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Borough of Washington, NJ
Warren County
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[Adopted 8-13-1884 by Ord. No. 1]
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No person or persons shall cast, draw through, place or discharge, or cause or procure to be cast, thrown, drawn, placed or discharged, any mud, earth, stone, dung, ashes, shells, garbage, night soil, paper, glass or wood or any other filth in or upon any street, sidewalk, highway or public alley in this Borough.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No person or persons shall put or place in or occupy any street, sidewalk, highway or public alley in this Borough with stone, brick, lumber, sand, lime or other materials for building without first having obtained a permit in writing from the standing committee of the Borough Council on streets, which permit shall specify the place and length of time such street, sidewalk, highway or public alley may be so occupied; but in no case shall a greater space of such street, sidewalk or public alley be so occupied for a greater length of time than is or shall be expressed in such permit.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No person or persons shall unlawfully narrow, encroach, stop or obstruct any street, sidewalk, highway, public alley, sluices or drains in this Borough, except by a permit as aforesaid.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No person or persons shall leave any horse or other animal, whether or not attached to any wagon, carriage or other vehicle, in any street, highway or public alley in this Borough without first securely fastening such horse or other animal.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No wagoner, cartman or other person or persons shall break or otherwise injure any sidewalk or footpath in said Borough.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No person or persons shall in anywise obstruct any sidewalk so that traveling thereon shall be impeded thereby.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No person or persons shall ride, drive or lead any horse or other animal upon any sidewalk in this Borough, or stop, place or allow to stand any horse or other animal, wagon, sleigh, sled or other vehicle and suffer the same to remain standing upon any sidewalk or crosswalk in this Borough.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
No person or persons shall ride or drive any horse or other animal in the streets of this Borough at a greater speed than six miles per hour.
It shall be the duty of the constables and policemen of this Borough to arrest any person or persons who shall be guilty of offending against the provisions of any of the foregoing sections, without any warrant for that purpose.
[Added 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.