[Adopted 10-9-1952 as Part III, Ch. 4, Art. 9, of Ord. No. 32; amended in its entirety 6-11-1959 by Ord. No. 58]
Processions, assemblages or parades on the streets
of the Village are hereby prohibited unless a license therefor has
previously been issued by the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 7-11-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985]
Vehicles parked or abandoned on highways of
the Village during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public emergencies,
or found unattended where they constitute an obstruction to traffic
or at any place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
may be removed and stored by the Village at the cost and expense of
the owner or operator thereof, who shall pay, before resuming possession
of such vehicle, sums as indicated in Chapter A149, Fees, for such
removal and storage.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator
of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle for the primary
purpose of displaying advertising. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park a vehicle displayed for sale.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place
or maintain or display upon or in view of any street, any sign, signal
or device which purports to be or is in imitation of or resembles
an official traffic sign or signal or which purports to direct the
movement of traffic, or which, on account of its color, shape, size,
location, illumination or appearance or for any other reason, might
tend to be mistaken for or which hides from view any official traffic
sign or signal. Every such sign, signal or device hereby prohibited
is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and any policeman or officer
or employee of the Village is hereby authorized and empowered to remove
the same or to cause the same to be removed, without notice.
Every tree, vine, shrub, hedge or obstruction
of any character whatsoever which shall obscure or obstruct or hide
from view any official traffic sign, signal or traffic control device
or the view of any operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle or of
any other person using a street or highway or which shall tend to
endanger the safety of persons using a street or highway is hereby
declared to be a public nuisance, and any policeman or officer or
employee of the Village is hereby authorized and empowered, after
10 days' notice in writing sent by registered mail to the owner of
the affected property appearing on the assessment roll, to trim, cut
or remove the same without further notice, whether the same be situated
in, upon or over a public street or in, upon or over any private property
adjacent to such public street. It shall be the duty of every owner,
tenant or occupant of land upon which any tree, vine, shrub, hedge
or obstruction hereby prohibited is situated to remove the same forthwith
upon demand. Any such owner, tenant or occupant who shall, after such
notice or demand, fail to comply therewith shall be liable for the
penalties herein provided for a violation of this chapter.
No person shall remove, relocate, deface, alter,
turn, bend or otherwise damage or interfere with any official sign,
signal, pavement marking or other traffic device or the legend or
lettering thereof or the illuminating material thereon.
