[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council
of the Town of Oakland as Sections 3, 5, 8, 30 and 31 of Ch. 13 of
the 1912 Town Code; amended in its entirety 1-7-2008 by Ord. No. O2007-09. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. O2022-05]
Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 125 of this Code, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to discharge any cannon, gun, pistol or firecrackers, squibs or fireworks, or shoot any slingshot, bow and arrow, crossbow or dartgun at any time within the corporate limits, except by permission of the Mayor and Town Council in writing.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
within said Town to sweep from any business, house or elsewhere, or
to empty upon the streets or sidewalks thereof, or to burn the same
thereon, any loose paper, hay, straw, grass, rags, lemon, orange,
or banana peelings or other rubbish, dirt or trash whatsoever, or
to throw water, slop or any filthy or other liquids or substances,
or suffer the same to be thrown from his, her or their houses, kitchen
or premises, or permit the same to be cast or flow into upon any street,
alley or public square or street, or for any person or persons to
throw any debris of whatsoever description or kind from his, her or
their premises, or allow the same to be thrown therefrom, into or
upon any of the streets, lanes or alleys; or for any person or persons
to deposit any excretion or commit any like nuisance on said streets,
lanes, alleys or squares within said limits.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to ride or drive animals, or drive any vehicle or ride a bicycle on,
over or across any sidewalk within the corporate limits of the Town,
except where necessary to cross the same in going to and from any
lot or premises.
It shall be unlawful for any occupant of any
house, owners or agents having charge of vacant houses and lots, and
persons having charge of churches and public buildings, to allow the
snow to remain on the sidewalks adjacent to such houses, lots, churches
and public buildings for a longer period than 12 hours after the fall
or drift of snow on any of the streets within the limits of the Town
of Oakland, and if any owner, occupant or agent as aforesaid shall
neglect or refuse to remove the same within 12 hours, after the fall
or drift of snow, from the sidewalks as aforesaid, the Town representatives
or their designees shall remove or cause to be removed such snow from
said sidewalks, and they may charge the cost thereof to the occupant,
owner or agent aforesaid, and said costs may be collected in the name
of the Mayor and Town Council as other claims are collected.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to coast or sled on any of the streets, alleys or sidewalks within
the limits of the Town of Oakland.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a municipal infraction, subject to the maximum fine established pursuant to Chapter 40, Municipal Infractions.
