City of Chicopee, MA
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2023-04-04
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 243 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article II Superintendent of Streets
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 City Council
- Ch 5 Assessors
- Ch 8 Data Processing
- Ch 9 Emergency Management, Department of
- Ch 11 Clerk, City
- Ch 13 Collector
- Ch 16 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Authorities
- Ch 18 Community Development
- Ch 22 Department of Human Resources Administration
- Ch 24 Documents, Execution of
- Ch 26 Elections
- Ch 28 Engineer
- Ch 32 Finances
- Ch 34 Fire Department
- Ch 37 Flood Control Department
- Ch 39 Forestry Department
- Ch 46 Law Department
- Ch 48 Library Trust Account
- Ch 53 Maintenance Garage
- Ch 56 Mayor
- Ch 58 Meetings, Notices of
- Ch 61 Messenger, City
- Ch 64 Municipal Construction Contracts
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 69 Page Trust Fund
- Ch 75 Planning Department
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 80 Public Works Department
- Ch 82 Purchasing
- Ch 87 Seal and Flag
- Ch 88 Display of Flags on City Hall Plaza
- Ch 89 Sealer of Weights and Measures
- Ch 95 Vehicles, City
- Ch 97 Veterans' Services, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 109 Alcoholic Beverages and Amusement Devices
- Ch 110 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of
- Ch 122 Building Construction
- Ch 129 Cemeteries
- Ch 132 Code Enforcement
- Ch 136 Community Standards
- Ch 139 Curfews
- Ch 142 Dike System
- Ch 144 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 146 Drive-In Restaurants
- Ch 151 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Fees
- Ch 160 Fire Prevention
- Ch 169 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 172 Golf Course, Municipal
- Ch 185 Laser Devices
- Ch 186 Drones; Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Ch 188 Licenses
- Ch 189 License and Permit Revocation or Suspension
- Ch 190 Motorized Scooters
- Ch 195 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 198 Motor Vehicles on City Property
- Ch 200 Noise
- Ch 206 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 211 Pornography
- Ch 217 Radioactive Waste, Storage or Disposal of
- Ch 223 Recycling
- Ch 230 Sewers
- Ch 231 Stormwater Management
- Ch 238 Graffiti
- Ch 239 Spray Paint and Indelible Markers
- Ch 243 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 243 Art II Superintendent of Streets
- § 243-5 General duties.
- § 243-6 Duties when bridges or streets become unsafe.
- Ch 244 Tag Sales/Yard Sales
- Ch 250 Taxicabs
- Ch 256 Tobacco Vending Machines
- Ch 257 Trees
- Ch 260 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 262 Vehicles, Unregistered and Abandoned
- Ch 266 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 269 Water
- Ch 272 Wetlands
- Ch 275 Zoning
- Ch 276 Telecommunications Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 277 Wireless Facilities
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Ch. 28 of the 1976 Code]
The Superintendent of Streets shall, under the
direction of the Mayor, cause the streets, roads, lanes, squares,
sidewalks, bridges, parks and public places of the City to be kept
in good repair so as to be safe and convenient for travelers. He shall
also:
A.
See that all nuisances and obstructions therein are
forthwith removed or notice thereof given to the Chief of Police.
B.
Superintend the construction and alteration of all
streets or ways which may be laid out, relocated, altered or widened
by order of the City Council.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
C.
Superintend the laying of all sewers and the construction
of all sidewalks which may be ordered by the City Council.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
D.
Supervise the digging up of the streets or any part
thereof by any person, whether he is an officer of the City or not,
and shall see that such streets are left in a safe and convenient
condition for travel.
Whenever any street or bridge or other public
place in the City shall from any cause become unsafe for public travel,
the Superintendent of Streets shall forthwith put up a suitable fence
or barrier across the same to exclude travelers therefrom or shall
cause the same to be suitably lighted by at least two lighted lanterns
at night and shall maintain such fence and barrier and lights until
the defects shall be repaired.
