[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Lancaster
5-5-1987 ATM by Art. 87; amended 5-5-2008 ATM by Art. 13. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
No person other than an employee in the service
of the Town of Lancaster or an employee in the service of an independent
contractor acting for the Town of Lancaster shall pile, push, plow,
or blow snow or ice onto or across a public way which is plowed and/or
sanded by the Town or deposit snow in such a way as to obstruct the
operation of any fire hydrant.
The owner of any real estate abutting any Town
way where there is a sidewalk shall, within 24 hours after the ceasing
to fall or form or the accumulation from any other cause of any snow,
ice or sleet upon said sidewalk, cause the same to be removed therefrom,
and if the same cannot be wholly removed shall sprinkle thereon sand
or other substance so that such sidewalks shall be safe for travel.
The Board of Public Works, for the purpose of
insuring the free flow of traffic or for the purpose of snow and ice
control operations on a public way, may, by its own employees or with
such other assistance as it may require, and at the owner's expense,
remove or cause to be removed to the nearest convenient place, any
vehicle interfering with such traffic or such operation. Said Department
shall keep records of the registration number of each vehicle so removed
and of the place to which it was removed. The Board of Public Works
may impose liability for the cost of such removal, and of the storage
charges, if any, resulting therefrom, upon the owner of such vehicle.
