[Adopted 12-7-1970 as Ch. 17, Art.
I, of the 1970 Code]
A.
Notice required. No civil action shall be maintained
against the Village for damages or injuries to person or property
sustained in consequences of any street, highway, bridge, culvert,
sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous
or obstructed or for damages or injuries to person or property sustained
solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk,
crosswalk, street, highway, bridge or culvert unless written notice
of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or of
the existence of the snow or ice relating to the particular place
was actually given to the Village Clerk and there was a failure or
neglect within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice
to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of
or to cause the snow or ice to be removed or the place otherwise made
reasonably safe.
B.
Record of defects. The Village Clerk shall keep an
indexed record, in a separate book, of all written notices which he
shall receive of the existence of a defective, unsafe, dangerous or
obstructed condition in or upon or of an accumulation of ice or snow
upon any Village street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk,
which record shall state the date of receipt of the notice, the nature
and location of the condition stated to exist and the name and address
of the person from whom the notice is received. The record of each
notice shall be preserved for a period of five years after the date
it is received.
All persons shall keep the sidewalks in front
of the premises owned or occupied by them clean and free from papers,
rags, scraps, sticks, fruit skins, earth and all manner of rubbish
and refuse. The keeping of paper, rags, scraps, sticks, fruit skins,
dirt or rubbish or refuse of any kind onto the sidewalk, gutter or
street or the pouring or dumping of waste or dirty water on any part
of the sidewalk, gutter or streets is prohibited.
The loading or transporting of sawdust, ashes,
shavings, dirt, coal, chicken feathers, garbage or other material
of any kind or nature whatsoever in any vehicle or container which
permits the same to escape or fall down or run out on the street or
sidewalk is prohibited.
The throwing of nails, glass or other material
that might cut or injure a tire or a person's foot upon the street
or public sidewalk of the Village is prohibited.
The storage or piling of papers, refuse, waste
or other materials in such a way that such materials would blow or
in any way move from the property of the owner or tenant to the public
street or sidewalk or to property of other people is prohibited.
The pumping of water from a cellar or from any
property onto the street or sidewalk is prohibited.
The owner of all buildings where the eaves on
the roof project close to or over the sidewalk must prevent the dripping
of water from the roof by proper gutters and leaders. No water from
gutters or leaders shall be permitted to run on top of the sidewalk,
but must be conducted by proper pipes under the sidewalk to the gutter.
No wash water or water from a drain shall be
permitted to run from any land or building onto the sidewalk. All
such water shall be conducted by pipes under the sidewalk to the gutter.
No person shall be permitted to flush or wash
out the side of any truck or vehicle on the public streets of the
Village.
The encroachment or encumbrance of any part
of the sidewalk by any stock of food, merchandise, produce, waste
material or any other article or thing that obstructs the sidewalk
is prohibited.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 17-11, Vehicles
and animals on sidewalks, which immediately followed this section,
was deleted 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
A.
Required; fee. No person shall do any of the work hereinafter described without obtaining a sidewalk barricade permit therefor from the Village Clerk for which a fee, as set forth in Chapter 118, Fees, shall be paid:
[Amended 6-17-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980; 4-7-1987 by L.L. No.
7-1987; 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
(1)
Alter, remodel or rebuild a store front.
(2)
Put in, remove, remodel or change plate glass windows.
(3)
Do any alteration, remodeling, painting or construction
work of any kind or description on the outside of any building above
the first floor.
(4)
Erect, dismantle or take down a sign attached to a
building above the first floor.
B.
Liability insurance. Public liability insurance protecting
the Village against liability for all negligence, including death
claims in such amounts and in such company or companies as may be
approved by the Village Clerk, must be obtained and filed with the
Village Clerk before any work shall commence under any permit issued
under the provisions of this section.
C.
Approval. No work shall be commenced under any permit
issued under the provisions of this section until the same has been
approved by the Department of Public Works of the Village.
D.
Work to be performed during daylight. All work for
which a permit is issued hereunder shall be done during daylight hours
except during an emergency.
E.
Exceptions. This section shall not apply to work done
on any part of a building which does not front and abut on a public
street or sidewalk.
A.
No awning or canopy shall be erected without obtaining a written permit therefor from the Building Department and paying a fee as provided in Chapter 118, Fees.
[Amended 8-13-1991 by L.L. No. 7-1991; 4-11-1995 by L.L. No.
1-1995]
B.
Insurance. Any person seeking a permit under the provisions
of this section shall provide insurance in such amount as required
by the Building Department.
C.
Requirements. No awning or canopy from the side of
a building shall be erected or maintained over public property, any
part of which is less than seven feet from the walk or surface beneath
and the projections of which are less than 18 inches from the curbline.
D.
