The Street Commissioner shall have the powers
and perform the duties prescribed for him by the City Charter, this
Code and other ordinances and as may, from time to time, be prescribed
by the legislative body.
[Amended 12-6-2007 by Ord. No. 773]
The Street Commissioner shall prepare specifications
and standards, not inconsistent with law, the City Charter, this Code
or other ordinances, for the grading, construction, maintenance and
repair of streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters and shall submit such
specifications and standards to the legislative body. Upon approval
thereof by the legislative body and filing thereof in the office of
the Public Works Director, such specifications and standards shall
have the effect of rules and regulations of the legislative body.
The Street Commissioner may, from time to time, recommend amendments
thereof to the legislative body; and such amendments, when approved
by the legislative body and placed on file in the office of the Public
Works Director, shall likewise have the effect of rules and regulations
of the legislative body.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand,
sit, lounge or be or place any chairs, wood, coal or other obstacles
on any sidewalks or streets in the City so as to block up or bar such
sidewalks or streets unnecessarily or materially hinder or impede
the free and uninterrupted passage thereof by all persons or vehicles
having occasion to pass or park thereon.
No owner or occupant of any premises shall install
or maintain or suffer to be installed or maintained upon any sidewalk
in front of his premises any water box, pipe or other fixture which
extends above the surface of such sidewalk, and all such fixtures
shall be flush with the surface of the sidewalk, provided that this
section shall not apply to fire hydrants, parking meters or other
fixtures installed or maintained by any governmental authority.
The owners and occupants of premises fronting
on any of the streets of the City shall trim and keep trimmed the
trees on such lots and the trees growing along the curbs of the pavement
of such lots in such manner that the boughs of such trees shall not
interfere with lamps or lampposts or obstruct, delay or hinder the
free passage of any pedestrian or vehicular traffic along any street.
It shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner to notify all persons
who may refuse or neglect to comply with this section to so comply
within five days, and, in case of continued neglect or failure to
comply at the end of five days from such notification, the Street
Commissioner shall then trim or cause to be trimmed or cropped or
cut down said trees in such manner that the boughs thereof will no
longer obstruct, hinder or delay any pedestrian or vehicular traffic
or interfere with lamps or lampposts as aforesaid; and the owner or
person in charge of such lot whereon or before which said trees grow
shall forfeit and pay to the City the cost of trimming said trees,
and such cost shall be a lien upon the property upon which such trees
are located, to be collected in the same manner as city taxes are
collected, and the payment thereof shall not bar prosecution for violation
of this section.