[R.O. 1952 §17.1; CC 1988 §17-1]
Any person who shall, in this City, place or cause to be placed
upon any sidewalk or street any advertising bill or circular shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that nothing contained in this
Section shall be construed to prohibit the posting of such bills or
circulars upon trees, posts or buildings if done by and with the consent
of the proprietors thereof.
[CC 1988 §17-2; Ord. No. 2293 §1, 1-6-1969]
No person within this City shall post, stick or put any advertisement,
handbill or any other written or printed matter of any character upon
any street, alley, sidewalk, wall, fence, bridge, building, telephone
or utility pole, or any other public place within this City, without
lawful authority to do so. Violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
[R.O. 1952 §17.58; CC 1988 §17-40]
Any person who shall take from or deposit on any street, alley,
thoroughfare, sidewalk or other public place of this City or from
or on property not owned or controlled by him/her, without having
lawful authority so to do, any turf, loam, gravel, rock or other material
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[R.O. 1952 §23.1; CC 1988 §24-1]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to sweep dirt or trash from the interior
of the store or premises occupied by him/her upon the sidewalk, but
such dirt or trash shall be taken up and put in proper receptacles
for removal.
B.
It
shall be the duty of all persons occupying stores or premises fronting
on any street to keep the sidewalk immediately in front thereof clean
and clear of rubbish, trash, wastepaper, filth, etc. In case of office
buildings, apartment houses or other buildings occupied by three (3)
or more tenants, this duty shall be upon the owner thereof or the
person in charge of the entire building. Where the first (1st) floor
is occupied as store or mercantile establishment, the duty of keeping
the sidewalk clean in front thereof shall be and is hereby imposed
upon the occupant of such store or proprietor of the mercantile business.
[R.O. 1952 §23.14; CC 1988 §24-17]
Any person who shall, in and upon any street, alley or public
place within the City, fly a kite, throw snowballs, throw a baseball
or other ball, or play any game of "catch" with a ball, or play a
game of ball, or play at any other game of amusement, or engage in
any game of sport or exercise likely to scare horses, injure passengers
or embarrass the passage of vehicles shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1988 §24-4; Ord. No. 2847 §1, 8-17-1987]
No person shall obstruct any public sidewalk in the City by
placing, causing or permitting to be placed thereon any boxes, barrels,
crates, goods, wares, merchandise, billboard, sign, display showcase
or any other obstruction whatsoever in such a manner as to prevent
the full and free use of such sidewalk for the public travel for the
full width thereof; provided that the sidewalks may be used for the
purpose of loading or unloading goods, wares or merchandise for a
period of time not to exceed thirty (30) minutes; provided further,
that it shall be permissible to allow outside display of merchandise
to extend up to thirty-six (36) inches from the front of the store
as it faces Main Street. It shall be unlawful to allow outside display
of merchandise after normal business hours.
[CC 1988 §24-5; Ord. No. 2847 §2, 8-17-1987]
The provisions of Section 215.730 do not prohibit the placement of public trash receptacles, public mail collection boxes, decorative flower boxes, public library book return boxes or other public uses of a similar nature on City sidewalks, so long as such uses do not unreasonably obstruct a public sidewalk.
