[R.O. of 1966 §460.010]
Every person who shall in any manner render or cause to be dangerous
any street, sidewalk or other public place shall, from sunset to sunrise,
provide and properly place such barriers and lights around such dangerous
place as are hereafter required in the case of excavations.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.020]
No action shall be maintained against the City on account of
injuries growing out of any defect in the condition of any bridge,
boulevard, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare in the City until notice
shall first have been given in writing to the Mayor of the City, within
ninety (90) days of the occurrence for which such damage is claimed,
stating the place where, the time when such injury was received, and
the character and circumstances of the injury and that the person
so injured will claim damages therefor from the City.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.030]
No person shall dump or deposit or cause to be deposited or
dumped on any street of the City, or upon the property of any other
person, any dirt, earth, rock, clay, sand, shale, building material,
debris or rubbish, or any other material. Nothing in this Section
contained shall prevent anyone performing public work in the grading
of streets or making of improvements thereof, from putting necessary
materials at such places as may be prescribed by the Street Committee.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.040]
No person shall sweep any dirt or litter of any kind whatsoever
out of any building or private premises onto any public sidewalk or
public sidewalk space or into any street, alley, avenue or public
highway.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.050]
No owner, occupant or agent of any land abutting upon any street
of the City shall allow the earth or any rubbish from such land to
fall or wash upon any part of the street. Nor shall any such owner,
occupant or agent of any land abutting upon any street, nor any other
person, throw or cause to be thrown any dirt or rubbish of any kind,
or any ice, snow or sleet upon such street.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.060]
No person shall throw, leave, deposit or in anywise place upon
any sidewalk, curbing, guttering, street, parkway, boulevard, avenue,
highway or footway, or on any area adjacent thereto, or on any private
or public property other than a trash dump, any bottles, barrels,
kegs, cans, broken ware, glass, paper, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse,
old wearing apparel, or any offensive substance whatsoever, or cause
the same to be done.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.070; Ord. No. 2473, 3-13-2023]
No person shall burn any flammable or combustible matter of
any kind on any paved street within the limits of the City. No person
shall throw or place any coal oil, highly acidic, highly basic, or
other substance likely to damage the pavement upon any paved street
within the limits of the City.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.080]
It shall be the duty of all persons owning or occupying any
real property, fronting upon any street, to keep the sidewalk, curbing
and guttering in front and along side of such property and on the
same side of the street, in good order and to clean the same, and
remove from any such sidewalk, curbing and guttering all ice, snow,
earth or other substances that in anywise obstructs or renders the
same dangerous, inconvenient or annoying to any person.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.090]
No owner, occupant or person in charge of any house, building
lot or premises shall leave, place or deposit, or cause to be left,
placed or deposited, or suffer or allow to remain in or upon any sidewalk,
curbing or guttering in front or along side thereof any empty boxes,
barrels, kegs, crates, boards, broken ware, glass, filth, ashes, cinders,
slops, excrement, sawdust, straw, soot, sticks, shavings, oyster shells
or cans, paper, trash, rubbish, refuse, offal, manure, putrid fish,
meat, entrails, decayed fruits or vegetables, rags, old iron or metal
of any kind, old wearing apparel, any animal or vegetable matter or
any offensive substance whatsoever.
[R.O. of 1966 §460.100]
Every owner or occupant of any house, or other building, shall
cause the pipes conducting the water from the eaves or roof of such
house or other building to be so constructed as to prevent the spread
of water over the sidewalk.
[Ord. No. 1089 §19, 2-12-1974; Ord.
No. 2473, 3-13-2023]
All sidewalks, ADA warning tiles, street signs, lamp posts,
utility poles, traffic control devices, steps, driveway approaches,
curbs, gutters, manholes, drains, grates, storm sewer inlets, drainage
facilities, erosion protection systems, fire hydrants, Fire Department
standpipe connections, fire escapes, benches, trash receptacles, bicycle
racks, meter pits, valve pits, security cameras, posts, columns, awnings,
and/or street or alley appurtenances which are removed or damaged
from a sidewalk, easement, or public right-of-way, shall be repaired
or replaced to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director or, if
the property is privately owned, both the Public Works Director and
the affected property owner.
