The several streets and ways in the City shall continue to be
called and known by the names heretofore established, and all streets
and ways hereafter laid out and accepted shall be named by the City
Council. The City Council may change the name of any street or way.
No name shall be given to any avenue, street, way or place which has
already been given to any other public avenue, street, way or place.
The commissioner of public works shall erect and maintain in conspicuous
places on each street and way in the city, one or more signs, on posts
or otherwise, which shall bear the name given to the street or way
by the city council.
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State law reference: Naming of streets, G.L., C. 85, § 3
et seq.
The city engineer shall assign a number to all dwellings and
buildings on every street that has been accepted as such or as maintained
by the city, or that has a city water supply or a public sewer therein.
He shall thereafter, upon the acceptance of any street, or the placing
therein of a city water pipe or a public sewer, proceed at once to
assign numbers for each dwelling or building built or to be built
therein, and may upon the petition of 25% of the property owners along
any street or way open for the convenience and travel of the public,
although not accepted as such by the city, nor having a city water
pipe or a public sewer, proceed so to assign numbers.
Each number referred to in section 21-2 shall cover a frontage of 20 feet with the odd numbers on the northerly and westerly sides and the even numbers on the southerly and easterly sides of the streets, except upon streets whose center line makes, with the meridian, an angle equal to about 45°, in which case the side for odd or even numbers shall be at the discretion of the city engineer.
The owner or occupant of every dwelling or building to which
the city engineer shall assign a number shall, within five days after
notice from the city engineer, cause to be placed and maintained on
or over the outside doors fronting on the street or way, or on the
front corners of every dwelling or building having its entrance on
the side thereof, such number as shall be assigned by the city engineer.
The numbers or figures shall be not less than two inches in height,
shall be securely fastened and if possible shall be so placed as to
be easily observable from the street in front of the premises.
[R.O. 1954, Ch. 38, §§ 1, 21; 5-6-1963; Ord. of 2-9-1982]
No person, except the commissioner of public services or one
acting for him or under his direction, shall break or dig up the pavement
or ground in any street, or erect any staging for building thereon,
or place thereon any rubbish or materials, except as provided in this
section, without first obtaining from the commissioner of public services
a written permit describing the space in the street that may be so
disturbed or occupied, and the length of time such disturbance or
occupancy may continue and such other provisions and restrictions
as the commissioner of public services may promulgate from time to
time, nor without filing with the city clerk a written agreement approved
by the commissioner, to comply strictly with the terms of the permit
and to indemnify the city against all loss, cost or expense that it
may suffer by reason thereof during such disturbance or occupancy
and for a period of two years after its termination, accompanied by
a bond with sureties satisfactory to and approved by the commissioner
of public services, in a sum agreeable to the commissioner, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of such agreement.
No person shall suffer his firewood, coal or other fuel, sand,
gravel, lumber, or materials to remain in any street after sunset.
In case any such material must of necessity so remain after sunset,
the owner shall place and keep a sufficient light over or near the
same from sunset to sunrise.
Whenever any street shall, by reason of any work done under any permit granted as provided in section 21-5, be dug up, obstructed, encumbered or otherwise thereby rendered unsafe or inconvenient for travel, the person receiving such permit shall put, and at all times keep up, a suitable railing or fence around the section of the street so excavated, encumbered or obstructed so long as the same shall remain unsafe or inconvenient, and shall also keep an adequate number of lighted lanterns or flares fixed to such fence or fixed in some other proper manner, during every night from sunset to sunrise so long as such railing or fence is kept standing or the obstruction, excavation or encumbrance remains. He shall also, within such reasonable time as commissioner of public works shall direct, clear or repair such street, in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner of public works.
No person shall alter, or cause to be altered, the height or
width of any sidewalk in the city nor shall wholly or partly fill
up any gutter in any street, or cause the same to be done, without
written permission from the commissioner of public works.
No person shall move or cause to be moved any building through
any street without having obtained from the commissioner of public
works a written permit therefor, stating the streets through which,
and the time within which, the building may be moved and such other
provisions as may appear advisable to him, without having first given
adequate notice to any public utility company whose physical plant
may be effected by such moving, and without having filed with the
city clerk a written agreement, approved by the commissioner of public
works, to comply strictly with the terms of such permit and to indemnify
the city against all loss, cost or expense it may suffer by reason
of the moving of such building.
No person shall maintain an entrance to his premises by steps
descending immediately from or near the line of a street unless such
entrance is properly guarded; nor shall any person permit a cellar
door, or doorway from any street into any cellar or basement to remain
open when not in immediate use, nor while in such use after sunset
unless a good and sufficient light be kept constantly at the entrance
of such door or doorway.
