[Adopted 12-15-1988 (Ch.
9, Art I, of the Town Code)]
The Town of Woodbury hereby adopts the provisions of C.G.S.
§ 7-163a, regarding municipal liability for ice and snow
on public sidewalks, as amended.
No person shall obstruct or render unsafe or inconvenient for
public travel, in whole or in part, any sidewalk within the Town of
Woodbury.
The owner, tenant, occupant, or any person having the care of
any land or building adjoining any sidewalk within the Town of Woodbury
shall, after the cessation of any storm of snow, ice or sleet within
12 hours, cause the same to be removed from so much of such sidewalk
as shall be paved, concreted or cemented, and if the same cannot be
wholly removed, shall distribute sand or some other proper substance
thereon so that such sidewalk shall be and remain safe for travel
until such time as the same can be wholly removed. All debris and
other obstructions shall be removed from any sidewalk within one hour
of placement thereon.
Upon any violation of §§ 210-1 through 210-3, the First Selectman shall authorize an agent of the Town of Woodbury to leave with the owner, tenant, occupant or any person having the care or charge of any such land or building a written notice that the responsible person has incurred the penalty prescribed by § 210-5 and will also incur a further obligation to pay for the removal of ice, snow, sleet, debris or other obstruction if not completed within four hours of the notice.
[Amended 5-21-2018]
[Added 5-21-2018]
A.
No person
shall lay, throw, blow, place or plow or cause to be laid, thrown,
blown, placed or plowed on or into any public street or way any snow,
ice, dirt or other similar material from any private property, public
or private sidewalk or public right-of-way. If, in the removal of
snow or ice from any such property, sidewalk or way, it is necessary
to temporarily place snow or ice on any public street or way, such
snow or ice shall immediately be removed from the public street or
way by and at the expense of the person causing such deposit.
B.
No person
in the process of clearing any property, sidewalk or way as defined
above shall:
(1)
Leave
the surface of adjoining public ways any less clear of snow and ice
than such person found the public way just previous to commencement
of clearance.
(2)
Plow
or deposit snow or ice on the side of embankments to public ways so
as to narrow or decrease the width of the traveled portion of the
public way as it existed just previous to such person's clearance.
(3)
Plow
or deposit snow or ice on that portion of the public right-of-way
that adjoins another person's property without the consent of that
person.
C.
The provisions
of this section shall not apply to the official snow removal operations
of the Town of Woodbury and the State of Connecticut.
D.
The penalty
for each violation or offense shall be $50, and each and every twenty-four-hour
period of failure or neglect to comply with the provisions of this
section shall be deemed a separate offense or violation.
