[Amended 4-13-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015[1]]
A.
No person shall place or cause to be placed, or suffer to remain
when so placed, any stones, brick, lumber or other building material
for building in or upon any street or public place in the Village
of Chester.
B.
No person shall plow, shovel, sweep, place, or pile snow, ice or
other materials or objects into the right-of-way of any street, public
highway or thoroughfare, or cause such to be done so as to interfere
with the safety and convenience of public travel, or interfere with
the Village of Chester's Street Department in the performance
of its duties.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also amended the title
of this article, which was formerly Obstructions and Encroachments.
No person shall place or cause to be placed,
or suffer to remain when so placed, any stones, brick, lumber or other
building material for building in or upon any street or public place
in the Village of Chester.
No person shall, without the permission of the
Mayor or Trustees of the Village of Chester, erect or establish upon
or within any street or public ground in said Village any booth or
stand for the purpose of selling or exposing for sale any goods, wares
or merchandise.[1]
No person shall move or cause to be moved any
building across or along any street or streets within the Village
of Chester without permission of the Mayor or Trustees of said Village,
nor shall any person suffer such building to remain in the public
streets of said Village for a longer period than three days without
such permission.
No awning, awning post, sign, signpost or other
fixture shall hereafter be placed or erected across or in any of the
streets of the Village of Chester so as to project wholly or partly
over any of the sidewalks or streets herein, or be placed in proximity
thereto, by the owner, lessee or occupant of any store or building;
nor shall any person place or cause to be placed, hung or suspended
over any of the sidewalks or streets of said Village any goods, wares,
merchandise or other things for sale or exhibition; but nothing herein
contained shall prevent the erection of awnings of cloth upon iron
frames, so constructed and attached to the buildings as to be self-supporting,
provided that such awning in the lowest parts shall be at least eight
feet six inches above the sidewalk; and nothing herein contained shall
apply to wooden or iron awnings nor to signs conforming to the provisions
of the Zoning Law of the Village of Chester.[1]
No person shall stick, tack, paste, nail or
in any way affix bills, advertisements or advertising matter of any
kind to the sidewalks; abutments; approaches to bridges; telegraph,
electric, telephone or cable television poles; shade trees; public
grounds; or buildings in said Village of Chester.
No person or persons, corporation or association
shall hereafter string or set any telegraph, telephone, electric,
cable television or other wires, or place or set any poles for stringing
the same, within the streets of the Village of Chester unless such
person or persons, corporation or association shall first obtain a
permit so to do from the Board of Trustees of said Village, and in
case of such permit, such pole or poles shall be set and such wires
shall be strung under the direction of the Street Commissioner of
said Village.
No person shall place or cause to be placed
on any sidewalk in the Village of Chester any box, showcase, goods,
wares or merchandise or other article, except as may be necessary
in transporting such articles across the sidewalk or for show purposes
or purposes of sale in front of stores and places of business, and
then the said goods, wares and merchandise shall be exposed next adjoining
the outward wall of said store occupied by the person making such
exhibit and within three feet thereof. But nothing contained in this
section shall prohibit the placing of goods, merchandise, household
furniture or other commodities upon the sidewalk for the purpose of
loading or unloading such articles where they do not obstruct free
passage thereon, provided that such articles are removed without any
unreasonable delay.