No person shall allow any gate or door belonging to premises
owned or occupied by him or under his control to swing on, over or
into any street or sidewalk in the city.
Whenever any snow shall fall or ice shall fall or accumulate
or be collected or deposited upon any sidewalk, any tenant or occupant
or the owner or person having charge of the land abutting upon such
sidewalk, shall cause the same to be removed therefrom within 12 hours.
Whenever any sidewalk shall be encumbered with snow or ice contrary
to the provisions of this section, the chief of police shall notify
any tenant or the owner or person having the care of the land abutting
thereon, to cause such sidewalk to be made safe and convenient for
travel by removing the snow, and as far as practicable the ice therefrom,
within six hours from the time of receiving such notice.
Whenever snow or ice collects upon the roof of any building
near the line of any sidewalk, the owner or person in charge of such
building shall immediately erect barriers, or take other suitable
measures to prevent the fall of snow and ice therefrom upon persons
traveling on such sidewalk.
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Editor's Note: An ordinance adopted June 14, 1988, (No.
9625-5), deleted former §§ 21-14 — 21-20 relative
to throwing various substances into the streets and sidewalks. Former
§§ 21-14 — 21-20 did not contain history notation
and are presumed derived from the original codification.
No person shall set up or use in any street or sidewalk any
kettle or other receptacle for the purpose of heating tar or other
similar substance for roofing or otherwise without first having obtained
a written permit from the Commissioner of Public Works.
No person shall slide or coast down, across, in or along any
of the sidewalks or streets of the City except in such places and
under such restrictions as the Commissioner of Public Works shall
designate and direct.
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Editor's Note: For law of the commonwealth authorizing
the City to regulate coasting, see MGL c. 85, §§ 10,
10A.
No person shall, within the limits of any street, play any game
of ball, fly a kite or balloon, throw stones or other missiles, or
engage in any other game, amusement or exercise interfering with free,
safe and convenient use of such street or sidewalk by any person traveling
or passing along the same.
No person shall project by means of any device any missile or
substance whatsoever in or upon any public street or sidewalk which
might endanger the life or safety of any person.
[Ord. of 8-26-1997; Ord. of 6-8-1999]
No person shall drive, wheel, draw, propel, or push any cart,
wheelbarrow, bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, roller blades, or
other vehicle of burden or pleasure upon or along any sidewalk except
for the purpose of crossing such sidewalk to go to or out of some
adjoining enclosure, provided that this section shall not apply to
wheelchairs or children's carriages propelled by hand. This section
does not apply to police officers on bicycles when engaged in the
lawful performance of their duties.
[Ord. of 6-8-1999]
Roller skating, in-line skating and skateboarding upon any street
or sidewalk in the Business District is hereby prohibited.
The Business District, for the purpose of this section, is defined
as the area defined by and encompassing the following streets or portions
of streets; Main Street easterly from West Main Street to the intersection
of American Legion Drive; American Legion Drive southerly to the intersection
of Ashland Street; Ashland Street northerly to the intersection of
Main Street; Eagle Street northerly to the intersection of Center
Street; Center Street westerly to the intersection of Marshall Street;
Marshall Street southerly to the intersection with Main Street.
[Ord. of 2-27-2001]
Owners of shopping carts shall not allow said shopping carts
to be stored, kept, left, or abandoned upon or along any street, sidewalk,
or way. The owner of any such shopping cart that is so stored, kept,
left or abandoned, which is picked up by the City employees and not
retrieved by the owner within 48 hours, shall pay a fee of $2 to reclaim
such shopping cart. It shall be the responsibility of shopping cart
owners to contact the Commissioner of Public Services or his designee
to claim such carts. Any such shopping cart that is not claimed by
an owner within 10 days of being picked up by City employees may be
disposed of.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, no person shall form,
conduct or take part in any parade in any street or sidewalk, or form
or conduct for the purpose of display or demonstration in any street
or sidewalk any procession or assembly of people without first having
obtained a permit therefore from the Chief of Police. This section
shall not effect the right of peaceful assembly in any place other
than a traveled way.
No person shall give any public address, speech or harangue
in any street or sidewalk without permission therefor from the Chief
of Police. This section shall not effect the right of peaceful assembly
in any place other than a traveled way.
No person, except licensed newsboys selling newspapers shall
use or occupy any street or sidewalk for the purpose of selling or
offering for sale any articles without first obtaining a permit from
the Chief of police.
