I. STREET NAMES AND BUILDING NUMBERS
12-1
Naming of streets.
12-2
Recordation of street names.
12-3
Designation of street names and building numbering.
12-4
Notice by city employees.
III.
STREET CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS
12-5
Methods for laying out, altering, widening or discontinuing streets.
12-6
Conditions as to width and grade-Approval.
12-7
Sidewalk, grass plot and edgestone requirements.
12-8
Taking of land-Compensation for damages.
12-9
Recordation of order.
12-10
Filing of plans and profiles.
12-11
Erection of permanent bound stones or monuments.
12-12
Removal of bounds prohibited.
12-13
Preparation of proposed streets—Conditions required.
12-14
Installation of hydrants in new subdivisions.
12-14A
Improvements to sidewalks, streets and ways; tree plantings.
12-15
Digging up or obstructing ways-Permit required.
12-16
Protection of streets required when dirt, gravel or other material is
disturbed.
12-17
Employment of police officer in certain cases.
12-18
Approval required for opening of public way.
12-19
Permits for placing of poles.
12-20
Maintenance of lanterns, railing and fences.
12-21
Street excavation-Placement of metal plate.
12-22
Removal of protective devices prohibited.
12-23
Tampering with lights prohibited.
12-24
Notice to utilities required.
12-25
Contractors to post bond for utility company work.
12-26
Excavations adjoining public way to have protective devices maintained.
12-27
Permit required for coal holes or apertures in or under sidewalks.
12-28
Permit issuance to occupy street.
V.
OBSTRUCTIONS ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
12-29
Sidewalk obstruction regulated.
12-30
Projection of gates and doors prohibited.
12-31
Projection of awnings and signboards.
12-32
Posts and bulletin boards--Permit required.
12-33
License required for erection of steps, bay windows, porticos, etc.
12-34
Placing of obstructions in public way prohibited.
12-35
Temporary obstructions-Allowed when.
12-36
Sawing or piling wood on public way prohibited.
VI.
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL FROM STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
12-37
Snow removal from certain sidewalks-Required.
12-38
Ice to be removed or covered on certain sidewalks.
12-39
Placing of ice or snow on public way.
VII.
CONSERVATION AREA USE REGULATIONS
12-40
Rules and regulations designated.
VIII.
PARK AND RECREATION AREA USE REGULATIONS
12-41
Areas under control of recreation commission.
12-42
Regulation of Horn Pond.
12-43
Ballplaying or golfing prohibited.
X. COVE
STREET AND WOBURN PARKWAY
12-44
Rules and regulations designated.
12-45
Penalty for violation.
12-46
Rules and regulations designated.
12-47
Penalty for violation.
12-48
Disposition of City Land.
12-49
Municipal Parking Lots in the Business Downtown District.
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I.
STREET NAMES AND BUILDING NUMBERS
12-1
Naming of streets.
The
several streets, ways and squares in the city shall continue to be called and
known
by the names heretofore established; and all streets, ways and squares
hereafter
laid out and accepted shall be named by the City Council after a man
and
woman killed in action in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War or
any
other armed conflict involving the United States military forces. A list of
those
who
were killed in action in war shall be assembled by the Veteran’s Agent and
filed
with the City Clerk. The city council may change the name of any street or way
at any
time, and the superintendent of public works shall place and maintain
suitable
street signs on each street heretofore and hereafter named by the city
council.(Prior
Ch.24, sec.1; amended 10/9/98).
12-2
Recordation of street names.
The
city clerk shall keep a book, in which shall be recorded and
alphabetically
arranged the names of all the streets and ways in the city
which
are laid out and accepted with the date of such laying out and
acceptance,
the width of such streets and ways, and all alterations made
therein
from time to time by the city council.
(Prior
Chapter 24 {2}).
12-3
Designation of street names and building numbering.
A. The
superintendent of public works shall place and maintain in suitable
conspicuous
places on the streets, the names of the several street of the city,
as
shown by the records of the Assessors; the Building Inspector shall require
the
number of each building on a street when he issues a building permit
which
said Building Inspector shall be required to number, to be affixed to or
inscribed
on the building by the owner or occupant at least five inches in
height
and may determine the form and material of any such number, and the
place
and mode of affixing or inscribing it, and no such owner or occupant
shall
affix or retain on such building for more than three days any number
contrary
to the direction of the Building Inspector. Said numbers shall each
cover a
frontage fifty feet more or less at the discretion of said Building
Inspector,
and be measured continuously from end to end of the street. Any
owner
or occupant of a building who, after notice from the said Building
Inspector
neglects or refuses for a period of more than three days to affix to
the
same or to inscribe thereon the street number lawfully designated therefor
or who
affixes or inscribes upon such building or retains thereon for a similar
period
any number other than the one so designated shall, for each offense,
be
liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. (amended
10/6/2000)
B. No
person or persons shall erect, or cause to be erected, any sign or signs
designating
the name of any street, road, avenue, park or other artery, to be
traversed
by foot or by vehicle, within the limits of the city without a permit
issued
and approved by the public works department, subject also to the
approval
of the mayor and the city council.
C. For
violation of this part, there shall be imposed a fine of one hundred dollars
for
each offense. (Prior Chapter. 14 sec. 2).
II. NOTICE OF STREET DEFECTS
12-4
Notice by city employees.
Every
person in the employ of the city shall send to the said superintendent of
public
works not of any defect in any street which may come to his notice, and
saidsuperintendent
shall keep a record of the notices of defects sent in with the
name of
the person giving the notice, and the time when given, and said
superintendent
shall without delay cause the locality of the alleged defect to be
examined
and, if the defect is of such a character as to endanger safety of public
travel,
shall do whatever may be necessary to protect the public from injury by
the
defect, and cause it to be immediately repaired. (Prior Chapter 25, sec.1).
III. STREET CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS
12-5
Methods for laying out, altering, widening or discontinuing streets.
A. The
city council may lay out any new street or way, or widen or otherwise alter,
or
discontinue any street or way, and estimate the damages any individual may
sustain
thereby; all in the manner and form prescribed by law.
B. All
applications or petitions for laying out, altering, widening or discontinuing
any
street
or way shall be made in writing and addressed to the city council upon
such
forms or blanks as they shall prescribe, and must be signed by ten or more
citizens
or taxpayers. Such petitions shall state the names of the owners, if
known,
of the property affected by the proposed laying out, alteration, widening
or
discontinuance of the particular street or way named therein.
