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.
A. 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.
B. 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.
A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
A. 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.
B. 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.