Public street

(84) "Public street" means any street, road, lane, gully, alley, passage, pathway, square or courtyard, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way, and includes -(a) the access or approach to a public ferry,(b) the roadway over any public bridge or causeway,(c) the footpath attached to any such street, public bridge or causeway,(d) the passage connecting to public streets, and(e) the drains attached to any such street, public bridge or causeway, and, where there is no drain attached to any such street, shall be deemed to include also, unless the contrary is shown, all land upto the boundary wall, hedge or pillar of the premises, if any, abutting on the street, or, where a street alignment has been fixed, upto such alignment; (1) Any councillor may give notice of raising discussion on a matter of urgent public importance to the Municipal Secretary, stating clearly the matter to be raised. (2) Such notice, supported by the signatures of at least two other councillors, shall reach the Municipal Secretary at least twenty four hours before the date on which such discussion is sought, and the Municipal Secretary shall immediately place it before the Mayor or Chairperson, as the case may be, and circulate the notice among the councillors in such manner as he may think fit. (3) The Mayor or Chairperson may admit for discussion such notice as may appear to him to be of sufficient public importance and allow such time for discussion as he may consider appropriate. (4) There shall be no formal resolution or voting on such discussion.