LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF CROMWELL
Please take notice that the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Cromwell on October 13, 2004 passed the following ordinance amending the Code of
the Town of Cromwell.
ORDINANCE REGARDING REMOVAL OF
BE IT ORDAINED THAT Part II, General Legislation, of the Municipal Code of the Town of Cromwell is hereby amended by adding Article VII as follows:
§ 204-26. Definitions
Obstruction: Any impediment on a public highway that interferes with the removal of snow and ice from a public highway or interferes with the safe and orderly flow or passage of motor vehicle or pedestrian traffic. Such impediments may include, but are not limited to, grass clippings, brush, leaves, sand, gravel, stones, litter, vegetable and animal matter, refuse and rubbish.
Person: Any individual, corporation, association or other aggregation of individuals.
Public highway: Any public streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, drives, parkways, alleys and other travel ways within the town.
§ 204-27. Prohibited Acts.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place an obstruction on a public highway in the Town. The Police Department shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of this Article. Upon notification of a police officer, the property owner or occupant of the property that adjoins a public highway must remove the obstruction. If the obstruction is deemed by the police officer as an immediate public highway hazard, such police officer shall immediately notify the Department of Public Works for its prompt removal. If the obstruction interferes with or obstructs any public works project or operation, any public works employee may remove such obstruction or interference from the highway. The Town, for the cost of such removal, may bill the owner or occupant of the property. This billing will also apply to any unscheduled leaf collection provided to town residents as a result of the placement of leaves that are determined to be an obstruction on a public highway.
§ 204-28. Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
Any person observed placing an obstruction on a public highway shall be subject to a fine of $50. Any property owner adjoining a public highway on which an obstruction is placed shall be subject to a fine of $50 for failure to remove such obstruction within 48 hours of notification by a police officer, and may be subject to a fine of $50 per day thereafter for every day the obstruction is on the public highway in violation of this Article. If the Department of Public Works removes the obstruction, as provided in § 204-27, the adjoining property owner shall be billed for the expense of said removal in addition to the penalties provided in this section.