This article is intended to further the following
public safety purposes:
A. To discourage the practice of driving from the traveled
portions of Village streets without curbs directly onto the parkway
areas along the street but in the public right-of-way and to discourage
the practice of driving over drainage ditches in the public right-of-way,
which practice by persons making deliveries using containers like
those referred to herein have in the past damaged the parkway areas
and the drainage ditches resulting in expense to the Village and an
interference with the drainage of stormwater.
B. To help eliminate the safety hazard of a vehicle in
the public street starting and stopping frequently in areas where
houses or businesses are located very close together. (An example
would be the downtown area.)
C. As to very narrow streets, to help eliminate a safety
hazard so as to discourage the use of motor vehicles to make numerous
house-to-house deliveries, one after the other, which results in one
of only two traffic lanes being blocked,
D. To discourage the placement of unnecessary obstructions
on public streets and public rights-of-way.
It shall be unlawful in the Village to place
on the public right-of-way, including the parkway area between the
traveled portion of the street and the front lot line of the adjacent
private lot, a container, box, tube or other receptacle intended to
be, or that could be, used for the purpose of delivering magazines,
handbills, books, newspapers, pamphlets, packages or tangible objects
from any vehicle (auto, truck, bicycle, etc.), situated on a public
street, without first obtaining a permit as provided for herein.
A violation of this article is hereby declared
to be a public nuisance.
An applicant is defined as being the supplier
of the product or material.
Any person who violates this article may be
fined not more than $750 for each violation. Each day a prohibited
container remains shall be considered a separate violation.