No owner of a building abutting upon or adjacent to the line
of any street, or his/her agent having care thereof, shall cause,
permit or suffer the water from the roof of such building to discharge
upon or flow across the surface of the sidewalk adjacent to such building.
(1937: c. XVII, s. 1)
Every owner of a building abutting upon or any part of which
stands within 15 feet of the line of any public street, the roof of
which building pitches or slopes towards the street, shall fit or
provide such roof with snow barriers or guards sufficient to effectually
prevent the sliding of snow and ice from such building into any part
of the street. (1937: c. XVII, s. 2)