[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Galena 4-5-2010 by Ord. No. 10-01 (Ch. VI, Art. 1, §§ 6-106
and 6-107, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
PUBLIC WAYS
Definitions.
Includes all streets, avenues, roads, highways, public thoroughfares,
lanes and alleys.
B.
Control of public ways. The Town shall have control of all public
ways in the Town, except such as may be under the jurisdiction of
the Maryland State Highway Administration, subject to the laws of
the State of Maryland and the Town Charter and may do whatever it
deems necessary to establish, operate, and maintain in good condition
the public ways of the Town.
C.
Public ways; powers. The Town shall have the power:
(1)
To establish, regulate, and change from time to time the grade lines,
width, and construction materials of any Town public way or part thereof,
bridges, curbs, and gutters.
(2)
To grade, lay out, construct, open, extend, and make new Town public
ways.
(3)
To grade, straighten, widen, alter, improve, or close up any existing
Town public way or part thereof.
(4)
To pave, surface, repave, or resurface any Town public ways or part
thereof.
(5)
To install, construct, reconstruct, repair, and maintain curbs and/or
gutters along any Town public way or part thereof.
(6)
To construct, reconstruct, maintain, and repair bridges.
(7)
To name public ways.
(8)
To have surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates made for any
of the above activities of projects or parts thereof.
The Town shall have the power:
A.
To establish regulate and change from time to time the grade lines,
width, and construction materials of any sidewalk or part thereof
on Town property along any public way or part thereof.
B.
To grade, lay out, construct, reconstruct, pave, repave, extend,
or otherwise alter sidewalks on Town property along any public way
or part thereof.
C.
To require that the owners of any property abutting on a sidewalk
keep the sidewalk clear of all ice snow, and other obstructions.
D.
To require and order the owner of any property abutting on any public
way in the Town to perform any projects authorized by this section
at the owners expense according to reasonable plans and specifications.
If after due notice, the owner fails to comply with the order within
a reasonable time, the Town may do the work, and the expense may be
a lien on the property and shall be collectible in the same manner
as are Town taxes or by suit of law.