C. Upon
receipt of such petitions the city council shall refer the same to the
committee
on highways, who shall make report thereon to said council. If such
report
recommends the laying out, widening, alteration or discontinuance
petitioned
for, it shall be accompanied by a plan and profile thereof, showing
accurately
and definitely the proposed line and grade, together with an estimate
of the
cost of construction made by the city engineer and/or the superintendent
of
public works.
D. The
report shall also state the names of the persons over whose lands such as
laying
out, altering, widening or discontinuance is recommended, with the
amount
of damages, if any, which should be allowed to each, the manner in
which
said work should be performed, and whether or not the same should be
done
under the laws authorizing the assessment of betterments.
E. If a
favorable report of the committee is accepted, or an unfavorable report is
rejected,
the city council shall by an order appoint a time and place for hearing
all
parties interested therein, and direct that notice of their intention to lay
out,
alter,
widen or discontinue such street or way, and to do the same under the
provisions
of law authorizing the assessments of betterments, if such be the
case,
be given in the manner provided by law. Notice of the intention of the city
council
to act thereon shall be published in a newspaper published in the city
seven
days at least before the said hearing and shall be otherwise served in
the
manner prescribed by law.
F. The
city council shall hear all parties interested and all persons claiming
damages
by reason of such proposed laying out, alteration, widening or
discontinuance,
at the time and place appointed as aforesaid. (Prior Chapter
24
(3}).
12-6
Conditions as to width and grade-Approval.
No
street or way shall hereafter be accepted by the city as a public street or way
unless
the same is at least forty (40) feet in width except such streets or ways as
were in
public use or which appear on any plan recorded in the registry of deeds or
approved
by the planning board in the manner provided by Section 81A et seq. of
Chapter
41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, nor which have a grade exceeding
fifteen
percent,
nor unless the same leads from some accepted street or way; provided,
that a
street or way which was in public use prior to the year 1906 and is less than
40 feet
in width as may be so accepted. (Prior Chapter 24 sec. 4).
12-7
Sidewalk, grass plot and edgestone requirements.
Any
street or way hereafter ordered by the city council to be constructed as a
public
way
shall have a space reserved on each side thereof, extending not more than
nine
feet from the inside line of the street as ordered to be laid out by said
council,
for a
sidewalk, grass plot and edgestone. (Prior Chapter 24, sec. 5).
12-8
Taking of land-Compensation for damages.
A. If,
after hearing all the parties interested, the city council is of the opinion
that
the
laying out, altering, widening or discontinuance of the street or way as
prayed
for is of common convenience and public necessity, it shall request the
city
solicitor to draft and present to said board, for action thereon, an order to
the
effect that said street or way be laid out, altered, widened or discontinued,
as the
case may be, which order shall define the boundaries, grade and
measurements
of the street or way to be laid out, altered, widened or
discontinued
and shall also state the names of all persons sustaining damages
by such
laying out, alteration, widening or discontinuance, and the amount of
compensation
which such persons shall receive therefor, and the time allowed
the
owners of land taken to remove all property which may obstruct the building
of such
street or way.
B. The
engineer and/or superintendent of public showing accurately and definitely
the
line and grade as finally adjusted and fixed by the board of aldermen,
showing
date of final action by said board and signed by him.
C. If
such street or way is laid out, altered, widened or discontinued under the
provisions
of law authorizing assessment for betterments, said order shall be in
the
form and shall be recorded in the manner provided by Chapter 80, Section
2, of
the Massachusetts General Laws.
D.
Whenever any taking is made under the provisions of this section, the city
council
shall immediately, after the land is entered upon, cause notice thereof to
be
givento every person whose property has been taken or who is otherwise
entitled
to damages on account of such taking, in the manner provided by
Chapter
79, Section 7C, of the Massachusetts General Laws.
E. Such
notice shall be in writing and shall for an award of the same, and also the
time
within which he may petition the Superior Court to determine his damages.
Such
notice may be served by personal service or by leaving an attested copy thereof
at the last and usual place of abode of the person to be notified, if he is a
resident of the Commonwealth, by any person authorized to serve civil process,
or notice may be given to persons within or without the Commonwealth by
registered mail or other suitable means. (Prior Chapter 24, sec. 6).
12-9
Recordation of order.
Every
order for the laying out, altering, wideningor discontinuing of any street or
way
shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book for that purpose, and a copy
thereof
shall be filed with the engineer and/or superintendent of public works. (Prior
Chapter
24, sec. 7).
12-10
Filing of plans and profiles.
Plans
and profiles relating to the laying out, altering, widening or discontinuing of
any
street or way shall be filed in the office of the engineer and superintendent
of
public
works. (Prior Chapter 24, sec. 8).
12-11
Erection of permanent bound stones or monuments
The
superintendent of public works shall cause permanent bound stones or
monuments
to be erected as provided by statute, at the terminal and angles of all
streets
or ways laid out or altered by the city council. (Prior Chapter 24, sec. 9).
12-12
Removal of bounds prohibited
No
person shall disturb or remove any mark stake or bound set by order of the city
council
or superintendent of public works to determine the line or location of any
street
or way or other property of the city whether said mark, stake or bound be
permanent
or temporary.(Prior Chapter 24, sec. 10).
12-13
Preparation of proposed streets-Conditions required.
No new
street or way hereafter constructed on private lands by the owners thereof
shall
be laid out or accepted as a public street of the city, unless previously
constructed
and completed in accordance with the specifications hereinafter set
forth.
A. A
plan and profile prepared at the expense of the petitioner of every proposed street
shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk, showing the present length, >width,
lines and grade of the street which they desire to have laid out, widened, altered
or discontinued; the abutting lands, with the fences and buildings thereon,
and the length of frontage of each estate; the lands to be taken, and the
names of the owners of said lands, and also showing, in red ink, the proposed
lines and grade of said street.
B.
Every such street shall be constructed not less than forty feet in width, and conform
to a cross-section plan to be approved by the city engineer, and shall have a
road bed equal to two-thirds of the width of said street.
C. The
entire area of every such street shall first be cleared of all stumps, roots, brush
and like material, and all trees not intended for preservation.
D. All
loam and loamy material shall be removed from the limits of the street, inclusive
such depth as may be approved by the city engineer; and shall be carefully
deposited by piles or spread on either side of the street, but in no case within
the limits of such street.
E. All
work in excavation or embankment shall be brought accurately to a subgrade of not
less than eight inches for the roadway and four inches for the sidewalk below
finished grade. All side slopes in excavation and on adjoining land shall be at
the ratio of at least two horizontal to one vertical, to a subgrade twelve inches
below finished grade.
F. All
rock and boulders in excavation shall be removed from the street or used in
embankments.
Embankments shall be made of clean sand, gravel, cinders,
furnace
clag, owner or owners, or collected against the security so deposited.
