(a) Permit Required. No contractor, materialman, builder or other person shall use any part of the public streets or sidewalks of the Town as a place to unload, store or keep lumber, brick, sand, gravel or other building materials, or use any part of the public streets or sidewalks of the Town as a place to conduct or carry on building operations, without first securing a permit therefor as provided by this section.
(b) Application. The application for a permit as required by subsection (a) hereof shall be made, in writing and in duplicate, on forms to be provided by the Town. It shall be filed with the Mayor, and shall state the name of the applicant, the kind of materials, the place it is desired to unload, store and keep the same, the kind of building operations to be conducted, and the probable length of time such materials will be permitted to remain, and such building operations conducted, on such street or sidewalk.
(c) Investigation of Applicant; Grant or Refusal. When an application for a permit as required by subsection (a) hereof is filed with the Mayor, he shall, as soon as practicable, make such investigation as he may consider necessary, and either grant or refuse the permit, as in his judgment the public interest and convenience shall require. The action of the Mayor shall be endorsed on both copies of the application, one of which shall be returned to the applicant, and the other retained by the Mayor, who shall file and keep the same for a period of six months, after which it may be destroyed. For convenience, such applications may be printed in pairs, the original and copy on different colors of paper.
(d) Conditions and Limitations of Permit. The authority granted to any person by the Mayor under the provisions of subsections (a) to (c) hereof shall be limited to the use of not to exceed one-third of the street, and the part so permitted to be used shall be designated by the Mayor in granting such permit. The right to use the sidewalk, hereby defined as that part of the street between the curb or improved portion thereof and the property line, shall be subject to the limitation that at least four feet of the sidewalk space, whether paved or unpaved, shall at all times be kept open for the free and uninterrupted use of the public; and if, in the judgment of Council or the Mayor, more than such width is required to properly accommodate the public necessity, such additional width as may be designated shall be kept open for the use of the public as aforesaid.
The right to use any portion of the sidewalk, under the provisions of subsections (a) to (c) hereof shall also be limited by the proviso that where the building proposed to be constructed is more than two stories in height, the person so permitted to use any part of the sidewalk adjacent thereto shall cover or bridge the same, for its entire width, so that persons may pass over and along the same in safety.
(e) Permittee Not to Allow Sand to Wash into Gutters. No person, to whom a permit shall be granted under the provisions of this section shall permit sand, gravel or like material, dumped or deposited on any street or sidewalk, to wash or be carried away by water from the place where dumped or deposited into any public waterway, gutter or sewer.