[Adopted 11-15-2022 by Res. No. 274-22[1]]
No person shall drive, back or in any manner place any motorized
vehicle and/or trailer and dumpster upon any of the sidewalks of said
City, except to cross the same to enter a yard or lot.
No person or persons shall encumber or obstruct any street, road or highway in said City with any motor vehicles, sleigh, sled, wagon, cart, carriage, timber, boards, plank, lumber, bones, barrels, hogsheads, firewood, staves, manure, rubbish, lime, brick or any other material or things, except as provided in §§ 416-3 and 416-4.
The repair, maintenance or cleaning of motor vehicles in City
streets is prohibited, unless specifically authorized by the Commissioner
of Public Works.
The Commissioner of the Department of Public Works may, in his
or her sole discretion, grant to any person permission to place any
building materials in any of the streets of the City; such permission,
however, shall not be for a longer period than six months nor authorize
the obstruction of any of the sidewalks or crosswalks or gutters nor
more than 1/3 of the carriageway of the street opposite the lot or
place where such building is proposed to be erected. Any such permission
may be revoked by the Commissioner at any time.
Every person to whom permission may be granted, pursuant to § 416-3, shall cause all the timber, building materials or rubbish arising therefrom to be removed from the street by the expiration of the time limited in such permission, or the revocation thereof.
The owner of every building having a stairway or cellarway projecting
into any street in the City shall guard the same at all times with
good and sufficient railing.
No person may erect or cause to be erected any fence, building
or other permanent structure on his/her premises in the City which
shall in any manner encroach upon the boundaries of any street thereof.
No awning, shed or structure of any kind, nor any awning frame
or post, shall be erected over any of the sidewalks of the City.
It shall be unlawful to barbeque foods or emplace barbeque equipment
on any sidewalk in the City of Middletown.
Any person who violates any of the provision of this article or any person who owns or controls property upon which such violation occurs shall, upon conviction, be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not less than $150 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The term "person," as used in this article, shall include the owner, property manager as defined in Chapter 296 of the City Code, occupant, mortgagee, vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent, or any other person, firm or corporation directly or indirectly in control of a premises or part thereof.