G.
Above said subgrade and to finished grade good binding gravel or broken stone
shall
be used. Both the roadway and sidewalks shall be well wetted and rolled.
A
street may be accepted as a public street of said city before being finished
above
the subgrade provided the owner or owners pay into the city treasury a
sum
sufficient to complete the street after the installation of sewer or water
pipes,
said sum to be determined by the city engineer, or the owner or owners
may
give to the city treasurer security to his satisfaction for said amount. If
within
thirty days after the city installs said sewer or water pipes, the owner or
owners
fail to complete said street to the satisfaction of the city engineer, the
superintendent
of streets shall proceed to complete said street and the cost
thereof
shall be paid from the amount deposited by said owner or owners, or
collected
against the security so deposited.
H. All
corners of intersecting streets shall be rounded as approved by said city
engineer,
and granite bounds shall be set at all angles and curves by the
owners,
at their own expense, before being accepted. (Prior Chapter 24 , sec. 11).
12-14
Installation of hydrants in new subdivisions.
In all
new subdivisions hereafter approved all hydrants shall be installed at the expense
of the developer, operational and tested by the fire department before any building
permits are issued. (Prior Chapter 24 , sec. 13).
12-14A
Improvements to sidewalks, streets and ways; tree plantings
IV. EXCAVATIONS
12-15 Digging
up or obstructing ways--Permit required.
Whenever
a public street or public way in the City of Woburn, including
improvements
to sidewalks, are reconstructed or resurfaced, it shall be the dutyof
the
Superintendent of Pulic Works toplant and maintain laong said improved
public
street or public way a tree ot a size and type as selected by the
Conservation
Commission and that would be appropriate for sidewalk planting.
(added
8/27/2001)
A. No
person shall break or dig up the ground or pavement in any public way, or
erect
thereon any staging for building, or place thereon any building material,
without
a permit from the superintendent of public works. Said permit shall
express
the time for which it shall continue, and any person permitted as
aforesaid,
who shall break or dig up the ground or pavement as aforesaid, shall,
before
the expiration of the permit, restore the same, to the satisfaction of the
superintendent
of public works. Any person who shall break or dig up the
ground
or pavement of a sidewalk in any manner must, in addition, restore and
replace
the sidewalk to a new condition using concrete, hot top or other finish
material
that existed prior to the excavation. (amended 9/8/2003)
B.
Whosoever violates this section, by failing to obtain a permit from the
superintendent
of public works, shall be subject to a fine of three hundred
dollars.
(Ord. of 8/20/84; prior Ch. 25 sec. 2A).
C.
Regulation for Street and Sidewalk Openings.
1.
Fees:
a) A
$100.00 (one hundred dollar) non-refundable application fee is
required.
b) A
$500.00 (five hundred dollar) certified check refundable deposit is
required
and will be held until the municipal contractor completes the
permanent
patch and payment is received. Interest on retained money is considered
to be the property of the City of Woburn. Trenches not inspected
due to the failure of the permitee to properly notify the Department
of Public Works, shall be subject to loss of deposit and/or repeat
of reconstruction procedures.
c) A
$5,000.00 (five thousand dollar) Performance and Payment Bond is
required
for each street opening permit granted. The City of Woburn
may
allow a blanket bond commensurate with anticipated permit activity
for
routine excavators. Under no circumstances will this blanket bond be
less
than $50,000. (fifty thousand dollars).
d) The
Contractor must furnish the City of Woburn with a Certificate of
Insurance
for General Liability in the amount of $500,000. (five hundred
thousand
dollars).
2.
Notification:
a) The
Department of Public Works shall be notified 24 hours before the
commencement
of any work.
b) Dig
Safe must be notified and ticket number obtained by the Contractor.
3.
Construction Procedures:
a) The
pavement shall be pre-cut and may only be disturbed within the area
requiring
excavation for repair, replacement or new installation. When
the
opening occurs within two (2) feet of the curb and/or edge of the
hardened
surface, the paved area between the excavation and the curb
and/or
edge must also be removed.
b) In
the backfill process, the backfill shall be comprised of suitable material subject to approval of the Superintendent of Public Works or his authorized
representative). Concrete should be used around all electric and
telephone conduit in trenches. Controlled Density Fill (CDF) may be required. Compaction, (when CDF is not in use) will be executed in six inch
layers. Each layer shall be 95% compacted by mechanical means.
When
the total surface area of an individual opening in bituminous concrete
is less than nine (9) square feet, all backfill material/s will be placed
to within a minimum of six (6) inches of the pavement surface, or the
thickness of the original pavement structure, whichever is greater, For
individual openings with surface areas of nine (9) square feet and larger,
the backfill material/s will be installed to within four (4) inches of >the
pavement surface or the thickness of the existing structure whichever
is
greater. "Pavement Structure" will incorporate all previous paving materials used above the gravel sub-base, including but not limited to bituminous concrete, cement, concrete, cobblestone, macadam, etc.
c)
Edges will be cut perpendicular to the surrounding surface and have a
clean
vertical face, particularly in the corners. All utility structures shall
be
leveled to the adjacent surfaces. The cut back shall be in straight
lines
with 90 degree angels at the point/s of intersection.
d) All
surplus and/or unacceptable excavated materials shall be removed
from
the job site immediately. The excavation site shall be maintained in
a clean
and safe condition at all times. Sidewalks and streets shall be
cleaned
and opened to traffic at the end of each working day, unless
otherwise
authorized by the Superintendent of Public Works. Access to
properties
are to be maintained. The removal and disposal of materials,
including
pavement, is the responsibility of the permitee. This shall be
achieved
in such a manner to minimize interference with pedestrian and
vehicular
traffic.
e) The
permittee shall be liable for the condition of the street and sidewalk
openings
and protection thereof prior to the temporary repair, and will be
held
responsible for all damage due to any failure of barricades, barriers,
warning
signs, lights or steel plates to properly protect the work from
traffic,
pedestrians or other causes. Other than while work is actually
being
performed, all open ditches shall be protected by uniform traffic
control
devices in conformance with the Massachusetts Highway
Department
Manual. All excavations must be properly secured to insure
the
safety of the travelling public and immediately reported to the
designated
Department of Public Works Coordinator.
f)
Temporary patching shall be performed by a contract representative of
the
City of Woburn and shall be the financial responsibility of the
permitee.
All barricades and or safety devices shall be immediately
removed
from the vicinity upon completion of the temporary bituminous
patching
application by the permitee.
g) Any
improperly prepared excavations, including those left with
unacceptable
backfill material or insufficient pavement depth, shall be
temporarily
paved by the City of Woburn contract representative and
charged
to the refundable deposit of the permitee. The deposit shall
immediately
be replenished to the original amount. At a later date, the
trench
shall be re-excavated and prepared correctly by the permitee.
