TITLE 7
PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY

CHAPTER 1
STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC WAYS

SECTION:

7-1-1: Obstructions

7-1-2: Discharging Water

7-1-3: Driving Or Riding On Sidewalk

7-1-4: Depositing Material On Street

7-1-5: Snow Event Parking Restrictions; Removal Of Vehicles; Penalty

7-1-6: Snow To Be Removed From Public Sidewalks; Penalty

7-1-7: Unlawful Acts And Activities

7-1-1: OBSTRUCTIONS:

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying or having control of any premises to place or permit placing upon the sidewalk or the half of the street next to the premises:

   A.   Any broken ware, glass, filth, rubbish, refuse matter, ice, water, mud, garbage, ashes, tin cans or other substances.

   B.   Any vehicle, lumber, wood, boxes, fencing, building materials, dead trees, tree stumps, merchandise or other thing which shall obstruct such public street or sidewalk, or any part thereof, or the free use and enjoyment thereof, or the free passage over and upon the same, or any part thereof, without the permission of the Town Council. (1960 Code § 12-1)

7-1-2: DISCHARGING WATER:

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying or having control of any premises to suffer or permit irrigation or well water or water from any other source under the control of such person, to be discharged and spread upon the surface of any sidewalk or street. (1960 Code § 12-2)

7-1-3: DRIVING OR RIDING ON SIDEWALK:

No person shall drive, ride, lead or leave, or cause to be driven, ridden, led or left, any animal or vehicle upon or along any public sidewalk, except at established crossings. (1960 Code § 12-3)

7-1-4: DEPOSITING MATERIAL ON STREET:

It shall be unlawful for any person intentionally or carelessly to throw, cast, put into, drop or leave in any street, gutter, sidewalk or public place any stones, gravel, sand, coal, dirt, manure, garbage, leaves, lawn or hedge clippings or rubbish of any kind, or any other substances which shall render such highway unsafe or unsightly, or shall interfere with travel thereon. (1960 Code § 12-7)

7-1-5: SNOW EVENT PARKING RESTRICTIONS; REMOVAL OF VEHICLES; PENALTY:

   A.   No person shall park a vehicle on any street for a period longer than one hour during or within twenty four (24) hours of a snow event. "Snow event" shall be defined to mean: 1) any occasion on which snow is falling, or 2) the twenty four (24) hours following a snow fall to a depth of one inch (1") or more.

   B.   Any vehicle parked upon the roadway that is in violation of this section may be removed at the discretion of the Stockton Police Department for obstructing the Town's snow removal efforts.

   C.   Exceptions:

      1.   Emergency vehicles and personnel in the performance of their duties.

      2.   Stockton Town Public Works employees in the performance of their duties.

   D.   A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by up to a one hundred dollar ($100.00) fine. (Ord. 2019-04, 2-14-2019)