No person shall permit any building, structure, erection or any part thereof to encroach upon or extend over, under or into any public street or public place, excepting as in this chapter permitted and authorized.
[Amended 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451]
The owner of every building, structure or erection which, either in whole or in part, encroaches upon or extends over, under or into any public street or place, shall cause such encroachment to be removed within 10 days after receiving written notice from the Director of Public Works so to do. Every day that such owner shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with said order after the expiration of said period of 10 days shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of this chapter.
[Amended 4-23-1984 by Ord. No. 1275; 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451; 9-14-2005 by Ord. No. 1943]
A. 
No person shall obstruct or permit the obstruction of any street or public place by the storage or placing of any building material or other material or merchandise thereon and permitting the same to remain longer than is necessary to convey the same on or into private property, unless a permit therefor shall be obtained from the Building Department. No permit shall be granted which permits the use or obstruction of more than 1/3 of the width of the roadway of such street or public place at any point.
B. 
The application for such permit shall state the kind and character of such material to be stored in such public street or place, and the exact location where same is to be stored or placed. The Building Department may impose conditions in connection with any permit issued in connection with this section with respect to keeping the sidewalk open for traffic, and any other safety conditions which the Department shall deem proper in the interests of public safety and convenience. The fee for such a permit shall be $50. The permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on or near the material, or in the case of a dumpster, on the street side of such dumpster. The permit shall be kept readily accessible so as to be available for inspection The Police Department will review the site prior to issuing such permit.
[Amended 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451]
No cellarway or hoistway shall be constructed in any public street without a permit therefor issued by the Director of Public Works. The fee for such a permit shall be $5. No permit shall be granted for any such cellarway or hoistway which extends into the street more than five feet from the property line. All such cellarways or hoistways shall be covered with iron doors flush with the sidewalk and, when opened, shall at all times be protected by either guardrails or chains. No such cellarway or hoistway shall remain open so that the sidewalk or street is obstructed for a period longer than is necessary for the reasonable use thereof.
[Amended 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451]
No person shall move any building or structure across, along or through any street or public place without obtaining a permit therefor from the Director of Public Works. The fee for such a permit shall be $5. Such permit may contain conditions relating to the manner of removal and the length of time that any street or public place may be obstructed either in whole or in part and any other regulations for the protection of the street or public place and the public safety or convenience.
A. 
No person shall organize or conduct, or assist in the organization or conduct of, any parade upon any of the public streets or public places, without obtaining a permit therefor from the Borough Clerk.
B. 
Such Borough Clerk shall not issue any such permit until an application therefor shall have been submitted to the Mayor and Council at a regular or special meeting and such permission has been granted and a permit authorized by a resolution of the Mayor and Council.
No person shall erect or place any sign, show bill, showboard or billboard in any of the public streets or places, excepting such as shall be authorized by this chapter or any other ordinances of the Mayor and Council and pursuant to the provisions thereof.
No person shall distribute any posters, cards, pamphlets, circulars or advertisements on the streets or public places, except pursuant to a permit issued by the Chief Marshal or the Chief of Police. The fee for such a permit shall be $0.50. No permit shall authorize the distribution of such matter generally; each permit shall be restricted to a particular and specified poster, card, pamphlet, circular or advertisement. No such permit shall remain in force for more than five days.
No person shall place any sign or advertisement or other matter upon any pole, tree, curbstone, sidewalk or elsewhere in any public street or public place, excepting such as may be authorized by this chapter or any other ordinance of the Mayor and Council.
No person shall injure, deface, obliterate, remove, take down or disturb, or in any other manner interfere with or disturb, any signboard containing the name of any street or public place, or any bulletin board or sign or notice erected, posted or placed, bearing the name of the Mayor and Council or any officer thereof.
No person shall throw or permit to be thrown any ashes, garbage, paper or other refuse or waste, or other material, upon any street or public place, provided that clean ashes may be placed upon ice which has formed upon any sidewalk.
No person shall throw or place, or permit or aid the throwing or placing of, glass, tacks or other like sharp substance, upon any public street or public place.
No person shall remove, displace, break or change any sign or lights or signals set up or placed in any street or public place as a warning of danger or indicating an excavation or obstruction, or showing that any street or public place is closed to traffic; and no person shall between hours of sunset and sunrise extinguish any light used for any of the purposes aforesaid.
No person shall open any manhole or remove the cover thereof unless such opening shall be guarded by a guardrail and shall be so marked by both day and night as to be plainly seen at a distance of 50 feet, which guardrail shall be maintained so long as such manhole shall remain opened or uncovered.
No person shall coast upon any street unless such street or the portion thereof used for coasting shall be closed to vehicular traffic.
[Amended 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451]
The Director of Public Works may close any street or public place or section thereof to public traffic for the purpose of repairing, constructing or reconstructing the same. The Mayor and Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or portions thereof upon which coasting will be permitted at certain times of the day and may direct that such street or portion thereof shall be closed to vehicular traffic during such hours. When any street or public place or portion thereof is closed, there shall be a sign at each end of the portion closed, plainly visible to approaching traffic, reading substantially as follows: STREET CLOSED — PASSING FORBIDDEN. No person shall drive or cause to be propelled any vehicle over said street or portion thereof so closed and marked as aforesaid. For the purpose of this section, a sleigh or sled used for coasting shall not be construed to be a vehicle.
No person shall place or erect any electric light, telegraph, telephone or other pole in or upon any street or public place, except pursuant to permission granted by a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council.
No electric light, telegraph, telephone or other pole shall be hereafter placed or erected on any street or public place unless the same shall be straight and neat in appearance, and every such pole shall be kept well painted. No wires shall be run or strung upon any pole at a distance less than 18 feet from the ground.