[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.
[Amended 9-23-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-102]
No sump pump or other mechanical discharge, concentrated flow or leader drain discharge or any other manmade diversions of any type of water directed into any City street or sidewalk shall be allowed if it is determined by the City Engineer or designee to create any unsafe condition such as icing or flooding or if such discharge is determined to damage the public infrastructure or to negatively affect its maintenance or function.
[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.
[Added 9-23-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-102]
The violation of any provision of this article shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $250, plus the City's costs of enforcement, including its reasonable attorney's fees. All civil penalties shall be recovered on complaint to the use of the City. The City may also seek an order requiring correction or mitigation of the condition resulting in the violation.