The Street Commissioner shall have the powers and perform the duties prescribed for him by the City Charter, this Code and other ordinances and as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the legislative body.
[Amended 12-6-2007 by Ord. No. 773]
The Street Commissioner shall prepare specifications and standards, not inconsistent with law, the City Charter, this Code or other ordinances, for the grading, construction, maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters and shall submit such specifications and standards to the legislative body. Upon approval thereof by the legislative body and filing thereof in the office of the Public Works Director, such specifications and standards shall have the effect of rules and regulations of the legislative body. The Street Commissioner may, from time to time, recommend amendments thereof to the legislative body; and such amendments, when approved by the legislative body and placed on file in the office of the Public Works Director, shall likewise have the effect of rules and regulations of the legislative body.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand, sit, lounge or be or place any chairs, wood, coal or other obstacles on any sidewalks or streets in the City so as to block up or bar such sidewalks or streets unnecessarily or materially hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage thereof by all persons or vehicles having occasion to pass or park thereon.
A. 
Owners and occupants of premises fronting upon any street with a paved sidewalk shall keep such sidewalk free and clean of all filth, dirt, earth or any other obstruction of any kind whatsoever at all times of the year and, during the months of May, June, July, August and September, clear and clean of all grass or any other foreign substances growing therein.
B. 
Owners and occupants of premises fronting upon any street with paved sidewalks shall remove snow and ice from the traveled portions of the sidewalk to a width of at least 30 inches within 24 hours after any snow or ice ceases to fall.
C. 
It shall be unlawful to remove or deposit such obstructions, filth, dirt, earth, snow, ice and grass as set forth above in Subsections A and B in such a manner that results in the obstruction or impediment of the natural drainage flow of water through any gutters or to discharge or place such materials on the traveled portion of any public streets.
A. 
Sections 139-3 and 139-4 shall not be construed to prohibit the Director of Public Works, upon application therefor, from granting permits to merchants to use portions of the sidewalks in front of their places of business for the display of merchandise or for temporary advertising displays or to construction contractors to use portions of streets and sidewalks for the storage of materials or for necessary work relating to construction projects. The applicant shall also pay the fee provided in the General Fee Ordinance.[1] The Director of Public Works is authorized to establish policies for the implementation of this subsection subject to approval by resolution of the Mayor and Common Council.
[Amended 10-1-1993 by Ord. No. 582; 12-6-2007 by Ord. No. 773; 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 791]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. A175, Fees, Art. I, General Fees.
B. 
No permit shall authorize any interruption or impediment to the flow of water in any gutter or drain. Such permits shall be for not longer than 30 days, but they may be renewed at the discretion of the Public Works Director. No such permit for the display of merchandise shall authorize the use of more than four feet of the width of any sidewalk, and all such permits for the storage of construction materials or for work on a construction project shall contain a condition that ample space be provided for the passage of pedestrians and vehicular traffic and that adequate safeguards be installed and maintained for the protection of persons and property, as may be specified by the Public Works Director.
[Amended 12-6-2007 by Ord. No. 773]
C. 
All merchants and/or contractors shall keep all streets and pavements free and clean of all debris, filth, dirt, earth, stones, snow, ice or any other obstruction of any kind whatsoever which accumulates or is deposited on the streets or pavements as a result of the merchants' and/or contractors' activities, vehicles, equipment or machinery.
No owner or occupant of any premises shall install or maintain or suffer to be installed or maintained upon any sidewalk in front of his premises any water box, pipe or other fixture which extends above the surface of such sidewalk, and all such fixtures shall be flush with the surface of the sidewalk, provided that this section shall not apply to fire hydrants, parking meters or other fixtures installed or maintained by any governmental authority.
The owners and occupants of premises fronting on any of the streets of the City shall trim and keep trimmed the trees on such lots and the trees growing along the curbs of the pavement of such lots in such manner that the boughs of such trees shall not interfere with lamps or lampposts or obstruct, delay or hinder the free passage of any pedestrian or vehicular traffic along any street. It shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner to notify all persons who may refuse or neglect to comply with this section to so comply within five days, and, in case of continued neglect or failure to comply at the end of five days from such notification, the Street Commissioner shall then trim or cause to be trimmed or cropped or cut down said trees in such manner that the boughs thereof will no longer obstruct, hinder or delay any pedestrian or vehicular traffic or interfere with lamps or lampposts as aforesaid; and the owner or person in charge of such lot whereon or before which said trees grow shall forfeit and pay to the City the cost of trimming said trees, and such cost shall be a lien upon the property upon which such trees are located, to be collected in the same manner as city taxes are collected, and the payment thereof shall not bar prosecution for violation of this section.
A. 
No person shall push, drive or pull any wheelbarrow, cart, truck or other wagon or vehicle along, on or over any pavement or sidewalk of the City except in cases of necessity and then only across such pavements or sidewalks at places maintained therefor, provided that this section shall not apply to vehicles or carriages used for the carriage or transportation of infants or young children or vehicles used by small children under seven years of age in play or to wheelchairs for persons who are crippled or infirm.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cast or deposit upon any street, sidewalk or gutter any broken glass, nails, tacks or other substances liable to injure the feet of animals or damage the pneumatic tires of vehicles.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to tear down, remove or interfere with any sign, barrier, rope or other object placed on or across any street, lane or alley within the City which shows or is intended to show that a portion of any such street, lane or alley is closed and not open to public travel or traffic.
D. 
No person, without authority from the Street Commissioner, shall willfully tear up or deface any street, sidewalk, curb or gutter or move or carry away any stone, dirt or other substance therefrom.