Notice to remove where consent not obtained. Any awning
or canopy now or hereafter erected with or without the consent of
the Building Department shall be removed by the person erecting it
or the owner or tenant of the premises in question, within 10 days
of receiving written notice from the Building Department so to do.
E.
Failure to remove; removal by Village; costs of removal.
In the event that said awning or canopy is not removed within said
period of 10 days, the Building Department may remove or cause such
awning or canopy to be removed and access the cost thereof against
the owner of the premises in question or charge the same to the tenant
benefited thereby or the person at whose orders the awning or canopy
was erected.
A.
Permission and approval required. No person shall
throw, place or deposit any dirt, sand, rocks, stone or other material,
including any building material, in or upon any public street, sidewalk
or gutter without the permission of the Village Clerk, approved, in
writing, by the Building Department of the Village.
B.
Barricades and lights required. In the event that
permission is given to encumber the streets of the Village with any
of the material above mentioned, the person encumbering the same shall
surround the material or encumbrance by a substantial barricade which
shall be suitably and properly lighted from one hour after sunset
to one hour before sunrise.
Doors leading from the sidewalk to a cellar
must be properly protected along the open side by a railing. Such
doors shall, under no circumstances, be opened for a longer period
of time than is actually necessary to load or unload material into
the cellar.
The placing of a bridge to carry traffic from
the street level over a curb to the level of the adjoining property
is prohibited.
[Amended 6-14-1988 by L.L. No. 18-1988; 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
B.
Written notice required. Written notice of the time
and place of starting the parade or street fair or outside retail
sales, the route requested and/or streets and sidewalks to be used
and the name and address of the organization sponsoring the same must
be given 10 days in advance of such event to the Police Department
of the Village of Spring Valley, together with any notice of any grandstand,
display or other structure that they desire to erect or place on any
street, sidewalk or public place.
C.
Liability insurance for erection or placing of structures.
No grandstand, display stand or other structure used in connection
with any parade, street fair, outside retail sale or athletic event
shall be erected on or adjacent to a public street without furnishing
suitable liability insurance to protect the Village from damages.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 229-17, Consent required for public assemblages and meetings, was repealed 12-19-2006 by L.L. No. 8-2006. See now Ch. 171, Parades or Public Assemblies. Original Sec. 17-18(b), which immediately followed this section and designated specific areas for public assemblages, was deleted 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
[Amended 5-19-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975; 12-20-1977 by L.L. No.
14-1977; 12-10-1991 by L.L. No. 12-1991; 3-8-1994 by L.L. No.
4-1994; 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
A.
The owner or occupant of lands fronting or abutting
on any street in the Village of Spring Valley shall maintain and repair
the sidewalks adjoining said lands and keep the sidewalks free from
obstructions. Such owner or occupant shall be liable for any injury
or damage by reason of omission, failure or negligence to maintain
or repair such sidewalks or to keep them free of obstructions.
B.
Said owner or occupant shall repair all sidewalk defects
and remove all obstructions from the sidewalks immediately or within
such time as may be designated by the Superintendent of the Department
of Public Works or a code enforcement officer of the Village of Spring
Valley.
C.
In all cases where the owner or occupant of property fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of Subsection A or B, the Department of Public Works shall cause such sidewalk repairs to be made or obstructions to be removed, and the Superintendent shall certify the cost of such removal or repair to the Board of Trustees ,and said costs of removal or repair shall become a lien on such lands and shall be added to and become a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands. The same shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner.
[Amended 12-20-1977 by L.L. No. 14-1977]
A.
No person shall construct a curb cut unless a permit therefor is issued by the Building Inspector. The fee for said permit shall be as set forth in Chapter 118, Fees.
[Amended 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
C.
If the work on the curb cut is made in accordance with Village specifications and approved by the Building Inspector, the cash bond set forth in Subsection B hereinabove shall be refunded. In the event that the work on the curb cut is not performed in accordance with specifications and is not approved by the Building Inspector within three months after the permit is issued, the Village will make the necessary corrections and charge the cost of the same against the bond.
[Added 11-28-1989 by L.L. No. 9-1989; amended 6-14-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
A.
No security gate shall be installed unless the same shall have at least 50% open grate work so as to provide for the inspection of the interior of the protected premises while the gate is in the closed position. Security gates require a building permit, for which permit a fee as set forth in Chapter 118, Fees, shall be paid.
[Amended 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
B.
This article shall not apply to any roll-down gate
installed prior to the date of enactment of the same.
C.
The installation of roll-down gates shall require
a building permit.
[Added 9-5-1978 by L.L. No. 8-1978]
The Superintendent of Public Works shall have
authority to issue summonses for violations of all provisions of this
article except for those provisions herein which are specifically
subject to the jurisdiction of an agency or department other than
the Department of Public Works.
[Added 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
A violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $5,000 or a term of imprisonment not to exceed
15 days, or both.
