[Adopted as Rev. Ords. 1964, §§ 18-1a, 18-2
to 18-4, 18-6, 18-7, 18-11 to 18-20, 18-33, 12-7 and 12-33 (§§ 20-2
to 20-23 of the 2010 Code)]
[Amended 11-1-1971]
Licenses and permits required by this article, unless otherwise
specifically provided, shall be issued by the Supervisor of Streets
and shall be countersigned by the City Engineer before the same shall
take effect.
[Amended 8-8-2000]
No person shall erect or remove any post in the streets or ways,
or change the grade or width of any street, way or sidewalk, without
a permit from the Municipal Council or designee, such work or change
to be done under the supervision, and to the satisfaction, of the
Supervisor of Streets. No permit shall be granted to erect, place
or change any fence or building adjoining any public street, way or
sidewalk until the true bounds of the street, way or sidewalk have
been first ascertained to the satisfaction of the City Engineer by
the applicant.
Any person who builds or expands a business use, residential
use, or other facility intending to utilize an existing or a new access
to a local roadway, or seeks to alter or expand an existing access
to a roadway, other than a state highway location, shall be required
to obtain a permit from the Commissioner of the Taunton Department
of Public Works or designee under this section before constructing
or using such access. Said person may be required by the Department
of Public Works to install and pay for, pursuant to a permit under
this section, standard traffic control devices, pavement markings,
channelization, or other roadway improvements to facilitate safe and
efficient traffic flow, or such roadway improvements may be installed
by the Department, and up to 100% of the cost of such improvements
may be assessed upon such person. Access from properties on or abutting
state highways must be formally permitted by the Massachusetts Department
of Transportation.
No person shall place, erect or maintain in any public street,
way or place or upon any lands of the City any stand, booth, tent,
stall, table or other structure without a license from the Mayor and
Municipal Council, who may grant the same upon such terms and conditions
as they deem proper.
[Amended 8-8-2000[1]]
No person shall place or maintain signs, advertising devices,
clocks, marquees, public telephones, telephone booths and other appurtenances,
permanent awnings or other structures projecting over the line of
any street or sidewalk of the City without permission from the Municipal
Council, and no such permit shall be granted for the placing or maintenance
of such structure unless the petitioner shall have filed plans, satisfactory
to the Building Commissioner, showing the size and type of the proposed
structure and the method of attaching such structure to the building.
The fee for such permit shall be $100, payable in advance. Any permit
granted under this section shall apply only to the particular structure
covered by the petition, and no substitution shall be made excepting
with the express permission of the Municipal Council.
No person shall allow any gate or door belonging to premises
owned or occupied by him/her or under his/her legal control, adjoining
any street in the City, to swing over or into the street.
No person shall place or carry on or upon any public street
or sidewalk any board, banner, placard or sign for advertising purposes
or for the purpose of displaying or attracting attention to the same
without written permission from the Chief of Police.
No person shall allow the platform or grate of the entrance
or passageway to his/her cellar or basement in any street or sidewalk
to rise above the surface thereof, and every such entrance or passageway
shall, at all times, be kept covered by a suitable and substantial
platform or grate, unless authorized to be kept open temporarily by
the Supervisor of Streets, and in such case it shall be protected
by a sufficient railing on both sides thereof, at least 2 1/2
feet high, and well lighted at night.
No person shall play any game of ball or football, or throw
a stone, snowball or other missile, within any street of the City,
or, without the permission of the Supervisor of Streets, coast in
the streets or upon sidewalks, with hand sleds or otherwise.
[Amended 8-8-2000]
No person shall drive, wheel or draw any vehicle except a child's
carriage or wheelchair or other ADA approved locomotion pushed or
drawn by hand upon any sidewalk.
[Amended 8-8-2000]
No person shall allow any car, trailer, dumpster or other vehicle
of any description to remain in any street or way so as to obstruct
the same after having been ordered by the Mayor, the Chief of Police,
or any police officer to remove the same.
No person shall injure, deface or destroy any street sign, guidepost,
electric light pole, electric light, or any tree, building, fence,
post or other thing set, erected or made for the use or ornament of
the City, nor paint or draw any word or figure upon any curbstone
or sidewalk.
No person shall allow any sink water or other impure water,
or any wastewater, to run from any building or lot occupied by him/her,
or under his/her legal control, onto any street, without the approval
of the Commissioner of Public Works.
[Amended 8-8-2000]
No water shall be discharged from the roof of any building so
as to flow along or across any sidewalk upon any street.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 20-19, Washing windows
from sidewalks, which immediately followed this section, was repealed
2-20-2001.
[Amended 2-9-1965; 8-8-2000]
The tenant, occupant and, in case there is no tenant or occupant,
the owner or other person having the care of any building or lot of
land bordering on any sidewalk on any public or private way located
in any area designated as a business district or central business
district by any zoning ordinance of the City shall cause the snow
and ice to be removed from such sidewalk. If the snow ceases falling
in the day it shall be removed within four hours thereafter, and if
it ceases falling in the nighttime it shall be removed before 11:00
a.m. of the succeeding day, and all ice formed upon any sidewalk in
such streets as may be so designated, or otherwise deposited thereon,
shall be removed within 24 hours after the same is so formed or deposited
unless within such time the sidewalk is otherwise rendered safe for
travel. The penalty for the violation of this section shall be a fine
not in excess of $50 for each violation.
[Amended 5-13-2003[1]]
No person shall put, place or throw, or cause to be put, placed,
or thrown, in or upon any street or other public place in this City
any snow removed from sidewalks, driveways or premises adjacent to
such streets or public place. This offense shall be punishable by
a fine of $50 for the first offense, $200 for the second offense and
$300 for the third or subsequent offense. Any operation of a commercial
registered vehicle which, for hire in the removal of snow and ice,
violates the above section shall be fined an additional $250 per offense.
The tenant, occupant and, in case there is no tenant or occupant,
the owner or other person having the care of any building adjoining
any street or way, the roof whereof slopes toward the street or way,
shall cause all snow and ice to be removed from the roof during business
hours within three hours after the same shall be formed or deposited.
[Amended 8-8-2000]
No person shall, without authority, enter or remain upon any
portion of the public or private streets which has lawfully been enclosed,
barricaded or roped off.
