[Amended 12-21-2023 by Ord. No. 1062]
A. 
Except as provided below, no person, entity, or association shall be permitted to place, pile, store, or accumulate any goods, wares, merchandise, boxes, containers, dumpsters, storage units, stands, commodities, or articles of any kind on or above any part of any of the public streets or sidewalks within the Borough.
B. 
Nothing herein shall prevent the placement of the following on the public streets or sidewalks:
(1) 
Any items being taken to or from any premises in the ordinary course of delivery, pickup, or transportation;
(2) 
The erection of any improvements permitted or otherwise approved by the Borough or otherwise permitted pursuant to the Narberth Borough Code;
(3) 
Traffic safety cones rented from the Borough;
(4) 
Refuse containers, recycling containers, and properly stored yard waste when placed for regular collection during the permitted day and time period and when placed in a manner permitted under Chapter 437, Solid Waste;
(5) 
A temporary portable storage unit or temporary construction dumpster placed pursuant to the terms and conditions of an approved permit issued by the Borough, with such permit conditions and terms, and permit fees, as established by resolution of Narberth Borough Council.
No person, entity, or association shall be permitted to place any chairs, cones, or other objects within a public street, including on-street parking spaces, to reserve a future use or occupancy of such parking space, excepting the placement of traffic safety cones rented from the Borough or if otherwise permitted by the Borough.
No person, entity, or association shall be permitted to hang signs or banners or similar advertising devices above any part of the public streets or sidewalks within the Borough, provided that nothing herein shall prevent the erection of any such signs or banners approved by the Borough or otherwise permitted pursuant the Narberth Borough Code. All other signage shall comply with the requirements of the Borough's Zoning Code.
A. 
No property owner shall permit any trees, shrubs, leaves, branches, hedges, bushes, or other vegetation or physical obstructions on their property to extend over, intrude into, or remain within any portion of a public street or sidewalk of the Borough if such obstruction interferes in any way with the clear, uninterrupted, and unobstructed use of the public street or sidewalk. The minimum overhead height clearance of any tree branch above any public street shall be 14 feet and the minimum overhead height clearance over any public sidewalk shall be eight feet.
B. 
No person shall place or allow any obstruction, including large stones, to remain in a public right-of-way along the side of a public street or within a sidewalk verge, provided that nothing herein shall prevent the erection of any improvements or landscaping permitted or approved by the Borough or otherwise permitted pursuant the Narberth Borough Code. Portable basketball hoops are permitted to be temporarily placed within a public right-of-way along the side of a public street or upon a sidewalk, but must be immediately removed upon the declaration of a snow emergency by the Borough.
C. 
No person shall rake, blow, or otherwise place any leaves, grass clippings, or yard waste in any public street or sidewalk except when temporarily placed for a scheduled Borough removal of leaves or yard waste according to Borough procedures.
D. 
Hedges, shrubs, or other similar vegetation adjacent to a sidewalk and within the right-of-way shall be maintained at a height not to exceed four feet.
[Added 7-20-2023 by Ord. No. 1056]
Where it is determined by the Borough that there is an obstruction or incursion within the right-of-way in violation of this article, the property owner shall receive a notice of the violation that provides for the obstruction to be removed within seven days or appealed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. If the obstruction is not satisfactorily removed and no appeal is filed, the Borough may proceed to clear the obstruction from the right-of-way, street, sidewalk verge, or sidewalk with such costs chargeable to the property owner at the then-current rates prevailing for labor and materials plus an additional 10%, together with all charges and expenses. The Borough may file a municipal lien against the property in violation if such costs and expenses are not thereafter paid within 30 days, with any additional costs or expenses to file such lien also payable by the property owner, and/or the Borough may pursue civil proceedings to collect the same. The removal of the obstruction by the Borough shall in no manner relieve the property owner from the imposition of penalties as herein provided.