No person shall place or maintain or cause to
be placed or maintained any wares, goods or merchandise on the sidewalk
or street in front of any store or other building without the permission
of the Borough Council or its duly authorized agent; but this section
shall not prohibit merchants from placing wares, goods or merchandise
upon the sidewalk for the purpose of loading and unloading the same,
provided that the free passage over such sidewalk is not obstructed
and provided that the same be removed without reasonable delay.
Any building or any appurtenance or fixture
connected therewith or any window, sign, showcase, showbill, step,
porch, platform, area, cellar door, covering (excepting a cloth awning
having an elevation of at least seven feet above the sidewalk), fence
or any other structure, obstruction or encroachment of any kind which
shall now or hereafter be erected or constructed or maintained or
any goods, wares or merchandise placed or maintained contrary to the
provisions hereof shall be forthwith removed by the person erecting,
constructing or maintaining the same, upon notice, in writing, so
to do, and in the event of the refusal or neglect of such person so
to remove such building or other obstruction or encroachment as herein
before enumerated, after notice as aforesaid, the Borough Council
or its duly authorized agent may remove the same or cause it to be
removed at the expense of the person so erecting, constructing or
maintaining the same.
[Added 11-9-1992 by Ord. No. 14-92]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a period not exceeding
90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.