Whenever the word "street" is mentioned in this
article, it shall be understood as including avenues, alleys, lanes,
courts, public squares and public places, and it shall also be understood
as including the sidewalks, unless the contrary is expressed or such
construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the
City Council.
The City Council shall have authority to give
names to all streets and squares which may hereafter be laid out and
to change the names of any streets or squares.
A.
The naming
of squares shall be reserved for veterans who meet the qualifications
set by the Lowell Veterans Monument Committee or its Council-approved
successor.
[Added 4-3-2012]
The Superintendent of Police shall cause the
name of each street or public highway in the City to be placed in
conspicuous positions along the street so that the same can be distinctly
seen and read and shall also cause to be posted upon all streets in
the City open to travel but not laid out or accepted by the City Council,
at some conspicuous place wherever such streets enter upon or unite
with public highways, a notice informing the public that such are
not public ways and cautioning travelers against passing along the
same.
A.
No person shall deposit, pile or place, or cause or
permit to be deposited, piled or placed, upon any street, town way,
highway or common or public passageway any wood, coal, building material,
dirt, rubbish or obstruction of any kind without causing the same
to be removed within five hours at most, and if notified by the Superintendent
of Police to remove the same, he is to cause the same to be removed
forthwith. The aforesaid provisions of this section do not apply to
parties who have obtained a proper permit from the Commissioner of
Public Works.
B.
This section shall not apply or extend to any goods
or articles of merchandise that may be exposed or exhibited for sale
in front of any shop, provided that such articles do not extend more
than one foot from the building into or upon the sidewalk.
No person shall, within the limits of any public
street or highway in the City, play at any game of ball, snowball,
football or any other game, amusement or exercise interfering with
the convenient and free use of such street or highway by persons traveling
or passing along the same.
No person shall put or place, or cause to be
put or placed, in or upon any street, lane or alley or other public
place in the City any ashes, glass, crockery, scrap iron, nails, tacks
or any other article which would be liable to injure the feet of children
or animals or the tires of bicycles or automobiles or other vehicles
which have wheels with rubber or pneumatic tires.
No person shall sell or expose for sale from any stand, booth, stall, cart, wagon, sleigh or other vehicle, in any street, square or public place within the City, any goods, chattels or merchandise, unless licensed by the License Commission and paying for such license such sums as may be fixed by the Board, provided that this section shall not be construed to apply to dealers in hay, straw, wood or bark, who may sell or offer for sale the same from any established hay or wood stand, or to persons who may sell or offer for sale products of farms, gardens, nurseries or orchards in places where it will not interfere with public travel. No person shall sell, solicit or offer for sale upon any street or sidewalk within the limits of the City any article of whatever nature, whether or not a license or permit is required therefor, under this section or under Chapter 125, Canvassers and Solicitors, and Chapter 167, Hawkers and Peddlers, in such a manner so as to interfere with public travel upon such street or sidewalk.
Wherever on the street there may be unimproved
land, and where no sewer, gas, water or other necessary services have
been constructed, the same shall be laid and constructed to a point
at least two feet beyond the outside line of the sidewalk on the street,
one each of the services mentioned for gas, water and sewer connections,
for each 50 feet of frontage of the land on the street, or at such
distances as may be agreed upon by the owner of the land and the Commissioner
of Public Works. In case of neglect of the owner or of a corporation
or individual to construct the same, the service for sewer, water
and gas connections may be constructed by the City and shall be paid
for by the parties the construction of the same rightfully belongs
to.
