[Added 2-2-1959; amended 7-10-1967]
Action on requests received in the period of November 15 through
April 15 for acceptance of any street shall be delayed for one year
from the date of such request.
The municipal officers shall cause every public street within
the City to be properly named, and the name of each shall be plainly
printed and posted in a suitable and conspicuous place, and where
one highway enters or crosses another, guideposts shall be erected
and maintained as required by law.
The municipal officers shall have power to cause numbers of
regular series to be affixed to or inscribed on all dwelling houses
and other buildings fronting on any street or highway at their discretion,
and they shall determine the form, size and material of such numbers
and the mode, place and succession of the inscription.
No owner or occupant of a dwelling house, building or a part
thereof shall refuse or neglect to comply with the duty designated
by the municipal officers in regard to the numbering authorized by
the preceding section of such dwelling house or building.
[Amended 2-5-1962; 4-26-2010]
No person shall lay, throw, place or plow or cause to be laid, thrown, placed or plowed, on or into any public street or public sidewalk, any snow or ice from private property. Any person or firm found in violation of this section shall be subject to the penalty provisions of § 1-8 of this Code.
No person shall place, sweep or deposit any dirt, ashes, shavings,
filth, rubbish or refuse of any kind in or upon any street, sidewalk,
lane, alley or public place in the City.
No person shall empty or let out upon the surface of any street
any cellar drain, sink drain, or other drain so that the water shall
flow therefrom upon the surface of the street.
[Added 11-26-1973]
When underground service is to be installed by a developer in
any present or proposed street for streetlights and power facilities,
the following regulations shall apply:
A.
The developer shall indicate on the plans for the development the
proposed location of all underground wiring, also the type and location
of all streetlight poles and fixtures, together with a letter or review
from Central Maine Power Co., indicating its approval of the installation.
B.
All special or ornamental light poles and/or streetlight fixtures
must be of a type maintained in the Central Maine Power Co., inventory
to assure their availability for future maintenance and replacement.
C.
The plans for such installations must be approved by the Planning
Board, and the installation of all streetlight poles and light fixtures
must be approved by the City Council.
D.
The developer, in conjunction with Central Maine Power Co., or its
successor(s), shall install all such underground electric service,
streetlight poles and light fixtures in accordance with the approved
plan for such installations and subject to the approval of the City
Engineer at no cost to the City.
E.
All special or ornamental streetlight poles shall become the property
of the City upon being installed by the developer and shall thereafter
be maintained by the City at its expense.
F.
When the development becomes occupied by residents or tenants, the
City shall order electric service for such streetlights which shall
be provided by the City.
