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.