[Amended 2-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-03]
A. Placing, pushing, shoveling or depositing in any way
or causing to be pushed, placed, shoveled or deposited or suffering
to be pushed, placed, shoveled or deposited of any snow, slush or
other form of precipitation in such a manner as to obstruct the view
at the intersections of public streets or highways of persons driving
vehicles upon either of such intersecting streets for a distance of
20 feet measured along the curbline or edge of the pavement of every
intersection within the City, said 20 feet to be measured from the
point of intersection of said curblines or edges of the paved portions
on both the intersecting and intersected streets, is hereby prohibited.
B. Placing, pushing, shoveling or depositing in any way
or causing to be pushed, placed, shoveled or deposited or the suffering
to be pushed, placed, shoveled or deposited of any snow, slush or
other form of precipitation onto a sidewalk or public street or any
part thereof within the City of Oneida by any person, persons, firm,
association or corporation, individually or by agents, servants, employees
or independent contractors, is hereby prohibited unless written permission
is obtained from the City Engineer; nor shall any person, persons,
firm, association or corporation, individually or by agents, servants,
employees or independent contractors, place, push, shovel or deposit
any snow, slush or other form of precipitation from their property
or a public sidewalk adjacent to their property onto the property
of another person. The owner of the property from which the snow,
slush or other form of precipitation is removed may be found liable
for the acts of his or her servants, employees, agents or contractors
who violate this section.
[Amended 3-5-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019]
C. Obstruction of fire hydrants is prohibited.
[Added 12-19-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
D. In addition, but not by way of substitution therefor
or limitation thereof, the City may cause the removal of said obstructions
and assess the expense thereof upon the landowner or person responsible
and place said expense upon the assessment roll for the next ensuing
year if it remains unpaid when said assessment roll is adopted.
E. A person found in violation of any part of this section
shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not less than
$25, nor more than $250, or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed
15 days, or both such fine and penalty.