[Adopted 7-2-1921]
No person shall hereafter maintain, erect or
construct any show window, bay window, step, stoop, platform, shed,
post, pole, fence, gate, open-area railing, sign or any other obstruction
made or composed of any material whatever to any building in this
Borough, so that the same shall extend upon, into or over any sidewalk,
street, avenue, lane or alley.
No person shall maintain, erect or construct
any grating, cellar door or other cover over any areaway projecting
into or under any sidewalk in this Borough, unless the same, with
its hinges, shall be as nearly flush with the sidewalk as it is possible
to make the same.
No person shall hereafter maintain or place
any post, pole, sign, awning, stand, showcase, box, barrel, keg, bag,
bale, crate or goods, wares and merchandise, or any other thing or
things upon the streets or sidewalks of this Borough, except as hereafter
provided.
No person shall maintain, erect, place or construct
any sign, awning, lamp or other thing over any sidewalk in this Borough,
unless the same shall be at least eight feet above the sidewalk.
No truckman, drayman, expressman, or any other
person shall hereafter deposit from a truck, dray, cart or wagon of
any kind any box, barrel, keg, bag, bale, crate, goods, wares, or
merchandise of any kind upon the streets or sidewalks of this Borough,
unless some person shall be there to receive the same; and it shall
be the duty of the person or persons to whom said goods are consigned
to immediately remove the same from said street or sidewalks.
No person or persons shall throw, cast, scatter,
deposit, sweep or spill any ashes, soil, sand, dirt, cinders, shells,
straw, paper of any kind, offal, fruit rinds or skins of any kind,
tin cans, sticks, stones, rags, glass, glass or other kinds of bottles,
old iron, manure, dirt or refuse of any kind whatsoever in or upon
any of the sidewalks, lanes, alleys, streets or public places of this
Borough; and it shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or user of
any factory, dwelling house, shop or other place or places, vacant
or otherwise, to keep the weeds and brush cut in the gutters between
the sidewalks and the road, street or avenue, and to keep the trees
trimmed eight feet above the sidewalk and public streets on said property.
No person or persons shall paste upon or attach
to any tree or bridge, fence, post, wall or other public place or
places in this Borough any handbills, advertisements, circulars or
any printed or written matter whatsoever, without first having the
written consent of the Mayor and Council, provided that nothing herein
contained shall apply to any notice or notices required or prescribed
by law and designated "Legal Notices," which shall be posted on bulletin
boards provided by the Borough.
No building material or materials shall be left
on any street, avenue or sidewalk in this Borough, without having
attached thereto a light at night, securely fastened; and said material
or materials shall not be left on said street, avenue or sidewalk
for a longer period than 24 hours, unless by written permit of the
Mayor and Council.
All other obstructions of every kind and character
that will impede the use of any street, avenue, lane, alley or road
in this Borough are hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the same
shall be removed therefrom. In case the owner or occupant shall neglect
to remove the same, it shall be the duty of the marshals of this Borough
to notify such owner in writing to remove such nuisance within 24
hours of the service of such notice, and upon failure so to do within
the time limit prescribed in such notice and this article, it shall
be done at the expense of the Borough, and the cost of the removal
thereof, in addition to the other penalties prescribed in this article,
shall be recoverable from the person responsible therefor, except
that the provisions of this section shall not apply to a building
being moved along any street, avenue, land, alley or road in this
Borough when the same is moved under a written permit of the Mayor
or Borough Council and in accordance with the rules and regulations
that may be laid down by the Borough Council.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 9 of original ordinance, which immediately preceded this section and which prohibited the digging up of sidewalks without a permit from the Mayor and Council, repealed at time of adoption of Code as being in conflict with Article II of this chapter. (See Ch. 1, General Provisions, for repeal.)
Any person or persons or corporation violating
any of the provisions of the foregoing sections of this article shall
be liable to a fine not to exceed $500 or to imprisonment not to exceed
10 days in the municipal lockup or county jail, and until costs are
paid, or both. And the Municipal Judges before whom proceedings are
instituted shall determine whether the penalty shall be fine or imprisonment,
and, if imprisonment, the term thereof, and, if a fine, the amount
thereof, within the limits prescribed. Such Municipal Judge may commit
the defendant to jail until the fine be paid with costs, or until
the defendant be otherwise discharge according to law.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 12 of original ordinance, which immediately followed this section and which set standards for acceptance of streets by deed of dedication, repealed at time of adoption of Code as being in conflict with Ch. 98, Subdivision of Land. (See Ch. 1, General Provisions, for repeal.)
