This chapter shall be known as the "Public Street
Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, the following words
have the meanings indicated:
STREET
All public streets, avenues, highways, squares, alleys, lanes,
public grounds and sidewalks in the City.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant,
in whole or in part, of any lot or part of a lot fronting upon any
street in the City to at all times keep the gutter and sidewalk in
front of the same cleaned and in good order and condition and to the
true grade thereof and to repair the flagging and bricks or other
materials of such sidewalk and the curbstone or other materials to
such gutter and not to permit any stagnant or filthy water to remain
in such gutter, and also to observe and obey any lawful resolution
which may be passed by the City Council with reference thereto, and
also to observe and obey any notice, printed or written, which may
be served upon him/her by the Commissioner of Public Works or by any
member of the police force of the City, directing him/her to put such
sidewalk and gutter in good order and condition and to repair the
same. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent
the City Council from ordering such repairs to be made and the expense
thereof to be assessed according to law.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct
or maintain over any street or sidewalk any covering or awning of
wood, iron or other materials, except an awning of cloth; but such
awning of cloth shall not be constructed or maintained at a less elevation
than seven feet from the surface of the sidewalk, nor extend out more
than six feet in width from the building to which the same shall be
attached, and it must be drawn up at sunset; nor shall any person
construct or maintain any post or pillar upon any sidewalk for the
purpose of supporting any awning.
[Amended 5-26-2022 by Ord. No. 22]
No person shall play ball in any of the streets
of the City so as to unduly or unsafely obstruct or impede the free
flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cut,
mutilate, or in any manner to injure any of the shade or ornamental
trees standing in any public street, unless with the consent of the
owner of such trees or by direction of the City Council or the Commissioner
of Public Works of the City.
The City Engineer is hereby authorized to number
and renumber the various properties in the City abutting upon the
various streets of the City, the same to be carried out in accordance
with a comprehensive system and he/she is directed to keep appropriate
records and maps to indicate the allocation of street numbers to such
properties.
No person shall stand in or otherwise occupy
that portion of a City street normally used by vehicular traffic for
the purpose of soliciting from or selling to an occupant of any vehicle.