[Adopted 10-21-1985 as Ch. 65, Art. IV, of the 1985 Code]
[Amended 4-6-2015 by L.L. No. 2-2015]
No turn-off box, water meter, basketball hoop or similar apparatus or appliance or device of a similar nature, or obstruction of any kind, except a water hydrant, shall be placed in the traveled portions of the highway, sidewalk or space between the sidewalk and the traveled part of the highway, including the space between the sidewalk and the curb, except as hereinafter provided.
The Town Board shall have authority to grant a permit to construct such turn off box, water meter, appliance or device in the highway or sidewalk upon such terms and conditions as will properly safeguard the use of the sidewalks and highway by the public, providing conditions are such as to make it impractical to install the same elsewhere.
Any permit granted to any person, firm or corporation under this article or any other ordinance regulating the opening of the street to connect with underground sewers, water mains or pipes shall be conditioned upon a compliance with the terms and conditions of this article.
Such permit shall also be conditioned upon the right of any officer or employee of the town or the duly authorized representative or employee of the company supplying the premises with water, in the performance of his duties, to enter upon any premises within the town to turn on or to turn off, examine, inspect, repair, replace or remove such appliance.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall install a turn off box, water meter, appliance or device of a similar nature in the traveled portion of the highway, sidewalk or space between the sidewalk and traveled part of the highway, including the space between the sidewalk and the curb, without having obtained a permit to do so from the Town Board, shall be guilty of disorderly conduct and shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed $100.
In addition to the penalty hereinbefore prescribed for a violation of this article. the town may remove the obstruction and charge the expense thereof to the person, firm or corporation installing such appliance, and the owner of the property in front or side of whose premises such obstruction exists shall also be liable for the expense of removing such obstruction, which expense may be recovered by action or by local assessment against the premises, to be made, levied and collected as other local assessments are made, levied and collected pursuant to law.