a. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, blockade or obstruct any pavements, walks, streets or paths in the town by placing or allowing to remain thereon any obstruction whatsoever in any manner as to create a hazard.
b. It shall be unlawful for any person to place any obstruction upon or cause to be obstructed in any manner any street, sidewalk or public way or part thereof, so as to render the passage of persons, vehicles or other travel thereon difficult, inconvenient, dangerous or impossible.
c. It shall be unlawful to obstruct or blockade any street, highway, public road or traveled place, or any part thereof, by placing or allowing to remain thereon any vehicle not in actual or immediate use, or any other article. This shall include building materials or any other obstruction whatsoever; provided that nothing herein contained shall deprive any person who may be in the process of construction, of the use of a number of feet, not exceeding 20 feet.
d. Any person building a house or other structure within the town may obtain from the Clerk/Treasurer permission for a partial and temporary use of the streets for said building purposes.
e. No permission shall be granted for the placing of a permanent obstruction on any street, highway or other public place.
f. Any obstruction placed on any street, sidewalk or highway in violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
g. This section shall not apply to any employee of the municipality, county, state or public utility while such employee is immediately and actively engaged in the maintenance, improvement or construction of a street, sidewalk, public way or utilities.
h. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any vehicle or other article dangerous to the public safety upon the public streets of the town at night, or to make or cause to be made any unreasonable or dangerous obstruction upon the public streets thereof; provided, however, that any person building houses or other structures within the town shall obtain from the Town Clerk written permission for a partial and temporary use of the public streets for building purposes.
(Prior Code, § 16.201)
Cross-reference:
Advertising prohibitions, see § 16.211.c