[Ords. of 4-16-1973]
Unless otherwise stated in the context of this chapter, the
following terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section.
A street that is primarily used to carry traffic through
the City, or to and from major generators within the City.
All streets and portions of streets within the area described
as follows: All that area bounded by Penobscot River on the east,
Davis Street on the north, Brunswick Street on the west, and Willow
Street and Chester Street on the south, and including both sides of
Center Street from Brunswick Street on the Milford Town Line on the
east.
A street that carries traffic to and from arterial streets
to local access streets, or directly serves local traffic generators.
A street that affords direct access to homes and places of
business (except major traffic generators) designed and constructed
to discourage through traffic.
Shall be construed to embrace streets, avenues, boulevards,
roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts and all other public ways in the City,
and shall include all areas thereof embraced between the property
lines and dedicated and accepted to the public use.
[Ords. of 4-16-1973]
No person shall keep or cause to be placed or kept any box,
barrel, bale of goods, wood, coal, merchandise, wares, goods or any
other article on any street or sidewalk, except for immediate conveyance
across the same and that sidewalk sales may be permitted in the central
business district with permission of the City Manager; provided, that
this section does not apply when a building permit has been issued
to such person for a building operation at that place [and] time,
and such encumbrance is so permitted thereby.
[Ord. of 4-16-1973]
No person shall place any obstruction in any ditch or watercourse
by the side of any street in the City without providing a sufficient
culvert for the passage of the water that shall be acceptable to and
approved by the director of public works.
[Ord. of 4-16-1973]
No person shall transport or cause to be transported upon the
streets of the City by motor vehicle or by trailer attached thereto,
any garbage, refuse or other materials unless such garbage, refuse
or other materials shall be covered with a suitable cover securely
tied down in such a way as to prevent such items from falling upon
the streets.
[Ord. of 1-17-1983[1]]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to remove,
allow to be removed or cause to be removed any ice, snow or water
from private premises and deposit such ice, snow or water in and upon
any sidewalk or street.
(b)
It shall also be unlawful to deposit, allow to be deposited or cause
to be deposited any ice or snow from private or public premises to
block passage along any sidewalk or street.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former §§ 17-5
— 17-7, relative to snow removal, snow fenders and depositing
of snow and ice, which were derived from Ord. of 4-16-1973.
[Ord. of 1-17-1983]
(a)
The occupant of any business, store, shop, dwelling house, manufactory,
hotel or any lot of land, bordering upon the sidewalk of any of the
streets hereinafter named, and in case there shall be no occupant,
the owner or any agent having the care and control of any such buildings
or lot of land bordering upon the streets hereinafter mentioned, shall,
after the ceasing to fall of any snow and, if in the daytime, within
four hours, but if in the nighttime before 10:00 a.m. of the day succeeding,
cause the same to be removed from said sidewalk including adjacent
esplanade to the roadway side of curbing.
(b)
This provision shall be construed to extend to the removing of snow
falling from any roof upon said sidewalk.
(c)
The requirements of this section shall apply to all sidewalks on
Water Street between Federal Street and the City park except those
sidewalks bordering on residential property, Main Street between Chester
Street and Wood Street, Center Street between Water Street and Shirley
Street and Middle Street between Main Street and Shirley Street except
those sidewalks bordering residential property.
[Ord. of 1-17-1983]
Such owner, tenant or occupant as defined in § 17-6 whenever any ice shall have been formed upon the sidewalk bordering upon such business, store, shop, manufactory or hotel shall cause such ice to be removed by spreading "urea" only on brick or concrete surfaces or other commonly available deicer on other sidewalk surfaces. If necessary mechanical methods of ice removal may be used so as not to deface the sidewalk surface. Under extreme circumstances the area may be covered or strewn with sand, ashes or other substances in such a manner as to allow safe travel on such sidewalks.
[Ord. of 1-17-1983]
[Ord. of 1-17-1983]
The owners of all buildings on Main Street from its junction
with Water Street, southerly to Chester Street, or on Water Street
from its junction with Main Street, southerly to Chester Street or
on Center Street from the westerly end of the highway bridge leading
to Treat and Webster Island, so called, westerly to Brunswick Street
whose slate, tin or zinc roofs slant toward the street and are sufficiently
near to the street to permit snow to fall from the roof on a sidewalk
or streets are hereby required, if so notified, to cause snow fenders
to be installed within 30 days after such notice, upon the roof thereof
next to the street for the purpose of protecting persons and property
from injury from snow and ice sliding from such roofs.
[Ord. of 1-17-1983; Ord. of 6-15-1992]
Each such tenant, occupant or owner neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each day he refuses or neglects to comply with the terms of this article. If the City arranges for the removal of the snow, as provided in § 17-11, the minimum fine will be not less than $100.
[Ord. of 1-17-1983]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to see that the provisions of this article are complied with and he may, after expiration of the time limits stated in § 17-6, arrange for the removal of said snow and ice at the expense of the owner or occupants thereof.
