[Adopted 10-20-1890 by Ord. No. 4 (Ch. 656 of the 1982 Code)]
A.Â
No person shall place or cause to be placed earth, brick, stone,
brush, coal, debris, ashes, mortar, lime, manure or other substances
that obstruct a street, alley or sidewalk in the Borough, except for
the immediate purpose of loading, storing away or removing.
B.Â
No person shall place any unused or unattended wagon, cart, dray,
carriage, sled, sleigh, car or other vehicle on a street, alley or
sidewalk or at a crossing or intersection thereof in the Borough.
C.Â
All steps, fences, cellar doors and porches that in any way overreach
upon or are in a street, alley or sidewalk, or obstruct the passage
of the same, are deemed obstructions under this section.
D.Â
No owner of a lot or building site shall use the street immediately
fronting such lot or building site to place thereon building material
without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Borough Secretary.
However, such permit shall not grant to builders the use of more than
1/3 of the street adjacent to such building, and the footways shall
always be kept in a passable condition and the gutters kept free and
unobstructed. Further, the permit shall not cover a period of more
than 60 days at any one time, all debris must be cleared away by the
builder within 10 days after the completion of the building, and the
building material placed in the street shall be lighted at night.
E.Â
Upon finding that a person is in violation of any of the provisions
of this section, the Manager or his or her authorized representative
shall notify the person to remove the obstruction, grant a reasonable
time for compliance with the notice and, if the obstruction is not
then removed, shall remove it at the expense of the person so offending,
which sum shall be collected as like sums are collected.
