each offense.