The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-10

Director of Public Works. Whenever such permission Is granted the work shall be done as directed or approved by the City Engineer.
 Sec. $40. Any person opening any street or
 private way within the limits of said City.
 except under and by virtue of an order or the Court of Common Council and any person who shall aid or assist in so offending, shall
 forfeit and pay penalty of one hundred dollars for every such otfense, and the person or persons opening such street or private way,
 or procuring the same to be opened, shall
 forfeit and pay an additional penalty of one
 hundred dollars for every month that such
 street or private way shall continue open in
 violation of the provisions of this section.
 Sec. 34l. Whenever an order shall have been
 passed for paving or re-paying with wood,
 stone or other material any street or streets
 of the City, in or through which there shall
 be- before the execution of such order, any
 sewer or any gas or water mains laid down,
 it shall be the duty of the Department of Pub
 lie Works to examine the land and buildings
 upon said street, to prescribe the connec-
 tions proper to be made with such sewer, gas
 or water mains by the proprietors of such
 lands, and to give to such proprietors reason
 able notice requiring them to make such con-
 nections before such pavement is laid or re-
 laid, as the case may be.
 Sec. S42. If the requirements of said notice
 shall not be complied with, it shall be and
 hereby is made the duty or said Department
 unless otherwise ordered by the Court of
 Common Council, to cause all such connec-
 tons. so ordered by it as aforesaid, to be
 made, and the expense of making the same
 shall be paid by the proprietors of said lands
 respectively, and shall be lien upon said lands in favor of said City, to be secured
 and enforced in the manner now provided by the Charter and Ordinances of the City in other cases
 Be it ordained by the Court of Common Council of the City of New Haven: That Section 352 of the Ordinances of the City of New Haven be- and the same hereby is repealed and that the following be in- rfod a a fpr nd in Ina r,Io ona of the same:
 Section l. Any person duly licensed or permitted to occupy any part of any street within the City limits while erecting or re-
 pairing any building, and any person making any excavation in any sidewalk or who shall the sidewalk is composed for any purpose, shall provide safe and convenient passage around or over that part of the sidewalk or street removed or excavated by them or oc- cupied by them while so erecting or repair ing any building, for public travel by erecting and maintaining plank walk not less than l three feet in width over or around so much of the sidewalk as they may have removed | or excaVated, or they may occupy while erect | ing or repairing any building; shall at all I times keep that part of the sidewalk occupied l by them and the excavation made by them | properly lighted in accordance with Section l 346 of the Ordinances of the City. of New l Haven; and shall at all times keep the street 1 gutters free and clear from anything which | will prevent or retard the flow of water there l in: The opening left in the gutters for water | shall not be less than twelve inches in width, l and If covered the interior space shall not
 be less than eight inches in heighth.
 1 Section 9 No license shall be given at any | time for any of the purposes mentioned in this | section for longer period than three months, l but a license may be extended from time to | time without extra charge to period not ex-
 ceeding one year In all if the superintendent
 of streets is of the opinion that such extension l is necessary.
 l Section 8. If any person shall remove any I portion of the sidewalk before any premises 1 for any of the purposes herenbefore men tioned, the owner of said premises shall, upon l the order of the Director of Public Works and | within thirty days of the time when notice of l such order shall have been served upon them, l relay said walk with such material as the I said Director shall decide upon and specify in | said order.
 l Section f. Any person violating any of the l provisions of this section shall pay penalty I of not more than $50 for each offense and shall 1 be responsible to the City for any damage j caused by said violation.
 1 Section 5. The Director of Public Works l whenever he discovers any violation of any l of the provisions of this section shall imme- l diately leave with the owner of the building, I or his agent, notices of such violation, and I an order that the requirement violated shall be | immediately complied with. If, after three I hours, the order of the Director of Public | Works has not been complied with, it shall be l his duty to execute the same, and the expense l thereof shall be a lien or real incumbrance in l favor of said City upon said land and build I ings, or both. And 1t shall be the duty of the i Director of Public Works to record his 1 certificate of lien for such expense, to be re- l corded within sixty days thereafter, unless the I same shall previously have been paid. | Section G. Section S52 of the Ordinances of I the City of New Haven is hereby repealed. I Section S5o. No person shall cut or dig up any, sods Or turf in any of the streets or public 1 squares Of said city, except under the diree- l ton of the Director of Public Works, nor I shall any person remove or carry away any 1 sods or turf, cut or dug, contrary to the pro- visions of this section.
 l Section 356. No person shall take or remove I any surplus or excavated material from the I roadway of any street in said City, without the l authority of the Director of Public Works. 1 Any person offending against the provisions of this Ordinance shall forfeit and pay pen | alty Of twenty dollars for each offonse.
 l Section 359. When q draw is to opened 1 after the usual signal is given of sounding a gong or blowing whistle, no person shall | stand upon the draw span within fifty feet oi I the end. and if required by the bridge tender or police officer, all persons shall either leave the draw span or occupy the draw span for l the space of not more than thirty feet each side of the center. as directed by said tender | or police officer; and no person shall stand | upon the fixed span within thirty feet of the | opening, if the opening Is unprotected, and I if the opening is protected by gates, no per
 son shall stand on the bridge between said | gates and opening.
 Section 361. No person shall throw cart, oi lay any offal, vegetables, garbage, dross ! straw. sfayings dirt. filth or rubbish of any kind whatever in or into any street. or in any of the public squares of the said City; or shall | suffer any brine, or wash or dirty water tc l flow into any street or throw or permit the | same to be thrown into or scattered on any | street; or shall throw, cart or lay any ashes l cinders or shells in or upon any street in said City, without the authority or permission oi l the Director of Public Works.
 Any person who shall post up, display, dis ] tribute publicly, exhibit or attach to any bill l board fence or other public place, any ob- scene, lewd or lascvlous wood cut, print, pie ture or paper, on conviction thereof shall for. felt and pay penalty of not more than fifty | dollars.
 Section 36f, No person shall take or remove any street dirt or manure collected from any l street in said City, except in front of his own l premises, without the authority of the Direct
 or of Public Works.
 Section 365. Every owner of any lot of land which abuts upon any street In said City shall, when ordered so to do by the Court oi | Common Council, cause to be erected and | maintained on the line of such lot adjoinine the street. suitable fence of rails, boards oi i other materials; and the Director of Public Works Is hereby authorized to erect such fence 1 where after the passage Of such order the owner or owners neglect to provide the same | and the expense of erecting such fence shall | he paid by the owner or owners of said land | Section 366 No person shall make stand in any street, or in any of the public squares of said City, with wagon. wheelbarrow or | o+b o,i o1o or c1,o11