Under
these conditions the permitee may also be subject to permit
cancellation inspection fees, fines and loss of deposit and bond.
h) All
excavations will be required to settle and/or consolidate for a period
of time
before the City of Woburn Pavement Restoration Contractor is
directed
to perform a permanent repair. This term will be defined as a
minimum
of thirty days when Controled Density Fill was used as a
backfill
material. Compacted gravel sub-base must experience at least
90 (90)
days. The Department of Publicitv Works reserves the right to
address
any sub-base deficiency within or adjacent to, the original
excavated
area with whatever measure deemed effective, during this
period.
These corrective procedures will be the financial responsibility of
the
permitee.
i)
Immediately after the specified settling and/or consolidation period, all
excavations
shall be permanently restored by the contract
representative
of the City of Woburn. The following procedures shall be
strictly
adhered to:
1. The
infrared process shall be utilized as the primary method of
permanent
restoration in bituminous concrete surfaces.
2.
Temporary asphalt patches installed in cement concrete surfaces
shall
be re-excavated to the extremities of the square/s in which the
excavation
is contained. The finished concrete shall be replaced to
the
depth, strength and contour of the original structure. Any
concrete
surface damaged during construction shall also be replaced
in a
like manner.
3. All
other surfaces, including but not limited to ashpalt, brick, grass and
wood
shall be replaced consistent with the original and in strict
accordance
with Department of Public Works specifications. The
permitee
shall also be responsible for any and all necessary
appurtenant
measures including but not limited to, complete surface
reconstruction,
curbing, resetting utility structures, "bar holes",
compatible
crackfilling tack coating and infrared thermal integration of
the
pavement. All processes required shall be determined by a site
inspection
with an authorized representative of the Department of
Public
Works. All restoration procedures shall be the financial
obligation
of the permitee.
j) The
permitee shall be responsible for any settlement, sub-base failure
and
pavement cracks that develop in, or adjacent to, the original
excavated
area for a period of three (3) years from the date of the final
accepted
permanent repair or, if Controlled Density Full is used, for a
period
of one (1) year from the date of the final accepted permanent
repair.
Any surface disorder caused by settlement and/or sub-base movement
within the general area containing a street or sidewalk opening,
shall be addressed by the City of Woburn contract representative
at the direction of the Department of Public Works. All related
corrective measures will be charged to the permitee, and the term of
obligation will begin again.
k)
Excavations opened without the permit will be dealt with directly and
may be
subject to cancellation and refusal of existing and future permits,
and
associated fines.
l)
Police protection, if required, shall be paid by the permitee directly to the
Police
Department.
m) All
surface, restorations, bituminous concrete replacement and
permanent
repairs will be done by a contract representative of the City
of
Woburn and billed directly to the permitee.
4.
Billing and Collections:
A. The
Department of Public Works shall bill the permittee for the above
mentioned
services. All invoices must be paid within 30 (thirty) days.
On past
due invoices, a service charge of 1 1/2% per month will be
allowed
on accounts 30 (thirty) days past due, provided that the rate
does
not exceed that which is permitted by law, in which case the
highest
allowable legal rate will apply. Outstanding invoices exceeding
ninety
(90) days shall be paid by the City of Woburn. The refundable
deposit
will be forfeited and applied to payment for services rendered by
the
municipal contract representative. All bonds will be attached and the
City of
Woburn will initiate fines in the amount of $100.00 per day and
continue
to accrue service charges on uncollected monies together with
all
costs of collection including reasonable attorney's fees. On ninety (90)
days
past due invoices, the City of Woburn will revoke existing and
future
permits until payment of such invoices, including all service
charges
and fines.
B. The
City of Woburn reserves the right to assume the billing function,
including
assessment and conveyance of reasonable handling charges,
as
provided by Massachusetts General Laws.
5.
Administration/Interpretation:
The
City of Woburn reserves the right to make changes or exceptions to this
regulation,
and retains sole jurisdiction in its interpretation and
administration.
____________________________
Permitee
Signature
____________________________
Excavator
Signature
If only
signed by one party, that party accepts responsibility and liability for
both
parties but in no way limits the right of the City of Woburn to enter into
litigation
enjoining both parties. The permitee and excavator are both,
individually
and severally, responsible for all action under the above
agreement
and permit system.
12-16
Protection of streets required when dirt, gravel or other material is
disturbed.
The
superintendent of public works may issue permits to persons having authority
in the
premises to open, occupy, obstruct, and use portions of the streets, and
every
such permit shall specify the time, place, size and use of such opening,
occupation
or obstruction, and the time within which the street must be put in good
condition,
and shall be on a condition, the terms of which shall be those stated in
Section
3-21 of this code, and, in addition, that the person applying for the permit
shall
place and maintain from the beginning of twilight, through the whole of every
night,
over or near the place so occupied, opened, obstructed or used and over or
near
any dirt, gravel or other material taken therefrom, or to be used by him, a
light
or
lights sufficient to protect travellers from injury; shall place and maintain a
safe
and
convenient way for the use of foot-travellers, and a safe and convenient
passage
for public travel around or over such place; shall, if he does not, within the
time
prescribed by said superintendent, put the street into good condition,
satisfactory
to said superintendent, pay whatever sum the said superintendent
shall
expend for putting it into such condition, and that he shall deliver up the
permit
at the office of the superintendent of public works on or before the
expiration
of the time fixed in the permit for completing such work. Said
superintendent
may, in addition to said specification, specify in the permit, or after
the
issuing thereof, in writing, the kind of rail or fence to enclose the place,
and the
kind of
way over or around such place, and manner of constructing the same. A
permit
to open a street paved with a granite block pavement shall only be granted
upon
the further condition that the opening shall be repaved with a granite block
pavement
of the same specifications as the original granite block pavement, by a
contractor
or paver approved by the superintendent of public works, and that the
work of
repaving shall be done in a thoroughly workmanlike manner and shall be
subject
to the approval of the superintendent of public works. The superintendent of
public works shall require a bond with sureties satisfactory to him to secure
the performance
of these conditions. (Prior Ch. 25 sec. 2(B)).
12-17
Employment of police officer in certain cases.
Where
the passage and flow of pedestrian, or vehicular traffic will be impeded or
rerouted,
the person receiving the license or permit, at his expense, sufficient
police
detail, furnished by the police department as the chief of police or his duly
authorized
agent may require. (Prior Ch. 25 sec. 2(C)).
12-18
Approval required for opening of public way.
