It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy or use any of the streets, sidewalks, parks, bridges or any other public places or public property or any public easement of any description in the Town in a manner not permitted to the general public without having first legally obtained the consent thereto of the Town Council or a franchise therefor, and such unpermitted occupancy shall be deemed a nuisance subject to abatement.
The property owner shall bear the construction costs for a new private entrance where curbs or walks are cut or installed, culverts are installed or bridging is necessitated.
[Added 11-19-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-4; amended 1-21-1986 by Ord. No. 1986-1]
A. 
The general purpose of this section is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the public and to specifically provide for the efficient and orderly extension of community services at a minimum cost and at a maximum level of service.
B. 
Whenever property is improved or developed for the purpose of any commercial or industrial activity where access to the same is afforded the general public, then the owner and/or developer of said property shall at his own expense construct, where none now exist, curbs, gutters and sidewalks on the property where it abuts a street or road.
C. 
Concrete curbs and gutters shall be constructed in conformance with the specifications established by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
D. 
Sidewalks shall be constructed in accordance with details and specifications established by the Town Council and in accordance with the following standard provisions:
(1) 
Minimum width: four feet.
(2) 
Beginning distance from property line: two feet.
(3) 
Grade: to follow a line sloping up and away from the top of the curb at a slope of 1/4 inch per foot.
(4) 
The Town Manager may authorize variances from standard sidewalk provisions where no curb exists or when unusual topographic conditions, the nature of existing construction or similar factors would make adherence to standard provisions unreasonable.
(5) 
All work shall be subject to inspection by the Town Manager during construction and upon completion. The Town Manager shall be notified by the owner, developer or his agent after forms are set, and no concrete shall be poured or further construction started until approved by the Town Manager.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or place or cause to be constructed or placed any portico, porch, door or step which shall project into or upon any sidewalk or paved walkway along any street in the Town.
In every case of encroachment upon a street by a building, fence or other structure, the owner or maintainer thereof may be required to remove the same. For failure to make the removal within the time ordered by the Town Council, the owner or maintainer of such building, fence or other structure shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon such failure, the Town Council may require such encroachment to be removed at the risk and cost of the person owning or maintaining the same.
Every gate or door built or constructed in any fence, garden or yard wall, upon or within two feet of the line of any public sidewalk on any street in the Town, shall be hung so as to open inward.
It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any cellarway, areaway or other place of like character opening on or in a public sidewalk in the Town to remain open unless properly guarded by bars or otherwise.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or permit to remain upon the streets, alleys or sidewalks adjoining their premises any boxes, crates or other things that will cause the streets, alleys or sidewalks to be obstructed.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any loudspeaker or similar device on any street, sidewalk or alley of the Town, except that the use of a loudspeaker for making auction sales in the street directly in front of the property then being sold and entirely outside of the business districts of the Town shall not be construed as a violation of this section when such use is limited strictly to the selling at auction of such property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place, drop or cause to be put any lumber, wood, stone or other obstruction into or upon any street or public place in the Town. This section shall not be construed to apply to building material placed on the street, sidewalk or alley pursuant to § 139-11.
No person shall place building materials upon the street, sidewalk or alley for use in connection with construction work unless he shall have first obtained a permit from the Town Manager to do so and unless he shall place such materials in the spaces assigned and in the manner directed by the Town Manager.
When any building or wall is being erected, repaired or demolished, the sidewalks in front thereof may be occupied and used by the contractor or builder in connection with such work for such period of time as may be reasonable, provided that reasonable means are taken for the protection and safe passage of pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying property abutting a street or sidewalk to allow any trees, plants or shrubs growing on such property to project over the street or sidewalk in such manner as to obstruct or interfere with the safe passage of vehicles or pedestrians.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or allow to remain any sign, awning or other thing over any street or sidewalk unless the same shall be at least eight feet above such street or sidewalk.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
A. 
No sign, awning or any other thing shall be placed or allowed to remain above any street or sidewalk unless pursuant to the permission of and according to the directions of the Town Manager.
B. 
For the purpose of this section, the word "sidewalk" means not only any sidewalk on the ground belonging to the Town, but also the ground belonging to private parties which is alongside the sidewalk belonging to the Town, is not more than three feet therefrom and is not enclosed.
Any sign or awning projecting over the sidewalk or street shall be adequately secured and shall not be in an unsafe condition.