[Adopted as Ch. 4, § 4.020(E) and § 4.080(B)
and (C), of the 1982 General Bylaws]
No person shall erect in or upon any street or sidewalk in the
Town any staging or place thereon any material of any kind in such
manner as to obstruct or impede the free use of such street or sidewalk
for public travel, without a written permit from the Department of
Public Works Superintendent or designee, and no person shall place
any material upon any street, sidewalk or tree belt in the Town which
may damage or injure any person, animal or vehicle traveling thereon.
[Amended 4-12-2022]
A.
No person
or persons, except employees of the Department of Public Works or
their agents, shall break or dig up or obstruct any street or sidewalk
or excavate within any public way without a permit from the Department
of Public Works, which may require said person to furnish a bond if
the Department of Public Works Superintendent so demands, to indemnify
and save harmless the Town against all damages or costs by reason
of any claims of damages or by reason of any process, civil or criminal,
on account of the existence of such obstruction or excavation, and
the Department of Public Works may impose such conditions, terms and
limitations as it deems necessary. All work shall be in accordance
with the Department of Public Works' specifications. The Department
of Public Works shall notify the Police Department and the Fire Department
of any such permit in a timely manner.
B.
Any person
licensed or permitted to obstruct any street or break or dig the ground
of the same shall put up and keep at all times a suitable railing
or barricade around the parts of the sidewalk or street so obstructed
or dug up, so long as the same shall be unsafe or inconvenient for
traveling. The person so licensed or permitted shall also keep enough
lighted warnings at or near the parts of the street so obstructed
or dug up, from twilight through the whole night, as shall be sufficient
to warn travelers.