No
person or persons shall open for public travel any street or private way the
location,
width, grade and plans of drainage of which have not previously been
approved
by the superintendent of public works and the board of aldermen in the
manner
provided in the previous sections of this code of the city nor shall any other
public
authority so place any public sewer, drain, water pipe, or light in, or do any
public
construction work of any kind, or make repairs on such street or private way,
provided
that this section shall not prevent the laying of a trunk sewer, drain, water
or gas
main if required by engineering necessities for the accommodation of other
territory.
(Prior Ch. 25 sec. 2(D)).
12-19
Permits for placing of poles.
A. The
superintendent of public works, when a petition praying therefore has been
granted
by the city council, shall issue permits to open and occupy portions of the
streets,
for the purpose of placing and maintaining poles therein, for the support of
wires,
on a condition, the terms of which shall be those hereinbefore stated in
Sections
12-15 and 12-16 of this chapter, and in addition, that the person applying
for the
permit shall keep said poles well painted and in good condition, to the
satisfaction
of the superintendent of public works; shall place the wires on said
poles
not less than twenty feet from the ground; shall keep the name of the person
or
corporation owning the wires distinctly marked on said poles; shall allow the
departments
of the city the exclusive use of the upper crossbar and top of each
pole,
free of all charge, for the purpose of placing wires thereon; shall not suffer
or
permit
any other person to place or keep wires on said poles or upon the fixtures
thereto
affixed, without permission being first obtained in writing from the city
council;
shall not remove any pole erected under this order until, and shall remove
any
pole when, directed by the city council so to do, and that on violation of any
term of
this condition the said superintendent shall remove the poles at the
expense
of the person or corporation owning them. (Prior Ch. 25 sec. 2(E)).
B. A
distribution company or a telephone company engaging in the removal of an
existing
pole and the installation of a new pole in place thereof shall complete the transfer of wires, all repairs, and the removal of the existing pole from the site within 90 days from the date of installation of the new pole; provided, however, that for any approved commercial or industrial construction project, the completion of which is expected to take longer than one year, said company shall be required to remove such pole within six months from the date of installation of the new pole. The owner of such pole shall notify all other users of the starting date of such removal and installation
work at least 48 hours prior to the commencement of such work, and said
owner shall require all other users to remove their wiring and other attachments
from the poles in a timely manner. (added 12/19/2003)
12-20
Maintenance of lanterns, railing and fences.
Whenever
any public way shall, under any permit granted as aforesaid, be dug up, obstructed,
or otherwise rendered unsafe or inconvenient for travel, the person so permitted
shall maintain a railing or fence satisfactory to the superintendent of public
works around the section or part so dug up or obstructed as long as the same
shall be unsafe or inconvenient as aforesaid, and shall also keep lighted lanterns
affixed to such railing or fence, or in some other proper manner, from twilight
in the evening through the night, as long as such railing or fence shall be kept
standing. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 2(F)).
12-21
Street excavation--Placement of metal plate.
Excavations
in public streets must be covered by a metal plate during the hours of
darkness
unless the person or contractor shall receive a permit from the
superintendent
of public works or his authorized agent. Said plate shall be of such
specifications
as the superintendent of public works may order. Persons failing to
properly
cover such excavations shall be subject to a fine of up to five hundred
dollars.
(Prior Ch. 25 sec. 2(G)).
12-22
Removal of protective devices prohibited.
A. No
person shall, except as authorized or required by law, remove, alter the
position
of, deface or disturb in any manner, any barrier, sign, protective cover,
or
grating, placed or installed in the interests of safety or necessity.
B.
Whoever violates this part may be arrested without a warrant by a police
officer
and detained in jail, or otherwise, until a complaint can be made against
him for
the offense. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 2(H)).
12-23
Tampering with lights prohibited.
No
person shall remove or extinguish a light placed in any public way in
accordance
with the provisions of this chapter. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 2(I)).
12-16
12-24
Notice to utilities required.
12-25
Contractors to post bond for utility company work.
A.
Whenever the city is about to construct a new street or to break up the surface
of any
street, it shall, at least two weeks before beginning such work, notify the
Boston
Edison Company of Boston, Massachusetts, the New England
Telephone
and Telegraph Company, the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Company,
and the Mystic Valley Gas Company and all public service
corporations
that may have occasion to do work in the streets of the city in the
future.
B. Any
public service corporation or any of the said companies having any work to
be done
in any of the streets so designated shall consult and arrange with the
superintendent
of public works in order that such work may be done before the
surface
of the street is again prepared for and open to public travel.
C.
After such notice and opportunity have been given no public service corporation
or any
of the companies herein mentioned shall for a space of five years break
up such
street within the area of such previous disturbance except in the case
of
obvious necessity to be certified to and approved by the mayor and a majority
of the
whole city council.
D. This
section of this part shall not apply to any of the said companies of public
service
corporations in the event of an accident to the property of the said
companies
or public service corporations, if in the judgment of the mayor or
superintendent
of public works, the work of preparing the same constitutes an
extraordinary
emergency. In the event that it is deemed an extraordinary
emergency
the mayor and the superintendent of public works may permit said
companies
and public service corporations to do the work without bringing the
matter
before the city council. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 2(J)).
A. All
utility companies (Telephone, Edison, Gas, etc.) doing any contractural work
in the
city in respect to the excavation and repairing of any street, sidewalk or
other
public lands, shall, after receiving a permit by a major vote of the city
council,
if required, enter into a contract with a contractor of their choice to do
said
work.
B. On
all contractual work, if for some reason not requiring a permit from the city
council
the utility companies shall also hire their own contractor.
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C. All
contractors doing contractual work for utility companies in said city shall
post
a
performance bond with the superintendent of public works, as required by law
to
cover said work.
D. The superintendent
of public works shall not release the performance bond
covering
said work until the work is satisfactorily finished.
E. If,
for some reason, after the performance bond is released, and the work
proves
to be defective within two years of the release of said bond, the utility
company
shall correct the defective work at their expense. (Prior Ch. 25, sec.
2(K)).
12-26
Excavations adjoining public way to have protective devices maintained.
Whenever
any person shall dig or sink any well, cistern, or other cavity in the
ground
near to or adjoining any public way, he shall maintain, as long as it shall be
necessary,
a sufficient and suitable railing or fence, well lighted at night. (Prior Ch.
25,
sec. 2(L)).
12-27
Permit required for coal holes or apertures in or under sidewalks.
No
person shall make, or cause to be made, an aperture in or under any sidewalk
for the
purpose of constructing coal-holes, or receptacles for other articles, or for
any
other purpose, without the permit of the superintendent of public works; and no
person
shall leave such coal-hole or aperture opened or unfastened, except while
actually
in use, in which event it shall be properly guarded. (Prior Ch. 25, sec.
