When a Town employee finds any person has placed upon any highway surface or within any highway right-of-way any destructive or injurious material or any material which interferes with the safe use of the highway, including but not limited to bottles, glass, nail, tacks, wire, cans, snow, grass clippings, leaves, tree branches or any other substance, shall immediately report the occurrence to the Town Highway and Parks Superintendent who will investigate and, if validated, order the immediate removal of the object and/or substance from the highway surface, right-of-way, or stormwater gutter. If it is determined necessary by the Town Highway and Parks Superintendent that removal and/or cleanup is to be performed by Town employees and/or Town equipment, the associated costs shall be billed to the responsible party. All validated complaints will then be forwarded to the Zoning Officer and/or Code Enforcement Officer accompanied by pictures and written statements from the reporting employee and/or Highway and Parks Superintendent. The Zoning Officer and/or Code Enforcement Officer shall then log occurrences into appropriate tracking software and maintain records of all occurrences.
In addition to or as an alternative to any penalty provided herein and by law, any person who violates the provisions of this chapter of the Code of the Town of Farmington shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a period not exceed 15 days, or both, upon conviction. Each occurrence or day of continued violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.
Signs identifying the no parking zones herein established shall be placed on both sides of the aforementioned highways.