[Adopted as Ch. 6.2, Art. II, Div. 1, of the 1990 Code; amended 4-1-2010 by Ord. No. 046; 12-2-2010 by Ord. No. 175]
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works, with the assistance of the Deputy Director of Public Works, to superintend the general state of the streets, sidewalks, public landing places, municipally controlled parking areas and public ways, and attend to the repairs, maintenance and care of same.
The Director of Public Works shall take the general care of all highway vehicles and equipment owned by the City.
The Director of Public Works shall give notice to the City Manager or Director of Public Safety of any nuisance, obstruction or encroachment upon the streets, sidewalks and public landing places.
The Director of Public Works or the Director of Code Enforcement shall see that no encroachment is made upon any street, public landing place, square or property of the City by fences, buildings or otherwise. Whenever any encroachment is made thereon, and the party making the same neglects or refuses to remove it, the Director of Public Works shall, with the aid of the Corporation Counsel, cause the person offending to be prosecuted, and the nuisance abated.
The City Manager or the Director of Public Works may at any time close a street to the passage of motor vehicles to repair or reconstruct the street or utilities under it or in the right-of-way due to any emergency or damage. If the Director of Public Works exercises such authority, he shall notify both the City Manager and Police Chief and Fire Chief of such action. Long-term closing for major reconstruction shall require a vote of the City Council.
The laying out, establishing, altering, discontinuing, vacating and widening of streets shall be in accordance with 23 M.R.S.A. § 1 et seq.
A complete record of the proceedings of the Council in laying out or altering any street, including the petition therefor and notice and return thereon, shall be maintained by the City Clerk.
A. 
The City Engineer is authorized and directed to determine all driveway locations and widths in the City to and including 35 feet in the clear. Requests for driveway entrances in excess of a width of 35 feet in the clear per owner shall be referred to the Council and shall be granted when approved in writing by the Council. At least a six-foot island shall be maintained between driveway entrances on an owner's land whenever practical.
B. 
A request for a curb cut for a driveway must be approved by the City Engineer. The work will be performed by the Bureau of Public Works or a contractor authorized by the Public Works Director. All new surfaces will be bituminous hot top, and such work will extend only to the rear of the sidewalk line. All costs for such cuts shall be borne by the property owner and, if the City does the work, will be paid in advance as set from time to time by the Council. A schedule of the rates is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
C. 
A request for a curb closure for an existing curb opening must be approved by the City Engineer. The work will be performed by the Bureau of Public Works or a contractor authorized by the Public Works Director. All new surfaces will be bituminous hot top, and such work will extend only to the rear sidewalk line. All costs for such curb closures shall be borne by the property owner and will be paid in advance according to the schedule of rates on file in the office of the City Clerk.
D. 
The City Council may adjust rates annually by the first of May by order. Such rates will apply until further adjusted.
Any person engaged in the excavating of in excess of five cubic yards of clay, topsoil, borrow or other earth material and using dual-wheel trucks to transport such material over the City streets shall remove any of such material deposited by or fallen from the vehicles onto any street within 24 hours after written notice from the Director of Public Works or the Police Department and shall be liable for failure to do so by a penalty in accordance with Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, of the City Code.
A. 
The City shall provide plowing and sanding for all private roads which meet the following conditions:
(1) 
A public easement to the City is signed by all property owners that own any fee interest on that road;
(2) 
The road has at least three year-round residences located on at least three separate parcels or is a paved roadway located in an approved residential subdivision with at least three separate parcels;
(3) 
A road association is formed for each road; and
(4) 
The road meets minimum standards established by the City Council.
B. 
Furthermore, the road association shall provide a contact person to the City.
C. 
The City reserves the right to establish a per-mile cost for plowing and sanding and reimburse that amount to the road association in lieu of providing services directly.