No person shall undermine, in any manner, any street or any other ground or real estate situated in the City or belonging to any private person.
No person shall open or allow to remain open, any door, any gate or the grating of any vault belonging to the premises occupied by him, on any street, alley or sidewalk in the City for any purpose, except the taking in and removing of goods; and any person allowing such grating to remain open shall warn passersby of the danger.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Whenever any sidewalk, pavement or cellar door on the same becomes worn out or out of repair or is torn up or broken and uneven, it shall be the duty of the Street Superintendent to immediately report such fact to the Mayor or Committee on Streets and Alleys and, upon verbal or written order from either of them, to give notice to the party owning the adjoining property to repair such sidewalk or cellar door without delay.
Steps or stairways leading into any building shall not extend from the wall of such building onto any pavement or sidewalk; and in such case, the person making or causing to be made such passage shall erect a railing on the side of the stairs toward the street to prevent persons from falling into the street.
Whenever public safety or the improvement or repair of any street, alley or public place requires it, the Mayor may order any street, alley or public place temporarily closed to traffic and the placing of signs indicating that the street, alley or public place is closed by order of the Mayor. Whenever such signs are so placed, no person shall ride or drive upon or cross such street, alley or public place or in any manner, destroy, deface or remove any such sign.
No person shall place any sign, advertisement or banner over any or across any street, alley or sidewalk in the City, unless he has written approval of the City Council.
No person shall operate any bicycle or vehicle over any sidewalk, except in crossing the same to go into a yard or parking lot.
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It shall be unlawful to deposit on any public sidewalk any material which may be harmful to the pavement thereof or any waste material or any glass or other articles which might cause injury to persons, animals or property.
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Merchandise or other articles may be deposited on sidewalks preparatory to delivery, provided that the usable width is not thereby reduced to less than four feet, and provided that no such article shall remain on such walk for more than 30 minutes.
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It shall be unlawful to deposit any material on any street which may be harmful to the pavement thereof or any waste material or any grass clippings or to cause a lawn mower to blow grass clippings onto a street or any other articles such as glass which may cause injury to any person, animal or property.
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No person shall place or cause to be placed or erected on any public ground or in any public street, alley or sidewalk in the City any debris, materials or obstruction, except as may be permitted by this chapter.
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It shall be the duty of the Police Department to exercise a vigilant supervision over such places and to notify any person found making such deposit or responsible for same to remove the offending matter at once.
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It shall be unlawful to construct or permit the construction of any stormwater drain or any drainage pipe in either a natural or man-made ditch without having first obtained a permit therefor. Applications for such permits shall be made to the City Clerk and shall be accompanied by a statement as to the purpose of such drainage pipe, the premises to be served and the specification of such pipe to be installed. Such application shall be referred to the Street Superintendent and no such permit shall be issued unless he shall have found that the City Code would be complied with by the installation of such stormwater drain or drainage pipe and that the installation of such stormwater drain or drainage pipe would not interfere with, overload, obstruct or otherwise adversely affect the existing stormwater drainage system within the City.
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It shall be unlawful to construct or permit the construction of any stormwater drain which discharges water onto any sidewalk in the City, and it shall be unlawful to construct or permit the maintenance of any such drain which discharges into any public street or alley at a height greater than 18 inches above the ground or pavement.
The Street Superintendent may move any obstruction on any street or sidewalk of the City, but before doing so, he shall notify the person responsible therefor to remove such obstruction within a reasonable time after being notified. Any person engaged in erecting a building or fence or improving any lot on such street may deposit materials thereon and contiguous thereto for such length of time as may be necessary for the work. The obstruction shall not extend to more than 1/2 of the width of the sidewalk, street or alley adjacent to such improvement and the gutter shall always be left free and unobstructed. At night, such person shall keep an illuminated warning light on such material.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use any street, sidewalk or other public place as space for the display of goods or merchandise for sale, or to write or make any signs or advertisements on any such pavements, unless permission is granted by the City Council.
It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any building or structure which encroaches upon any public street or property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to paste, paint, print or nail any handbill, sign, poster, advertisement or notice of any kind on any curbstone, flagstone or any other portion or part of any sidewalk or upon any tree, lamppost, utility pole, hydrant or upon any private wall, door or gate without the consent, in writing, of the owner of such curbstone, flagstone, sidewalk, tree, lamppost, utility pole, hydrant, private wall, door or gate.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall nail, tack, paste, paint or fasten, or cause to be nailed, tacked, painted or fastened, any sign or any other foreign substance or material onto any communications, utility, police and/or fire alarm pole or post or any street or traffic sign located on any sidewalk, street, alley or public grounds or injure or deface any such pole or post.
It shall be unlawful to walk upon or drive any vehicle or animal upon or destroy any newly laid sidewalk pavement while the same is guarded by a warning sign or barricade or to knowingly injure any soft, newly laid pavement.
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any leaves, paper, rubbish or other substances upon any of the public streets, sidewalks or alleys in the City.