[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of
Merrimack 6-11-1974; last amended by Town Council 12-7-2017. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall break or excavate the ground in any street,
road, sidewalk, town-owned land or common in the Town or construct/reconstruct/pave/repave
any driveway connecting to a public street or erect any staging for
building or deposit any building materials thereon or remove any building
through any street or public place without first having received a
written permit from the Director of Public Works or designee and complying
in all respects with the conditions of said permit.
The Director of Public Works or his designated representative
may grant a permit, in writing, to any person for building or removing
any building or for any other lawful purpose to excavate, obstruct
or encumber so much of any street, road, sidewalk or other public
place in the Town as may be necessary for such purpose and on such
terms as the Director or his designated representatives shall deem
safe and proper.
Whenever any street, road, sidewalk or other public place in
the Town shall, under permit granted in the previous section, be excavated,
obstructed, encumbered or otherwise rendered unsafe or inconvenient
for travelers, the permittee shall erect and at all times maintain
a suitable railing around the sections or parts of said area so excavated
and shall keep two or more lighted fixtures attached thereto or in
some proper manner. Within such reasonable time as the Director of
Public Works or his designated representative shall direct, said permittee
shall amend and repair such street, road, sidewalk or other public
place to the acceptance of the Director or his designated representative.
No person shall put or place or cause to be put or placed any
snow or ice upon the surface of the traveled portion of any street,
nor shall such snow or ice be put or placed on a street so as to block
sidewalks or hydrants. Where snow is pushed across the traveled surface
of a street for the purpose of snow removal from land adjoining said
street it must be pushed from the traveled way so as not to block
the street, and any remaining on the surface of the traveled portion
of the street must be cleaned up, immediately.
No person shall put, or place, or cause to be put or placed,
in or on any street, lane, alley, sidewalk, or other public place
within the Town, any house dirt, ashes, garbage, shreds, shavings,
brush, or other rubbish, except in such place and in such manner as
the Director of Public Works may prescribe. In an emergency situation,
the Director of Public Works may identify locations in public ways
for the disposal of debris.
No person shall unnecessarily place any obstruction on any sidewalks
or crosswalks on any street, lane or alley within the Town. No person
shall encumber the street or sidewalk with any boxes, shelves, stands,
merchandise, or other items.
If any person shall violate the terms of this chapter, he shall
be fined $100. Each calendar day of violation shall be considered
a separate offense.
