[Adopted as Secs. 14-1 to 14-13 of the 1996 Code]
The Board of Directors shall, from time to time, adopt such regulations as it deems fitting, necessary or proper to control the issuance of permits for street work and the work to be done under said permit. These regulations may be amended from time to time by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Director of Public Works.
The Director of Public Works, with the express approval of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission, shall compile, and amend, a manual listing of all types of work to be performed in, on, over or under any of the streets or highways in the Town by anyone other than the Town for which a permit is required by the ordinances of the Town or the statutes of the state. This manual shall include the regulations required by § 279-1 and shall be filed with the Town Clerk.
Streets and sidewalks obstructed by excavations or building material must be guarded by barriers during the day and by both barriers and colored lights by night.
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Closing of highways. The Director of Public Works may close or restrict traffic over any section of any Town street, highway or bridge for the purpose of construction, reconstruction or repair by posting notices at each end of such section of a Town street or highway or each end of such bridge.
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Signs. On any street, highway or bridge maintained by the Town where construction, reconstruction or repairs are under way under the supervision of the Director, the display of reflectorized signs erected under the provisions of Subsection A hereof shall be deemed adequate notice and warning, provided there are no openings or obstructions within the traveled portion of the road or adjacent thereto.
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Requirements. All such signs shall conform to requirements and specification for signs and traffic devices established by the Town traffic authority and the State Department of Transportation.
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Assumption of risk. Any person or persons using a Town street, highway or bridge which has been designated so closed or restricted under the provisions of Subsection A hereof shall do so at his risk except with respect to any injury or loss not traceable to a defect or condition caused or created in the process of construction, reconstruction or repair.
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Liabilities. Nothing contained herein shall affect the responsibilities or liabilities of any person, firm or corporation other than the Town.
It shall be unlawful and a nuisance to move any building through any street or highway of the Town or to permit any building in process of moving to remain in any such street or highway without a license from the Superintendent of Highways.
It shall be unlawful and a nuisance to place or continue the deposit of any building materials on any street or highway of the Town without a license from the Superintendent of Highways.
The opening or continuing of a drain or conductor pipe in such a manner that the same is discharged upon the surface of any street, highway, sidewalk, curb or property of the Town shall be unlawful and a nuisance.
It shall be unlawful and a nuisance to resist, molest, disobey or interfere with the Superintendent of Highways, or any officer of the Town, while engaged in the duty of keeping the streets or highways of the Town free from obstruction and convenient for public use.
The placing, dropping or throwing upon the streets and highways of any materials or substances which obstruct or impede the use of such streets and highways or which render the use of such streets and highways hazardous or which render such streets and highways unsightly shall be unlawful and a nuisance.
In maintaining awnings projecting over any sidewalk in the Town there shall be a minimum clearance of seven feet from the sidewalk to the lowest part of the framework or any fixed portion of any retractable awning, except that the bottom of the valance of canvas awnings may extend to six feet nine inches above the sidewalk. Retractable awnings shall be securely fastened to the building and shall not extend closer than 12 inches from the curbline. They shall be equipped with a mechanism or device for raising and holding the awning in a retracted or closed position against the face of the building. Violation of this section shall constitute a violation of this Code and shall be a nuisance.
No person shall drive, guide or have the care of two or more horses harnessed respectively to different vehicles; and no person shall lead or drive any horse upon any sidewalk or footpath except whenever necessary to cross the same.
Any person who shall commit, aid, advise, abet or encourage the committing of any of the acts of nuisance enumerated in § 279-7, 279-8, 279-9, 279-10 or 279-11 shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 in addition to the costs of abating such nuisance or eliminating the effect thereof. Such costs, if not paid within 30 days of the written notification of the amount due, shall bear interest from the date of such abatement or elimination at the same rate of interest as is provided by law for interest on delinquent taxes. The continuance of any encroachment or obstruction upon any street or highway, or the continuance of any of the enumerated acts of nuisance which is of a continuing nature for a day of 24 hours after the day of commencement thereof shall be deemed a separate and single offense.
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Every person owning land within the Town upon or adjacent to which is a sidewalk shall at all times maintain said sidewalk in a safe condition, subject to Subsection C of this section, for the use of the public, and shall at all times remove therefrom all obstructions or any substance, and all litter of leaves, grass, gravel, dirt, or other things which would in any way impede or imperil public travel upon said sidewalk or to render it unsafe.
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The owner of lands which front on presently accepted highways or streets in the Town shall maintain the ground surfaces of the tree belt between the edge of the roadway surface and the property line of said lands in a neat and graded manner, free and clear of all bushes, standing grass and litter of every sort, and free of holes and defects which would constitute a danger to pedestrians.
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The owner of lands whose duty it is to comply with the provisions of this section who shall violate any of said provisions shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $25 plus the cost to correct the violation, if such action is required by and performed by the Town. The Town shall notify the owner, in writing, at least seven days in advance, that corrective action will be taken by the Town at the owner's expense.