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Sec. 13-1. - Driving vehicles on sidewalks.#
No person shall drive any automobile, motorcycle or truck upon any sidewalk or footwalk except for the purpose of necessarily crossing the same.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § VII)
Cross reference— Comment Text (parent not a footnote)Motor vehicles and traffic, Ch. 7.
Sec. 13-2. - Obstructing pedestrianways—With vehicles.#
No person shall obstruct any sidewalk, crosswalk or footwalk by standing or by allowing his vehicle to stand thereon to the obstruction or hindrance of persons using such sidewalk, crosswalk or footwalk.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § VI)
Cross reference— Comment Text (parent not a footnote)Motor vehicles and traffic, Ch. 7.
Sec. 13-3. - Same—With chattels, goods.#
No person shall deposit, place or put or permit to be deposited, placed or put by any person or persons any goods, wares, chattels or merchandise on any sidewalk, crosswalk or footwalk so as to obstruct the same or hinder passers-by, except while actually engaged in moving the same into or out of some building, vehicle or place.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § VIII)
Sec. 13-4. - Same—By playing games, throwing objects, etc.#
No person shall play ball or other game or throw stones or any other missiles or slide on any sled to the hindrance of any other person upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, footwalk, public street or highway.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § IX)
Sec. 13-5. - Allowing nuisance on ways.#
No person shall throw or cause to run into or upon any public street or highway, sidewalk, crosswalk or footwalk any filthy water, slops or swill nor deposit thereon any ashes, soot, cinders, shavings, manure, scrap, dirt or stones or any other matter or thing so as to create a nuisance upon any such public street, highway, sidewalk, crosswalk or footwalk or any premises adjoining thereto.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § X)
Sec. 13-6. - Excavations.#
No person shall take up the pavement or dig any trench or hole in any public street or highway without first obtaining permission in writing from the director of public works. If any person shall for six (6) hours of daylight after the completion of the work for which such opening was made omit to fill up and repair such street or highway to the satisfaction of the director of public works, and he shall fill or repair the same in proper manner and deliver to the town treasurer a statement of the cost, including a reasonable charge for the superintendence of the same, and the town treasurer shall cause the amount to be collected from the person causing such street or highway to be opened. Whenever any excavation is made or any destruction exists the person having charge shall place warning signs at either end of such area and such other warning signs as the director of public works may direct. Whenever any excavation must of necessity remain after dark, the person having charge shall place sufficient warning lights and markers at such area.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § XIII)
Sec. 13-7. - Encroachment by steps, building projections, etc.#
No person shall erect or maintain or cause to be erected or maintained any step or steps or other projection of any building or thing whatsoever on any public street or highway or on any sidewalk.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § XII)
Sec. 13-8. - Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks.#
(a)
All owners, occupants or persons having care of any building or lot bordering upon any street, highway or public place within the town, shall within the first four (4) hours of daylight after the end of any snowfall, or the fall or deposit of snow on the sidewalk of said building or lot from any cause whatsoever:
(1)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from a path not less than three (3) feet in width of the entire sidewalk bordering on said street, highway, or public place.
(2)
Whenever the sidewalk or any part thereof adjoining any building or lot of land on any street shall be encumbered with ice, it shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or any person having the care of such building or lot, to cause such sidewalk to be made safe and convenient by removing the ice therefrom, or by covering the same with sand or some other suitable substance.
(b)
Any person violating this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 2-8-90, §§ 1, 2)
Editor's note— An ordinance of February 8, 1990, did not specifically amend the Code; therefore, inclusion as § 13-8 was at the discretion of the editor.