[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Harrisburg
by Ord. No. 128-1949. Amendments noted where applicable.]
CROSS-REFERENCES
Burning on streets: see § 6-309.9.
Deposit of rubbish on streets: see § 9-303.5A.
Littering: see § 6-313.8.
Polluted water running over streets or sidewalks: see § 6-311.8.
Refuse receptacles not to be kept on streets or sidewalks: see § 6-309.8.
Street opening, cutting and excavating: see Ch. 9-103.
Street vendor licensing: see § 5-305.3.
"Cartway" means that portion of a highway lying between the
curblines thereof.
[Amended 4-8-1997 by Ord. No. 3-1997]
A.
The owners, tenants, occupiers and all others having charge, control
or supervision of any vacant lots, lands, houses, stores, buildings,
and all other premises fronting on any public street or highway in
the City shall clean or remove, or cause to be cleaned or removed,
from the sidewalk in front of or along the subject property and from
a structure's primary point of egress to the public sidewalk
in a continuous path not less than two feet six inches in width all
the snow, ice, hail, or sleet thereon fallen or formed within 24 hours
after the same shall have ceased to fall or to be formed.
B.
The ice to be removed as required herein is such as may be formed into ridges or mounds or is of such formation as to be an obstruction and renders the sidewalk dangerous to public travel. In addition to the penalties imposed by Chapter 3-399, Penalty, whoever violates this section shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person by reason of the neglect or failure of such owner, tenant, occupier or other person to comply with the provisions of this chapter.[1]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to deposit or
dump, or cause to be deposited or dumped, within the lines of any
cartway any snow, ice or refuse of any kind which has been gathered
or removed from beyond the lines of any public highway.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to deposit or
dump, or cause to be deposited or dumped, within the lines of any
cartway any snow, ice or refuse of any kind which has been gathered
or removed from any sidewalk adjacent thereto; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply if the aforesaid sidewalk is three
feet or less in width.
[Ord. No. 46-1954]
A.
No person, firm or corporation engaged in breaking up or removing
the paving laid upon any of the streets or sidewalks of the City or
making excavations therein shall break up or remove such paving by
means of dropping or pounding weights thereon.
B.
This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the use of sledgehammers
by manual labor or automatic hammers operated by compressed air.
[Ord. No. 17-1974]
A.
The construction, maintenance or placing of any permanent or temporary
structure, encroachment, advertising sign, or obstruction upon or
over any sidewalk of any public street in the City, other than those
permitted by the Building Code and the Zoning Code, is prohibited;
provided, however, that the owners or occupants of properties abutting
a sidewalk may place temporary obstructions, such as tables and display
racks, upon the sidewalk immediately abutting such property or upon
the sidewalk abutting any other property with the permission of the
owner or occupant thereof, so long as such obstruction or encroachment
does not interfere with the rights of the public to traverse said
sidewalk safely and conveniently. The owner or occupant of the property
abutting the sidewalk may, upon obtaining a permit therefor from the
Bureau of Codes Enforcement, place tables and chairs upon the sidewalk
immediately abutting such property from which food and beverage may
be dispensed, provided that the same shall not interfere with the
rights of the public to traverse the sidewalk safely and conveniently
and that such establishment is operated in full compliance with all
statutes, ordinances and applicable regulations.
B.
If prior approval is first obtained from the Codes Administrator,
any ornamental light or standard, telephone booth, or newsstand which
is removable each day from the sidewalk, decorative flowers or shrubbery,
if placed within two feet of the building line on a sidewalk 10 feet
or more in width, and boxes or other receptacles for the collection
of trash and rubbish may be constructed, maintained or placed upon
a sidewalk if the same do not interfere with the right of the public
to safely and conveniently traverse such sidewalk.
C.
Any person, firm or corporation being the owner, lessee, or in possession
of any obstruction or encroachment upon a sidewalk within the City
in violation of the provisions of this section shall remove the same
immediately upon receipt of notice of such violation from the Codes
Administrator or designee. Upon failure to immediately remove such
obstruction or encroachment, any such person, firm or corporation
shall be subject to prosecution. The Chief of Police or his or her
designee is hereby authorized and directed to promptly cause such
obstruction or encroachment to be removed.[1]
[Ord. No. 157-1949]
The installation or construction within the lines of any street
or public highway of any tank, container, or other device for the
storage of gasoline, fuel oil, motor oil, or similar products is hereby
prohibited.
[Amended 4-8-1997 by Ord. No. 3-1997]
