[Adopted 12-20-1904]
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person,
corporation or company to sweep, throw or cause to be swept or thrown
from any street, railroad track, switch or siding in any public street
within the City of Amsterdam any snow or ice or other substance in
any portion of any such street so as to in any way encumber, block,
obstruct or interfere with travel or passage on and over any such
street or any part thereof.
Whenever snow or ice accumulates upon any such
track, switch or siding to such a depth that it cannot be removed
with ordinary scrapers attached to the streetcars, it shall not be
lawful to plow or scrape any such snow or ice upon the adjoining portions
of the street, and the same shall not be removed from their tracks,
sidings or switches unless it be carted or carried off from the street
to some proper place where it does not interfere with the free use
and travel of any such street or any other street.
The sweeping, throwing or pushing of any snow
or ice from the tracks, sidings or switches of any street railway
company occupying any of the public streets of the City by any such
corporation, company or its agents, over and on any other portion
of any such streets, is absolutely forbidden and prohibited, and all
such surplus snow and ice taken or swept from their tracks, sidings
and switches must be promptly removed, carted and carried away from
and off any such street and without delay.
In case such person, corporation or company
shall fail, neglect or refuse to so remove such snow and ice so thrown
from its tracks upon any street or any portion thereof, the Common
Council may remove the same, upon notice to any such person, corporation
or company, and the cost or expense of such removal shall be a charge
against and paid by such company or corporation.
It shall be the special duty of the Police Department
of this City to see that this article is strictly enforced.
Any person, company or corporation violating
any provision of this article shall forfeit and pay and be liable
to a fine and penalty of $100 for each and every such offense.