2(M)).
12-28
Permit issuance to occupy street.
Said
superintendent of public works shall, when authorized thereto by an order of
the
city council, issue permits to open and occupy portions of the streets, for the
purposes
of laying, maintaining, and using wires, or rails thereon, or wires, pipes, or
conduits
under the surface thereof, on a condition the terms of which shall be those
stated
in Sections 12-15 and 12-16 of this chapter, and in addition, on condition
that
the person applying for the permit shall furnish in his conduits for wires
accommodations
for all wires belonging to or to be used by the city free of charge,
whenever
requested so to do by the mayor; shall remove the conduits and wires
whenever
directed, and not until directed to do so by the city council, and shall not
disturb
or interfere with any wires, pipes, or sewers lawfully laid in such street or
connected
therewith. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 2(N)).
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V. OBSTRUCTIONS ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
12-29
Sidewalk obstruction regulated.
A. No
person shall obstruct a public street or public sidewalk or way to which the
public
has a right of access or endanger travellers on a public sidewalk or public
street
or way to which the public has a right of access but nothing in this part
shall
be construed to curtail, abridge or limit the right or opportunity of any
person
to exercise the right of peaceful persuasion guaranteed by Section 24 of
Chapter
149 of the General Laws or to curtail, abridge or limit the intendment of
any
statute of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
B.
Violation of this part shall result in a fine not less than fifty dollars.
(Prior Ch. 25,
sec.
3(A))
12-30
Projection of gates and doors prohibited.
No
person shall allow any gate or door belonging to premises owned or occupied
by him
and adjoining any public way to swing on, over or into said public way.
(Prior
Ch. 25, sec. 3(B)).
12-31
Projection of awnings and signboards.
A. No
person shall establish or maintain any wooden or metallic shade or awning,
sign,
signboard, or inscription of any kind, before his or her place of business or
dwelling
house, over any portion of a public way, unless the same be safely and
securely
supported, and the lowest part of said sign, signboard, inscription,
shade
or awning is at least eight feet above the public way. No person shall
establish
or maintain over any part of any public way any other awning or shade
unless
the lowest part of the same be at least seven and one-half feet above the
public
way, and unless the same shall be securely fastened to a building;
provided,
however, the city council may order any sign, signboard, awning or
shade
which may project over any part of a public way to be removed at any
time.
B. No
person shall erect or maintain any wooden or metallic signs or signboards of
any
kind or an awning of any sort before his or her place of business or dwelling
over
any portion of a public way until he has first filed in the office of the city
clerk a
bond running to the city with sureties approved by the treasurer thereof,
for
such sum not exceeding five thousand dollars as the city treasurer may
determine
to be necessary in order to cover the risk of damage to the public that
might
ensue from the maintaining of said sign, signboard or awning, and each
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12-32
Posts and bulletin boards--Permit required.
12-33
License required for erection of steps, bay windows, porticos, etc.
12-34
Placing of obstructions in public way prohibited.
year on
or before April 1st, a certificate or registration of the intention of the
person
to continue the maintaining of said sign, signboard or awning shall be
filed
in the office of the city clerk. The fee for said certificate of registration
shall
be one
dollar for the original certificate and fifty cents for each renewal.
C. The
bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of any loss, damage or injury
resulting
to persons or property by reason of the establishing or maintaining of
said
sign or signboard.
D. A
person establishing or maintaining such sign or signboard may in lieu of filing
said
bond with sureties, present to the city clerk satisfactory evidence that he
has
liability insurance in a company authorized to do business in this
Commonwealth,
covering claims for loss, damage or injury which may result to
person
or property on account of the establishing or maintaining of such sign or
signboard.
E. The
city clerk shall keep a record of the names of persons presenting such
evidence
of insurance in lieu of said bond together with the address at which
said
sign or signboard is established or maintained, and the name of the
insurance
company in which said person has a policy. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 3(C)).
No
person shall erect any post nor maintain bulletin boards in any public way
without
a permit from the superintendent of public works. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 3(D)).
No
person shall erect or maintain any doorstep, portico, entrance, bay window, or
other
projection, or a passageway to any cellar, basement or other structure, in or
upon
any public way, without a license from the city council. No person shall suffer
the
platform or grate of the entrance or passageway to a cellar or basement in any
public
way to rise above the even surface of such public way; and every such
entrance
or passageway shall be kept covered with a suitable platform or grate, or
shall
be guarded and protected by a sufficient railing on both sides thereof, at
least
two and
one-half feet high, and well lighted at night. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 3(E)).
No
person shall place or deposit, or permit to be placed or deposited, in any
public
way,
any impediment or obstruction of any kind, and suffer the same to remain
more
than one hour; nor occupy or obstruct any public way to interfere with the
convenient
use of the same for public travel. No person shall drive or conduct any
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vehicle
in such condition, or so constructed, or so loaded, as to allow its contents
to
fall, blow, leak, or sift, upon the public streets. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 3(F)).
12-35
Temporary obstructions--Allowed when.
The
foregoing prohibitions shall not prevent the unloading or temporary deposit in
any
public way of merchandise, fuel, building materials, or other articles in the
course
of carriage to and from premises adjacent or neighboring; provided, that
such
articles shall in no case be suffered to remain more than twelve hours, nor
after
twilight in the evening without keeping a sufficient light over the same
through
the
night, or at any time in such manner as to obstruct said way, without a permit
as
hereinabefore provided in Sections 12-15 and 12-16 of this chapter. (Prior Ch.
25,
sec. 3(G)).
12-36
Sawing or piling wood on public way prohibited.
No
person shall saw wood or pile the same on any public way. (Prior Ch. 25, sec.
3(H)).
VI. SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL FROM STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
12-37
Snow removal from certain sidewalks--Required.
A. The
tenant, or occupant or any person having the care of a building or lot of
land
abutting a sidewalk bordering on:
1. Main
Street between Salem Street and High Street;
2.
Montvale Avenue to a point opposite Prospect Street, on the northerly side,
and to
the westerly end of the Old Cemetery on the southerly side;
3.
Pleasant Street between Winn Street and Abbot Street (East) on the
northerly
side and between Winn Street and the Boston and Maine Railroad
crossing
on the southerly side;
4.
