[Adopted 7-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1544 (Ch. 21, Part 11, of
the 1995 Code)]
When any person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct,
alter, repair, roof, unroof or remove any building or perform any
other work on any building fronting on any street in the City of DuBois
whereby a risk may be incurred by persons passing the same, it shall
be the duty of the owner, lessee, contractor, person or persons performing
any work on such building to erect a good and substantial covering
over the pavement, sidewalk or footway in front of such building of
such elevation so as not to interfere with the free use of such pavement,
sidewalk or footway.
Whenever, in excavating for walls, cellars, foundations or vaults, or the making of other improvements on the streets and within the limits mentioned in § 385-65 of this article, it becomes necessary to excavate the pavement, sidewalk or footway, the owner, lessee, contractor or other person in charge of the work shall, before commencing any such excavation, cause to be erected a good and substantial bridge not less than four feet in width nor more than four feet in height, with steps at each end, a banister on the side next to the street, and a tight board fence or wall on the side next to the cellar or excavation at least seven feet high, so as to facilitate the free and safe use of such sidewalk or bridge by pedestrians. Such owner, lessee, contractor or builder shall also keep the said sidewalk or bridge sufficiently lighted at night.
All work done under the provisions of this article shall be
approved by the City of DuBois.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment, to
imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
