No person shall dig into or under any street or sidewalk or
remove, displace or carry away any dirt, soil, plank, paving, flagstone
or other material of which the surface of any street may be constructed
or displace, damage or remove the cover of any opening or outlet upon
the street surface, except when required or permitted by ordinance
so to do.
No person shall seize, hold or hang onto or get upon any railroad
car, locomotive or other vehicle for the transportation of persons
or property while the same shall be in motion; nor shall any person
get upon such car, locomotive or vehicle at any time without the permission
of the person in charge of said car, locomotive or vehicle; nor shall
any person interfere, meddle with or in any way injure or deface any
such car, locomotive or vehicle or take anything therefrom without
the express permission of the owner or person in charge thereof.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any premises
in the City to remove and correct unlawful encroachments, projections
into or obstruction upon and correct dangerous conditions in the street
in front of his premises; and if he fails to do so, the Commissioner
of Public Works shall cause such work to be done, and neither the
order of the Common Council nor notice to such owner or occupant shall
be necessary thereupon. The Commissioner of Public Works shall report
all such work to the Common Council, and the cost of the same shall
be included in a monthly or other assessment roll as provided by Section
571 of the Charter.
No person shall place or cause to be placed and permit to remain
on any street or public place in the City any obstruction to the free
use of such street or public place by the public, except as expressly
permitted by the ordinances of the City; provided, however, that upon
application to the Council by the Buffalo and Erie County Historical
Society, which shall be accompanied by a plot plan indicating the
size and type thereof, historical markers commemorating historical
sites may be authorized therein upon approval thereof by the City
Planning Board.
In addition to the fees otherwise provided for the issuance
of permits for a reasonable construction, obstruction and encroachment
authorized by law or ordinance, on or over any public street, place,
parkway or park approach, in cases where no other indemnification
is provided, the Commissioner of Public Works shall, as a condition
to the issuance of such permit, require in an amount to be determined
by him a surety company bond holding the City harmless against loss
and damage, claims, liens, proceedings and actions or a policy of
liability insurance or evidence thereof wherein the City is named
as assured against damage arising out of said construction, obstruction
or encroachment. Said bond or policy shall be approved as to form
by the Corporation Counsel and as to sufficiency by the Comptroller
and filed with the Comptroller.
No person shall spill, place or deposit upon the pavement of
any street in the City which is paved with asphalt or other hard material
any oil, grease or other substance which tends to disintegrate the
pavement or make it slippery or otherwise dangerous for pedestrians
or vehicles; and all vehicles which contain or which carry any such
oil, grease or other substance in, on or over the paved streets of
the City shall be equipped with dripping pans or other suitable devices
to prevent the dripping of such oil, grease or other substance upon
said streets. No owner, operator or driver of any vehicle mentioned
herein shall operate or propel or permit to be operated or propelled
any such vehicle in or on any paved street in the City without the
equipment or device hereby required.
It shall be the duty of any policeman on patrol duty to report
to the Captain of the precinct any defective or dangerous condition
in or about any sidewalk or roadway and, between sunset and sunrise,
any unlighted streetlights thereon, which report shall be transmitted
at once to the Commissioner of Public Works.