Common Street; or if there is no tenant, occupant or other person having
care of
the whole of such building or lot, the owner thereof shall within two
hours
after a fall of snow ceases to fall in the daytime and before ten a.m.
after a
fall of snow during the night, cause all snow that may be on such
sidewalk
to be removed therefrom, by shoveling or otherwise; and if he fails
so to
do he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
B. From
the following named streets the highway department shall remove the
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snow in
the same manner and within the same time after snowfall as is
required
from the abutters of the above-named sidewalks:
1. Main
Street from Conn Street to High Street, westerly side;
2. From
Salem Street to Hammond Square, easterly side;
3.
Pleasant Street from Abbott Street to Lexington Street, northerly side;
4. Winn
Street from Pleasant Street to the Railroad crossing, northerly side;
5.
Montvale Avenue from Prospect Street to Union Street, southerly side.
C. The
provisions of this section shall apply to snow that falls from buildings as
well as
to that which falls from the clouds, also to snow which may be blown by
the
wind upon such sidewalk during or after a storm. (Prior Ch. 25, sec. 4(A)).
12-38
Ice to be removed or covered on certain sidewalks.
When
any portion of a sidewalk bordering on the street designated in Section 12-37
is
encumbered with ice, the occupant of the building or lot of land abutting on
such
sidewalk,
or in the case there is no occupant of the whole of such building or lot,
the
owner or other person having the care of the same, shall cause such sidewalk
to be
made safe and convenient by removing the ice therefrom, by shovelling or
other
wise, or by keeping the same covered with sand or some other suitable
substance;
and if such occupant, owner or other person neglects to do so for the
space
of six hours during the daytime, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
fifty
dollars. (Prior Ch.25, sec. 4(B)).
12-39
Placing of ice or snow on a street, public or private property.
A. Any
person who shall throw or place, or permit to be thrown or placed, any
snow or
ice in any public way, shall cause the same to be broken up and spread
evenly
over the surface of the street. (Prior Ch. 25, sec.4(C)).
B. Any
person, or hired company, who removes ice or snow from public or private
property
and who places such ice or snow without permission on public or
private
property shall be subject to a fine of not more than $300.00. A
complaint
for the breach of this ordinance shall be filed with the police
department
for prosecution. (Ord. dated 02/20/87).
VII. CONSERVATION AREA USE REGULATIONS
12-40
Rules and regulations designated.
As
conservation areas are meant to be preserved in their natural state for their
environmental
value, their aesthetic importance and the public enjoyment, the
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following
rules and regulations are established for the areas under the control of
the
Woburn conservation commission:
A.
These regulations apply to all areas in the city under the control of the
Woburn
conservation
commission either by deed provision, city ordinance, or formal
arrangement
with other officials or departments.
B.
Signs designating the areas to be Woburn conservation lands are to be posted
at
normal entrances to each area.
C. The
city conservation areas are open without charge or special permit (unless
otherwise
noted) to the general public in conformity with these regulations.
D. The
following are expressly prohibited:
1. The
use of firearms. Fishing is allowed in accordance with state and local
regulations.
Hunting and trapping is allowed with the express permission of
the
Conservation Commission, the Chief of Police and the Superintendent of
Public
Works and in accordance with state law and local regulations
(amended
2/14/2000);
2. Open
fires;
3. Any
form of littering or dumping;
4. The
use of motor vehicles, including off-the-road vehicles such as trail bikes
rocks
or foils, except by the written permission of the conservation
and
property or other structures such as dams, walls, fences, gates, etc.,
and
snowmobiles, except for authorized city vehicles;
5. The
cutting, removing, damaging or defacing of any plant life, animal life,
commission;
6. The
defacement, destruction or removal of conservation commission signs
except
by the written permission of the conservation commission;
7.
Posting of unauthorized signs, selling or giving away of goods or circulars, or
engaging
in commercial activities of any nature;
8. The
making of loud or disturbing noise.
E. The
conservation commission alone may authorize trails being cut or marked,
dams to
be built or any structure such as a bridge, tower or handrail to be
constructed,
or any other change or addition on conservation land.
F. Dogs
or other pets must be fully controlled at all times, either by leash or
verbal
control.
G.
Overnight camping in designated areas is allowed only by written permit of the
conservation
commission to be obtained in the office of the chief of police.
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VIII. PARK AND RECREATION AREA USE REGULATIONS
12-41
Areas under control of recreation commission.
H. The
conservation commission cannot assume for itself or for the city any
liability
of any kind for injuries to persons or damage done to their property
while
on conservation lands; persons entering thereon do so at their own risk.
I.
These rules supplement applicable state and other local regulations.
J.
Visitors to conservation areas are urged to leave them cleaner than they were
found,
and to report violations of these rules to the conservation commission
and the
Woburn police.
K.
Vehicles commonly known as ski-mobiles are excluded from all areas under
the
control or direction of the recreation commission, and the conservation
commission.(C.2-1971.)
L.
Violations of these regulations may be punishable by a fine of fifty dollars.
(Prior
Ch., sec. 9-A 5).
A. No
person shall enter or leave any park, playground, beach or other areas
except
at designated entrances or exits.
B. No
person shall injure, deface, dig up or displace, cut, break, remove, fill in,
raise,
destroy, or tamper with any road, walk, lawn or beach; or deface, defile,
injure,
destroy or ill use any building, bridge, structure, fence, sign, bench, seat,
platform,
plant, flower, bush, tree, shrub, turf, rock or other property or
equipment,
real or personal, belonging to the city under the care and custody of
the
recreation commission or have possession of any part thereof.
No
person shall within any park or playground area throw any stone or missile;
or have
possession of or discharge any destructive weapon, firearm, fireworks,
torpedo
or explosive; or make a fire except by written consent of the recreation
commission;
or post, paint, affix, distribute or display any sign, notice, circular,
program,
placard or any other advertising device except by written consent of
the
recreation commission; or drop or place and suffer to remain any piece of
paper,
garbage or other refuse, except in the receptacles designated therefor,
nor
throw a lighted match, cigar or cigarette or other burning substance in said
receptacles
or upon the ground; nor bring or cause to be brought within any
area
under the control of said recreation commission any garbage, refuse or
material
for the purpose of depositing same within said receptacles; or bring or
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cause
to be brought within any area under control of the recreation commission
glass
containers or any articles made of glass; or break or cause to be broken
any
glass containers or any articles made of glass within any area under the
control
of the recreation commission.
C. No
person shall within a park or playground area solicit the acquaintance of or
annoy
another person; or utter loud outcry; or solicit alms or subscriptions; or
have
possession of or drink any intoxicating liquor; or make a harangue; or
make
any undue noise or disturbance.
D. No
dumping of any kind shall be made within any park or playground area.
E. All
areas under the care and control of the recreation commission are
considered
to be closed at nine p.m., unless extended by the written consent of
the
recreation commission.
