[R.O. 2004 §225.010; CC 1990 §225.010; Ord. No. 25 §§1 —
2, 5-16-1957]
A.
It
is hereby determined by the Board of Aldermen that the streets, alleys
and sidewalks of the City of Pevely have been well established by
public use since the establishment of the incorporated Town of Pevely
and that there are numerous occasions where said streets, alleys,
sidewalks and other thoroughfares are being obstructed by people within
the City so as to prevent the free use thereof by the citizens of
Pevely and others desiring to use the same.
B.
Any
person who shall place or cause to be placed in or upon any street,
avenue, alley, sidewalk, thoroughfare or other public place within
this City any motor vehicle, article or thing whatsoever, so as to
obstruct or hinder the free passage of persons or vehicles over or
along such street, alley, avenue, thoroughfare, sidewalk or other
public place or shall permit any article or thing to be placed upon
any sidewalk, thoroughfare, street, alley, avenue or other public
place within said City of Pevely shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor;
provided that nothing in this Section shall be so construed to prevent
any person placing any package of merchandise or furniture upon said
sidewalk in order to obtain access to a building which he/she may
have adjacent thereto, if the same does not occupy more than one-half
(½) of the width thereof and remain thereon no more than two
(2) hours. No persons shall leave open or permit to be kept open any
cellar door or other opening on any sidewalk located in the City of
Pevely and used by the public, nor adjacent thereto, so as to endanger
persons or animals falling into such opening.
[R.O. 2004 §225.040; CC 1990 §225.040; Ord. No. 25 §5, 5-16-1957]
No person shall take from or deposit on any street, alley, avenue,
sidewalk or other public place of this City, or from or on any property
not owned or controlled by him/her without having lawful authority
so to do, any earth, sand, turf, loam, gravel, rock or other substance
or material.
[R.O. 2004 §225.050; CC 1990 §225.050; Ord. No. 25 §6, 5-16-1957]
No person shall remove, tear up or otherwise destroy or injure
any bridge, culvert, sidewalk, pavement, crosswalk, road surface or
material in or upon any street, avenue, alley or sidewalk of this
City without having lawful authority so to do.
[R.O. 2004 §225.070; CC 1990 §225.070; Ord. No. 25 §8, 5-16-1957]
No person shall cast, drop, throw, place or cause to be cast,
dropped, thrown or placed upon any sidewalk or part of any street
or avenue or other public place in said City any stone, coal, firewood,
leaves, paper, dirt, chips, straw, cinders, ashes or rubbish, glass,
iron, nails, tacks, wire or other metal or any other substance without
immediately removing the same.
[R.O. 2004 §225.100; Ord. No. 776 §§1 — 4, 6, 10-5-1993]
A.
All
property owners in the City of Pevely, Missouri, shall be obligated
and required to maintain at their own expense any and all physical
objects including, but not limited to, trees, shrubs, grasses, walls,
porticos, stoops, awnings, area ways, walls or other structures or
things on the property owner's property that encroach upon the right-of-way
of any City "street" as that term is defined in this Section so that
the street right-of-way, including sidewalks, is kept in a reasonably
safe condition for travel and as public thoroughfares in the usual
modes by day and night.
B.
For
purposes of this Section, the term "street" is defined
as: A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means
of access to abutting property. The term includes all facilities which
normally are found within the right-of-way; it shall also include
such other designations as highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway
road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, forge or other such terms
but shall not include pedestrian way or alley.
C.
Any
object or thing within a street right-of-way that obstructs or interferes
with the use of the streets or sidewalks shall be deemed a nuisance
and the City shall have the right to remove it.
