[Adopted as Ch. 1022 of the 1995 Codified
Ordinances of Monroe]
[Amended 11-24-1961 by Ord. No. 797; 7-6-2004 by Ord. No.
04-008; 3-21-2005 by Ord. No. 05-003; 5-20-2013 by Ord. No. 13-004]
A.
Except pursuant to permission duly granted under the Code of the
City of Monroe, no person shall obstruct or encumber any public wharf,
street, alley, sidewalk, parkway, terrace or public place with any
article or thing whatsoever.
B.
This section shall not be construed to prevent the moving of goods,
wares and merchandise across any sidewalk for purposes of trade or
for the use of families.
C.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any person
to display or leave upon any sidewalk any sharp-edged or sharp pointed
tool, instrument or implement, any barbed wire or any oil barrel or
vessels.
D.
City-sponsored and/or approved events or activities such as parades,
block parties and other such similar events or activities of limited
duration and purpose are exempt from the provisions of this section.
Such events or activities are not subject to the provisions of Chapter
374, Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Merchants, of the Code of the
City of Monroe.
[Amended 11-24-1961 by Ord. No. 797; 7-6-2004 by Ord. No.
04-008]
The Chief of Police or his/her designee shall order any article or thing which may encumber or obstruct any street, alley, public landing wharf, pier, sidewalk, parkway terrace, park or public place to be removed. If such article or thing shall not be removed within two hours after notice to the owner thereof, or to the person causing such obstruction or encumbrance, such person shall be subject to the penalty provided for in § 1-27, plus the costs of such removal. If such person cannot readily be found for the purpose of such notice, the Chief of Police shall cause the article or thing to be removed to some suitable place to be selected by him or her.
[Amended 11-24-1961 by Ord. No. 797]
A.
Any article or thing removed in accordance with § 625-2 shall be advertised and sold by the Chief of Police, if it is of a nature that can be sold, at the end of 30 days after such removal, unless the article or thing shall be sooner reclaimed and removed, and the costs of such removal shall be paid by the owner thereof.
B.
The Chief of Police, after the sale, shall pay the
proceeds into the City treasury and furnish the Clerk/Treasurer with
a written statement of the article or thing sold and the amount for
which it was sold.
C.
The balance, if any, after costs and penalty are paid,
shall be paid over to the party furnishing satisfactory proof of ownership.
[Amended 3-21-2005 by Ord. No. 05-003]
A.
Duty of owner to remove. The owner of any building,
fence or other obstruction, any portion of which is standing in any
street, alley or public place, or which may hereafter be erected or
placed in whole or in part upon any street, alley or public place,
shall remove such obstruction within 10 days after receipt of a written
notice issued by the City Council.
B.
Removal by City.
(1)
Whenever the owner of any building, fence or other obstruction upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public place shall refuse or neglect to remove such obstruction, as required in Subsection A hereof, and after notice as provided in that subsection, the obstruction shall be deemed a nuisance. The Council may cause the obstruction to be removed or taken down.
(2)
The expense for such removal shall be recovered by
the City in an action of assumpsit.
