A.
Except
as otherwise hereinafter provided, no person shall place, store or
maintain any article or property on any public roadway (including
an alley), sidewalk or parkway or on any other public property in
the city for the purpose of selling, leasing or storing the same or
displaying for sale or lease or offering for sale or lease any such
article of property. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit
a seller from taking orders or delivering any commodity from a vehicle
on that part of any roadway immediately adjacent to the premises of
the purchaser or customer, nor shall the provisions of this section
prohibit the placing or storing of any article or property where the
same is done pursuant to any other valid ordinance in the city.
B.
This
section does not apply to any temporary rack or stand used for the
purpose of displaying newspapers for sale while such rack or stand
is so used, if such rack or stand does not occupy any portion of the
highway set aside for vehicular use, and provided such location has
been approved by the city manager.
(Prior code § 17-2)
A.
No
person shall stand on any public sidewalk, alley street or highway
in a manner that obstructs or impedes vehicular or pedestrian traffic
to solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business or contributions
from the occupants of any vehicle.
B.
It
is unlawful for any person to stop, park, or stand a motor vehicle
on a street or highway from which any occupant attempts to hire or
hires for employment another person or persons.
(Prior code § 12-21; Ord. 577-88 § 1; Ord.
621-89 § 1; Ord. 1070-11 § 1)
It is unlawful for any person to construct or maintain any gate
in any fence in such a manner that the gate may be opened outward
over any portion of any public highway open for either pedestrian
or vehicular traffic.
(Prior code § 17-3)
With respect to any parcel of land which abuts Hawthorne Boulevard,
no person shall construct a new structure thereupon, or repair, modify,
remodel or add to any existing structure thereupon, unless one of
the following conditions is satisfied:
A.
For
the entire length of the parcel of land, at the point where such parcel
abuts Hawthorne Boulevard, the existing sidewalk shall be replaced
with a decorative sidewalk, as prescribed in the decorative sidewalk
policies of the city as determined by the public works department,
as such may be amended from time to time; or
B.
The repair, modification, remodeling or addition is to an existing structure and the total square footage of the work to be performed is equal to or less than fifty percent of the square footage of all existing structures upon such parcel, in which case the requirements of Section 12.12.040(A) shall not apply.
(Prior code § 17-32; Ord. 542-87 § 1; Ord.
763-94 § 1)
A.
Necessity
of Sidewalks, Curbs, and Gutters. The city council finds that there
are areas within the city where concrete sidewalks, curbs and gutters
are lacking. The city council further finds that the lack of adequate
concrete sidewalks, curbs and gutters is detrimental to the public
health, safety and welfare by the creation of pedestrian and vehicular
traffic hazards, poor drainage and difficulty in street cleaning and
maintenance. The city council further finds that the public health,
safety and welfare will be best protected by requiring the construction
of sidewalks, curbs and gutters in all instances of new construction.
B.
Construction
of Sidewalks, Curbs and Gutters. Any owner, lessee or agent constructing
or arranging for the construction of a building or dwelling other
than additions, garages or accessory buildings less than fifty per
cent of square footage of existing construction on any lot shall also
construct or cause to be constructed cement sidewalks, curbs and gutters
in accordance with city standards and specifications, unless concrete
curbs, gutters and sidewalks already exist along all street frontages
of the lot or lots on which the building or dwelling is to be constructed;
provided, however, that in areas not subdivided, sidewalks, curbs
and gutters need not be installed for a greater distance than the
improved portion of said lot or lots improved or to be improved as
shown on the plot plan to be filed by said owner, lessee or agent
with the building department.
C.
Private
Streets. Streets used herein shall include privately owned and maintained
rights-of-way where the same are held open for general public use
or for general vehicular traffic.
D.
Power
of City Council to Modify. Upon application to the city council and
in cases where the city council finds hardship or finds that compliance
with the provisions of this section is impractical or unnecessary
by reason of terrain, building location, or the proposed or existing
development or uses of the lot, the city council may waive or modify
the requirements of this section and may impose such conditions as
it may deem necessary and proper at the time of such waiver or modification.
E.
Denial
of Certificate of Occupancy. The city engineer and/or building inspector
shall not issue a certificate of occupancy or accept any structures
for public utility connection until the provisions of this section
have been complied with.
(Ord. 862-99 § 6)
