CHAPTER 05 Title 5 Public Streets
CHAPTER 5
PUBLIC STREETS
SECTION:
5-5-1: Placing Debris on Streets
5-5-2: Obstruction of Highways
5-5-3: Flooding Public Streets
5-5-4: Injurious Materials on Streets
5-5-5: Damage to Public Streets
5-5-6: Games in Streets
5-5-1: PLACING DEBRIS ON STREETS: Any person who willfully or
negligently throws from any vehicle, or who places, deposits, or permits to be deposited
upon or alongside any highway, street, alley, or easement used by the public for public
travel, any debris, paper, litter, glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, hoops, cans, barbed wire,
boards, trash or garbage, lighted material, or other waste substance is guilty of a
misdemeanor as provided for in section 1-4-1, of the Ammon City Code. The terms
"highway," "street," "alley," or easement" shall be construed to include the entire right of
way of such highway, street, alley, or easement.
5-5-2: OBSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS: Any person who obstructs, injures, or
damages any public road, street, alley, highway, or sidewalk is guilty of a misdemeanor.
5-5-3: FLOODING PUBLIC STREETS: Any person who runs water across any
public highway, road, or street, without first constructing a good and sufficient ditch or
ditches to convey the same, or who fails to bridge such ditch or ditches, or to keep such
bridge or ditches in good repair, or who places any obstruction in a culvert or ditch, and
all persons, companies, or corporations who suffer any water used by them for the
purpose of irrigation or any other purposes to flow into or upon any public highway, road,
alley, or street, in any other manner than that authorized by law, are guilty of a violation
of this section. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed an
infraction, subject to section 1-4-2 of the Ammon City Code.
5-5-4: INJURIOUS MATERIALS ON STREETS: Any person who deposits,
places, or causes any hazardous or explosive substance or material of any kind which
creates a risk of harm or injury to person or property upon any public street, alley,
sidewalk, or thoroughfare is guilty of a violation of this section. Any violation of the
provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, subject to section 1-4-1 of
the Ammon City Code.
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5-5-5: DAMAGE TO PUBLIC STREET: Any person who drives a tractor or
vehicle with lug wheels upon a public street or who drives or operates any vehicle in a
manner which damages or destroys any surface of any street or sidewalk, or who drives
or operates a vehicle in excess of the gross vehicle weights permitted under the laws of
the State of Idaho, upon any public street in the City, is guilty of a violation of this
section. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed an infraction,
subject to section 1-4-2 of the Ammon City Code.
5-5-6: GAMES IN STREETS: It shall be a violation of this section for any
person to who playball or any game in a public street, or to encourage, permit, or allow
any minor to engage in such activities. Any violation of the provisions of this section
shall be deemed an infraction, subject to section 1-4-2 of the Ammon City Code.
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