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Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter
197
Article III
Littering and Obstructions
197-10. Litter from
vehicles in transit.
No person or persons shall
cause or permit any car or wagon or other vehicle to be so filled or
loaded with manure, sand, earth, mud, clay, rubbish or other substance
in such a manner that the contents of the car, wagon or other vehicle or
any part thereof shall fall therefrom or be scattered in or upon any
street, highway, the Boardwalk, ally or other public place in said city,
while in transit over same.
197-11. Dumping and
depositing certain materials.
No person or persons shall
dump, throw or deposit any earth, building material, dirt, ashes,
papers, advertising matter, boxes, rubbish or other articles upon the
streets, Boardwalk, highways, sidewalks or other places in the City of
Ventnor City, nor shall any person or persons deposit any of the
aforementioned items on any vacant lot within the City of Ventnor City,
New Jersey, whether publicly or privately owned; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to the placing of building materials on the
driveways of streets or highways when authorized by permit therefor, and
no person shall distribute any circulars or advertising matter within
said city by placing or throwing or depositing the same upon the porches
or within the yards.
197-12. Deposit of
offensive, putrid or unwholesome substances.
A. No person shall throw,
put, place or suffer his servant or employees to throw, put, place or
deposit in or upon the Boardwalk or any street, highway or sidewalk in
said city or upon the grounds within said city any dead animal, carrion,
putrid meat, putrid fish, entrails or offal of fish and other offensive,
putrid or unwholesome substances or any vegetable matter.
B. It shall be the
obligation of any person or persons, corporation, partnership or sole
proprietor that owns property in the City of Ventnor City to keep clear
of any debris or trash or any other substances the sidewalk, curb and
gutter which abuts any property they may own.
197-13. Obstruction of
crosswalks.
No person or persons shall
obstruct any crosswalk, approach or crossing across the public streets,
highways or sidewalks in said city by placing or stopping his horse, car
wagon, sleigh, sled or other vehicle over, upon or across such
crosswalk, approach or crossing or by putting or placing any obstruction
or thing upon, over or across the same so as to prevent the free use
thereof by other persons.
Article IV
Removal of Ice and Snow
197-15. Removal by
owner, lessee, tenant or occupant required.
Within 12 hours of daybreak
after ice or snow has accumulated on the sidewalk of any property in
Ventnor City, whether it be improved or unimproved, the owner, lessee,
tenant or occupant thereof shall cause the same to be removed.
Article V
Motor Vehicles on Streets
and Highways
197-17. Definitions.
REPAIRS, MAJOR - Any work
performed or to be performed upon any vehicle, including but not limited
to repair of motors, ignitions, ignition systems, transmissions, oil
changes, repair to electric systems, repair to muffler or exhaust
systems, body or fender work and painting of a motor vehicle.
REPAIRS, MINOR - Any repair,
including but not limited to the replacement of windshield wiper blades,
replacement of headlights or taillights, replacement or rotation of
tires, adding oil to a motor vehicle engine, adding windshield wiper
fluid to a motor vehicle, replacement of spark plugs, etc.
197-18. Prohibitions.
A. No motor vehicle of
any type shall be repaired on any street located within the City of
Ventnor City, whether said repair is a major repair or minor repair as
defined in this Article, except in cases of emergency, and then such
emergency repair work shall be limited solely to that required in order
to expeditiously remove any such vehicle from said street.
B. No motor vehicle of
any type whatsoever shall undergo major repairs as described in this
Article while located on private property within the City of Ventnor
City.
C. No motor vehicle of
any type whatsoever shall undergo minor repairs as described in this
Article while located on private property unless said motor vehicle is
located on the private property wherein the owner or lessor of said
motor vehicle is a legal occupant.
D. No garage, service
station, repair shop, automobile dealership or other establishment, or
the owners or employees thereof, may store or park a motor vehicle on
any street in the City of Ventnor City while said motor vehicle is being
repaired or serviced or is waiting to be repaired or serviced; provided,
however, that said motor vehicles which are awaiting repair or service
may be parked in areas in which parking meters are installed and in
operation if said motor vehicles are not unsightly, as determined by the
chief of Police of the City of Ventnor, and all other ordinances, rules
and regulations relating to parking meters are adhered to.
E. No owner, operator or
employee thereof of any garage, service station, repair shop, automobile
dealership or other such establishment may display any motor vehicle for
sale while said motor vehicle is located on any street within the city
of Ventnor City.
197-20. Removal of
vehicles; violations and penalties.
A. Any motor vehicle
stored, parked or repaired in violation of this article may be removed
at the direction of the Police Department or any member thereof. The
owner and/or lessor of any said motor vehicle shall be responsible for
paying the cost of towing, removal and storage of any such motor vehicle
from a street or private property located within the City of Ventnor
City unless said owner has tendered control of such motor vehicle to a
properly licensed and legally operating garage, service station, repair
shop, automobile dealership or other such establishment, in which case
the owner or offending employee thereof shall be responsible for the
cost of towing, removal and storage of said vehicle if a violation
occurs while said garage, service station, repair shop, automobile
dealership or other such establishment has custody and control of said
vehicle.
Article VII
Maintenance of Sight
Distance
197-28. Cutting of
plant life to certain height required.
The owners or tenants of
lands lying within the limits of Ventnor City are required to keep all
brush, hedges and other plant life growing within 10 feet of any roadway
and within 25 feet of the intersection of 2 roadways cut to a height of
not more than 2 1/2 feet where it shall be necessary and expedient for
the preservation of the public safety.
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