[Adopted as Ch. 6.2, Art. II, Div. 1, of the 1990 Code; amended 4-1-2010 by Ord. No. 046; 12-2-2010 by Ord. No. 175]
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works, with the
assistance of the Deputy Director of Public Works, to superintend
the general state of the streets, sidewalks, public landing places,
municipally controlled parking areas and public ways, and attend to
the repairs, maintenance and care of same.
The Director of Public Works shall take the general care of
all highway vehicles and equipment owned by the City.
The Director of Public Works shall give notice to the City Manager
or Director of Public Safety of any nuisance, obstruction or encroachment
upon the streets, sidewalks and public landing places.
The Director of Public Works or the Director of Code Enforcement
shall see that no encroachment is made upon any street, public landing
place, square or property of the City by fences, buildings or otherwise.
Whenever any encroachment is made thereon, and the party making the
same neglects or refuses to remove it, the Director of Public Works
shall, with the aid of the Corporation Counsel, cause the person offending
to be prosecuted, and the nuisance abated.
The City Manager or the Director of Public Works may at any
time close a street to the passage of motor vehicles to repair or
reconstruct the street or utilities under it or in the right-of-way
due to any emergency or damage. If the Director of Public Works exercises
such authority, he shall notify both the City Manager and Police Chief
and Fire Chief of such action. Long-term closing for major reconstruction
shall require a vote of the City Council.
The laying out, establishing, altering, discontinuing, vacating
and widening of streets shall be in accordance with 23 M.R.S.A. § 1
et seq.
A complete record of the proceedings of the Council in laying
out or altering any street, including the petition therefor and notice
and return thereon, shall be maintained by the City Clerk.
A.
The City Engineer is authorized and directed to determine all driveway
locations and widths in the City to and including 35 feet in the clear.
Requests for driveway entrances in excess of a width of 35 feet in
the clear per owner shall be referred to the Council and shall be
granted when approved in writing by the Council. At least a six-foot
island shall be maintained between driveway entrances on an owner's
land whenever practical.
B.
A request for a curb cut for a driveway must be approved by the City
Engineer. The work will be performed by the Bureau of Public Works
or a contractor authorized by the Public Works Director. All new surfaces
will be bituminous hot top, and such work will extend only to the
rear of the sidewalk line. All costs for such cuts shall be borne
by the property owner and, if the City does the work, will be paid
in advance as set from time to time by the Council. A schedule of
the rates is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
C.
A request for a curb closure for an existing curb opening must be
approved by the City Engineer. The work will be performed by the Bureau
of Public Works or a contractor authorized by the Public Works Director.
All new surfaces will be bituminous hot top, and such work will extend
only to the rear sidewalk line. All costs for such curb closures shall
be borne by the property owner and will be paid in advance according
to the schedule of rates on file in the office of the City Clerk.
D.
The City Council may adjust rates annually by the first of May by
order. Such rates will apply until further adjusted.
Any person engaged in the excavating of in excess of five cubic yards of clay, topsoil, borrow or other earth material and using dual-wheel trucks to transport such material over the City streets shall remove any of such material deposited by or fallen from the vehicles onto any street within 24 hours after written notice from the Director of Public Works or the Police Department and shall be liable for failure to do so by a penalty in accordance with Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, of the City Code.
A.
The City shall provide plowing and sanding for all private roads
which meet the following conditions:
(1)
A public easement to the City is signed by all property owners that
own any fee interest on that road;
(2)
The road has at least three year-round residences located on at least
three separate parcels or is a paved roadway located in an approved
residential subdivision with at least three separate parcels;
(3)
A road association is formed for each road; and
(4)
The road meets minimum standards established by the City Council.
B.
Furthermore, the road association shall provide a contact person
to the City.
C.
The City reserves the right to establish a per-mile cost for plowing
and sanding and reimburse that amount to the road association in lieu
of providing services directly.
