[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Haverhill as Secs. 23-27, 23-28, 23-29, 32-35 and 32-36
of the 1963 City Code (Ch. 216 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 222.
The tenant or occupant, and in case there shall
be no tenant or occupant, the owner, agent or person having the care
or custody of any building or lot abutting on any street, lane, court,
square or way within the City where there is any footway or sidewalk
duly established, shall, after snow has ceased to fall thereon or
whenever snow shall have collected or been deposited upon any such
footway or sidewalk either by falling from an adjoining building or
by drifting thereon, within six hours, remove or cause the same to
be removed therefrom; and where footways or sidewalks have not been
duly established, shall cause all such snow to be as soon removed
to a width of not less than four feet from that portion of the street
or way which is used in common as a footway in such streets or ways;
provided, however, that the requirements of this section shall not
be in force between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
Whenever any sidewalk or footway, or any part
thereof, abutting on any building or lot of land, shall be encumbered
with ice, the occupant or tenant, or the owner, agent or person having
the care and custody of such building or lot, shall cause such sidewalk
or footway to be made safe and convenient for travel, so far as it
abuts on the building or lot, by removing the ice therefrom or by
covering the same with sand or other suitable substance within six
hours after the formation of such encumbrance; provided, however,
that the requirements of this section shall not be in force between
the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. No salt shall be placed on any
sidewalk or footway for the purpose of removing snow or ice therefrom.
Whenever any sidewalk or footway shall be encumbered
with snow or ice contrary to the provisions of the two preceding sections,
it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to notify or cause to
be notified the person responsible therefor, and, if the provisions
of the aforesaid preceding sections are not complied with within three
hours from the time of service of the above notice, the Chief of Police
shall forthwith prosecute the person who has violated the provisions
of this or of the two preceding sections.
[Amended 2-27-1996 by Doc. 38; 3-25-2014 by Doc. 33]
No person shall throw or place, or cause to
be thrown or placed, in a street or way or property on which he does
not have permission to do so any snow or ice that has accumulated
in volume.
The owner or occupant of any building near the
line of any street, way, sidewalk or public place where the roof of
the building slopes toward the street, way, sidewalk or other public
place shall cause all the snow and ice to be removed from such roof
within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased from falling or forming
or shall cause such roof to be provided with suitable barriers to
prevent the fall of snow or ice therefrom upon such street, way, sidewalk
or other public place.
