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OBSTRUCTIONS ON STRgJiJTS
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Except as by "The Town's Incorporation Act" or by this
Dy-La\\' otherwise provided, no perlJon shall pluce, or cause to be
pla'ced, any encumberance upon any street whereby the publlc are
prevented from the free and unInterrupted use of the .same: ...
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The Committee may temporarily close any street, or part
· thereof; while any work ·Is being done. thereon, or, when .It Is advIs7'
. ;' "'able for other reasons to close the sume, and .rnay, tor tllal',purpose
erect bars 'or other impediments to traHIc. ;,',:, .
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. ":.' 27. :Whenever the Committee puts up nny bars or fences to
close any street for any purpose, no person shall interfere wilh the
: .. same or travel or attempt to travel, or drive nny vehicle along ·the
street
~9 '~losed, without permlssro'n or' the· Buper~nlendent or
stroets, and, every, ,person. who so. travels or attempts to travel, or
drives any ,vehicle shall be liable tp a penalty as hereinafter pro
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.::; .~ 28." Except as hereInafter otherwise' provided, no person ehall
.place 'on: any street any step, porch,bay window, balcony, fence,
failing or other structur.e, which In nny way' encroaches on such
street, 'and any such structure so placed ahall be removed .by the
owner of lhe properly to which the same Is. attached within ten
.days after notice to that eUect from the superintendent of streets,
~nd on failure to make such removal lheauperlntendent of etr.eets
shall remove the. same, .and the cost of removal may be recovered
from SUCh. owner by th~ Town by action, nnd, In addition; the ,own- .
er shall be liable to a penalty herelnattcr provided.
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Any person may, by permission of the C~mmittee, place
on any street materials for buildIngs, and erect an enclosure to.
protect the same; and may continue such enclosure for such period
as the CommIttee direcls. Every person placing such material or
erecting such' enclosure without such permission or olherwise than
'as herein described, 'or 'atter beIng directed to remove the. same,
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shall be liable to a penally as hereinarter provided.
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:' 30. ,Every person receiving a permit. to occupy a part of a
street for.;building purposes, or for repaIring nny buHdlng or 'mak
· Ing' any excavation, or for,nny olher purpose, shall provide a safe
. and· convenient· passage around, under or over the obstruction, so
; .- placed,' and shall be responsible for any Injury sustained by any
.' person In consequence of his neglect to do so, and shall at any time
when requested by' the superintendent of' streets, exhibit hIs permit
·to make such obstruction or excavation. ,'.
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Every person may,' by permission of the Committee, crect
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.. n' sca!foldlng for repairing any building or other purposc connect
ed with any bulldlng. Such permission shall be in writing and shall
specify the tcrms and: conditions on whIch. such scaUolding may. be
erected and :the period for which it may be contInued. ' Every per
.' son who erects. any, scaHoldlng without first having obtained such
· permission' or·· otherwise than is herein directed, or continue' the
· same for a longer period than is therein prescribed, or a!ler .being
directod. to: remove. the same shall be liable to a penalty as herein
after provided;
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··.·;;;.'32.-· -No person"shall;place ormalnt~ln any sign-post or .. sign
: whlr.h .extends' over any slreel,wlthout first having obtained per
mission of lhe CommIttee', nnd such pel'mlsslon may be
glvon~· on .', .
such terms and cond.1ti.o,n~as.the CommIttee determines.
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No. person, shull place 01" maintain 'any . awning 'which:e~
ten~s over, any' Btr~e( ,unless a plan of the 'same is .fIrst "submitted
to and, approved b:r the 'Committee, and the Committee may at any
· time revoke such, :{>ermlssion. ·No such awning shall be . less' than
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seven feet from ita lo-\ve'r edge above' the street. If the ·owner."or ... :I
occupleI: 'of any; premls'es upon wh1ch any such' awning ;has .. been···. ;:. ~
placed without ':permisslon' 'and' approval, .. and. falls' to; remove: the ~.~':~
same; after fourleen da.ys~ notice. from the Committee, the Commit:'; :<:;'
lee may cause, the same· to be: removed;'.' Any person placing. ~any ......
·such' awning witho\lt,; permission orfalllng" to. remove the .. same '. '.'
when: so dIrected; 'or!'obstructlng any civic ;offlclal roniovhig tho:";
same, or; any, projectlngslgn-post or sign, shall be liable to·.:8, penal- .>-.:: ,.
.fr as berefnart~rJproY1d~d.· .
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.. 34. 'No person shall 'place upon any street tor sale or aho"\\'
'. any gobds, wares, or merchandise, or any sign-board or adverllslng
. board.'
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36;·· No' pers~'n: ehall 'place or "·s~~pend or· ~xp'ose " from any
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building; an'y goods, wares or merchandisss'o 'that. the' snme extend
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from the wliil of such buildIng more than six inches ·towards or
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'No person, shall place on any. street any article or permit
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, the l5ame to remain thereon so as' to obstruct tho free passage ot
such ':street ," for a longer period .. than ',Isnecossary 'to ,remove the
i>ama to 'or!rom any bullding or premIses tronting on such street.
..", 37. ',Every person who contravcncs or talls to comply with any
of I the 'foregoing provisions' In respect to obstructions, on ,streets.
, ~hall 'be liable 'to a penalty ,riot 'exceodlng ,Twenty Dollnrs, and In
q,£I~lbl,l,..pt payment to 'Imprisonment for' a 'perIod not cxceedlnR'
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