[Adopted 8-18-1937 (Ch. 50, Art. I, of the 1965 Code); amended in its entirety 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GUTTER
That portion of the street immediately adjoining the curb.
PAVEMENT
Includes a macadam, asphalt, brick, concrete or other similarly improved roadbed and is applied only to the portion of the street between the sidewalks or established curblines.
SIDEWALK
The structure of stone, brick, cement or other material used as a thoroughfare for pedestrians along the side of the street where one has been constructed pursuant to a local law or otherwise, and in case no such structure has been made it shall be deemed to be a space at least four feet in width on each side of the several streets.
STREET
Includes a highway, road, avenue, lane or alley which the public has a right to use.
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
The entire width of a street between property lines measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
All gutters in the Village shall be maintained and preserved free from all sticks, stones, dirt, refuse, snow, ice or other obstructions, so as to permit the free flow of water thereon at all times.
No person shall, without permission from the Board of Trustees, remove or cause to be removed any earth, stones, sand, gravel or other part of the highway from any street, lane, alleys, sewer, square, public ground or road within the bounds of this Village.
No person, firm or corporation shall place or cause to be placed any bridge, planks, boards or other material over or upon any curb or gutter in this Village so as to provide a means of access to or egress from his or her or its premises, and no person, firm or corporation shall construct, erect or build any driveway or roadway over any sidewalk in this Village, so as to provide means of access to and egress from the street to the adjoining premises, without first having obtained a permit for the same from the Board of Trustees, upon proper written application therefor.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $250, 15 days' imprisonment, or both, for each offense.