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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)
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)
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)
A. It is unlawful for any person owning or exercising control over any real property abutting any public sidewalk to fail to remove or cause to be removed from such sidewalk all hail, snow, or sleet falling thereon, or ice forming thereon, within twenty four (24) hours after such hail, snow, or sleet has ceased falling or ice has formed.
B. It is unlawful for any person to place or propel, or cause to be placed or propelled, snow, ice, hail, or sleet into the public way or in any manner which poses a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
C. Any person who fails to comply with this section shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) per violation, which penalty shall be in addition to other penalties provided by law.
D. For purposes of this section:
PERSON: Shall include, but not be limited to, individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, organizations, groups, and other entities.
PUBLIC WAY: Shall include, but not be limited to, sidewalks, roadways, alleys, and other courses traveled by the public. (Ord. 2019-05, 2-14-2019)
A. Opening Sidewalks: It is unlawful to construct or maintain any open holes or other openings regardless whether they are covered with gateways, doors or other passages in any sidewalks. This provision shall not be interpreted as to prevent the erection of utility poles or mailboxes on the first foot of property inside the curb line.
B. Water From Roof Discharging On Sidewalks: It is unlawful for any person owning or occupying or having control of any premises to suffer or permit water from the roof or eaves of any house, building or structure, or from any other source under the control of such person, to be discharged upon the surface of any sidewalk.
C. Receiving Goods: It is unlawful for any person to place or keep, or suffer to be placed or kept, upon any sidewalk or adjacent to the premises of said person, any goods, wares, or merchandise without leaving at least six feet (6') of open passage upon said sidewalk, or to leave any wares, goods or merchandise upon a sidewalk for more than one hour.
D. Driving Or Riding Upon Sidewalks: It is unlawful for any person to drive a self-propelled vehicle or team, or lead, drive or ride any animal or vehicle, upon any sidewalk, except to cross the sidewalk at established crossings.
E. Games On Sidewalks Or Streets: It is unlawful for any person to obstruct any sidewalk or street by playing games thereon, or to annoy or obstruct the free travel of any foot passenger or vehicle.
F. Clogging Gutters: It is unlawful for any person to deposit dirt, leaves or other debris in any gutter so as to prevent the unhindered flow of water therein, or so as to provide for the carriage of said debris by the water flowing therein.
G. Sweeping In Front Of Retail Businesses: It is unlawful for the owner, occupant, lessee or agent of any commercial, retail or professional establishment within the Town to fail to cause the sidewalk abutting said establishment to be swept clean each morning before the hour of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M.
H. Encroachments: It is unlawful for any fence, building or other structure to encroach upon any street or sidewalk within the Town. The Town may, in writing, require the encroachment to be removed by a date certain, not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of notice. If the person responsible for the encroachment is not known, the notice of such removal shall be posted on the encroachment and on all major buildings located adjacent to the encroachment. Should the encroachment, in the opinion of the Mayor, constitute a hazard to traffic or to life, limb or property, the same may be removed immediately by the Town and the cost thereof levied upon the owner. Any encroachment not removed by the owner within the thirty (30) day period, or less if a lesser period was provided by the notice, the Town shall remove the same at the owner's expense, levying the cost thereof against the premises as part of the ad valorem Property Taxes.
I. Obstructions: No person shall place or cause to be placed anywhere upon a public street or sidewalk, and no person owning, occupying or having control of any premises shall, after reasonable notice by the Town, suffer to be or remain in front thereof upon the sidewalk or the half of the street next to any premises:
1. Any broken ware, glass, filth, rubbish, refuse, garbage, ashes, tin cans or other like substances.
2. Any vehicles, lumber, wood, boxes, fencing, building material, merchandise or other thing which shall obstruct such public street or sidewalk, or any part thereof, without the permission of the Mayor.
3. Any goods, wares, merchandise for sale or show, or otherwise beyond the front line of the lot where goods, wares or merchandise may be sold. (Ord. 2019-12, 8-8-2019)