F. No
person unless properly clothed, shall be on any beach, or swim, bathe or
wade in
any water within or adjoining any area under the care and control of
the
recreation commission and then only at such times and in such places as
the
recreation commission may designate; nor loiter or walk on a sidewalk or
roadway
or in an area, other than a bathing beach, in a bathing costume,
unless
wearing a closed covering; nor lower from their shoulders or remove
any
part of their bathing costume on any beach; nor disrobe for bathing in a
public
area or within public views.
G. No
person shall cause or permit any animal owned by him or in his custody or
under
his control, to roam or be at large in, on, or through any part or
playground
under the care and control of the recreation commission except a
dog
when restrained by a leash not exceeding seven feet in length. No
animals
are allowed on any beach under the care and control of the recreation
commission.
I. No
person shall ride a motorcycle, or ride or drive a motor car or other vehicle
upon or
over any area under the care and control of the recreation commission
which
has been closed to travel by the placing therein or the erection thereon
of a
barrier, fence, light or sign indicating that such area is closed for public
travel.
J. No
person shall refuse or neglect to obey any rule, posted by sign, concerning
the use
of any area under the care and control of the recreation commission,
nor
shall they refuse or neglect to obey any reasonable direction of a police
officer
or a person in charge of such area.
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12-42
Regulation of Horn Pond.
IX. GREENBELTS
12-43
Ballplaying or golfing prohibited.
K. Any
person violating any of the foregoing subsections shall, for each offense,
be
punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
L.
Golfing, the driving of golf balls or the playing of golf in any form on Leland
Playground
is prohibited. The penalty for violation of this subsection shall be
fifty
dollars for each offense. (Prior Ch., sec. 9-C 8).
A.
Boating on the Surface of Horn Pond.
1. The
use of any boat, watercraft of any nature, which is powered or
propelled
by a mechanical device of any nature is forbidden on what is
commonly
known as "Horn Pond."
2. For
a violation of the above provision, any owner, operator, or user of such
a boat
or water craft shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor
more
than two hundred dollars.
3. Any
boat or watercraft operated, powered or propelled by electric, or
battery
trolling motors shall be specifically exempted from the provisions of
this
subsection.
D.
Bathing at Horn Pond. Bathing is forbidden in what is commonly known as
"Horn
Pond" except when specifically authorized by the Woburn recreation
commission.
Any violation of this regulation shall be punished by a fine of fifty
dollars
for the first offense and one hundred dollars for the second or
subsequent
offense.
E.
Prohibition of Ski-mobiles from Horn Pond. The use of vehicles commonly
know as
ski-mobiles is likewise prohibited on the surface of Horn Pond.
F.
Vehicles commonly known as ski-mobiles are excluded from all area under the
control
and direction of the recreation commission and the conservation
commission.
(C.2-1971).(Prior Ch., sec. 9-C 9).
A.
Whereas the section of land located east of the Woburn Parkway, south of
Pleasant
Street, west of Water Street, and north of the intersection of Sturgis
and
Water Streets, has been developed over the years as a greenbelt meant
to
serve as a scenic and passive recreational as opposed to an active
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X. COVE STREET AND WOBURN PARKWAY
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Rules and regulations designated.
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Penalty for violation.
recreational
area, and whereas recent efforts have been made by the city,
through
its conservation commission and department of public works, to
revitalize
and beautify the area; and whereas it is the intent to preserve this
natural
greenbelt; now, therefor, it is ordered by the terms of this part that
ballplaying
and golfing of any type is prohibited on said strip of land.
B. A
violation of this part shall be punishable by a fine of not less than
twenty-five
dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars. (Prior Ch. 31, sec. 4).
A. The
two roadways known as Cove Street and the Woburn Parkway (from the
Winchester
end to Sturgis Street) shall be closed to all motor vehicles (except
for
emergency vehicles) for the complete year.
B. A
sturdy gate shall be erected at a point just north of the beach parking lot,
said
gate
shall remain closed year-round to all but city-owned vehicles.
C. A
sturdy gate shall be erected just south of the Cove Street-Woburn Parkway
intersection,
and said gate shall remain closed year-round to all but city-owned
vehicles.
D.
There shall be no parking allowed on either side of the Woburn Parkway or
Cove
Street.
E. All
side roads leading off the Woburn Parkway (between the Winchester end
and
Sturgis Street) shall be blocked by granite barriers.
F.
Signs noting the parking and time restrictions shall be placed at appropriate
places by
the public works department.
G. It
shall be the responsibility of the police department to enforce the provisions
of this
part, which shall take effect June 1, 1978.
H. The
police chief shall have the authority to close down Horn Pond for any day
or part
thereof if an emergency warrants it. (Prior Ch. 31, sec. 1).
Any
violation of the provisions of Section 12-44 shall be punishable by a fine of
fifty
dollars.
(Prior Ch. 31, sec. 3).
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XI. LAKE AVENUE PARKING LOT
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Rules and regulations designated.
A. The
parking lot at Horn Pond directly opposite 48 Lake Avenue shall be closed
at four
p.m. to eight a.m. from October 1st of each year to April 30th of each
year,
and at eight p.m. to eight a.m. from May 1st to September 30th of each
year.
B.
Posted signs shall be maintained by the public works department.
C. A
permanent barrier shall be installed at the entrance to the parking lot, with a
gate
entrance for vehicles. (Prior Ch. 31, sec. 2).
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Penalty for violation.
Any
violation of any of the provisions of this part shall be punishable by a fine
of
fifty
dollars. (Prior Ch. 31, sec. 3).
XII. DISPOSITION OF CITY LAND
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Disposition of city land
Prior
to the disposition of any city land, the sub-committee of the City Council
known
as, "Municipal Lands Committee", shall seek a recommendation from the
Open
Space and Recreation Planning Committee. (Ord. 7/20/93)
XIII. MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS
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Municipal Parking Lots int eh Business Downtown District
Municipal
parking lots are intended to serve the business and residential uses in
the
downtown district. These lots are not to be used for vehicle storage for
periods
longer
than 24 hours except as outlined below. Vehicle maintenance is not to be
conducted
in municipal lots.
Any
individual that uses a municipal lot in the business downtown district for
residential
purposes must purchase a parking permit sticker annually by the first
day of
the calendar year from the city clerk’s office for a fee of $5. The city
clerk’s
office
shall not issue more parking permits than were allowed by any special
permitted
site in the Business Downtown District. Business Downtown Residential
dwellings
that do not require special permits shall have no more than two parking
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permits
per dwelling. Any vehicle parked overnight without a permit shall be
considered
a parking violation and shall be issued a parking citation accompanied
by a
$20 fine.
(added
8/27/2001)
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