CHAPTER 151: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC WAYS
Section
   151.01   Excavations, street and curb cuts; permit and fee
   151.02   Closing public ways or easements
   151.03   Obstructing public ways prohibited
   151.04   Interfering with free flow of traffic
   151.05   Trees and shrubs
   151.06   Display of merchandise for sale
   151.07   Structures on or over streets and sidewalks
   151.08   Playing prohibited
   151.09   Water draining on streets
   151.10   Signs or objects obstructing view; sight triangle
   151.11   Responsibility of adjacent property owner
 
   151.99   Penalty
§ 151.01 EXCAVATIONS, STREET AND CURB CUTS; PERMIT AND FEE.
   No person shall excavate, cut or dig in any street, sidewalk, curb, alley or other right-of-way without first applying for and receiving a permit to do so from the town. Such permission shall be subject to supervision, inspection, fees and bond or insurance as may be established by the Town Board. The fee for the excavation, street or curb cut shall be as set by the Town Board by motion or resolution and paid to the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Prior Code, § 7-1-1) Penalty, see § 151.99
§ 151.02 CLOSING PUBLIC WAYS OR EASEMENTS.
   (A)   Board authority to close. The Town Board shall have the power by ordinance to close to the public use of any public way or easement within the town whenever by resolution such closing shall be deemed necessary or expedient.
   (B)   Resolution declaring necessity. Any resolution declaring the necessity or expediency for the closing of any public way or easement shall contain the following:
      (1)   The date and place at which the ordinance closing the public way or easement will be considered by the Board; and
      (2)   The names and last known addresses of any parties who are holders of a franchise, or others determined by the Board to have a special right or privilege granted by ordinance or legislative enactment to use the public way or easement.
   (C)   Notice required.
      (1)   Persons having special right or privilege. Upon the passage of a resolution declaring the necessity or expediency for the closing of any public way or easement, the Town Clerk-Treasurer shall give written notice of the passage of such resolution to any parties who are the holders of a franchise or who have been determined by the Board of Trustees to have a special right or privilege granted by ordinance or legislative enactment to use such public way or easement. Such notice shall contain the date and place at which the ordinance closing the public way or easement shall be considered by the Board of Trustees and shall be sent to the persons so entitled to such notice by certified mail, with return receipt requested, at least 30 days prior to the date such ordinance shall be considered.
      (2)   Abutting property owners. Property owners of the property abutting the public way or easement sought to be closed by any ordinance passed pursuant to this section shall be entitled to the notice provided for in this section.
   (D)   Right to reopen. The town shall retain the absolute right to reopen the public way or easement without expense to the town.
(Prior Code, § 7-1-2)
§ 151.03 OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC WAYS PROHIBITED.
   It is unlawful for any person to obstruct in any manner any street, alley, sidewalk or other public way by leaving or permitting to remain thereon or therein any vehicle, object, material, structure, fence or other obstruction of any kind.
(Prior Code, § 7-1-3) Penalty, see § 151.99
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