[R.O. 2008 § 215.157; R.O. 2007
§ 215.150; CC 1978 § 215.060; Ord. No. 191 § 1, 10-20-1959]
It shall be the duty of the Chief
of Police and Police Officers present to aid in preventing interference
with the Fire Department in the suppression of fires and it shall
be unlawful for any person to interfere in any way with any fire apparatus
or the operation thereof, or with any firefighter in the discharge
of his/her duties in suppressing fires, or to refuse or neglect to
obey any and all proper and legal orders of the Fire Chief.
[R.O. 2008 § 215.170]
A person commits the offense of littering
if he/she throws or places or causes to be thrown or placed any glass,
glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse
or rubbish of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way
of any public road or State highway or on or in any of the waters
in this City or on the banks of any stream or on any land or water
owned, operated or leased by the State, any board, department, agency
or commission thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased
by the Federal Government or on any private real property owned by
another without his/her consent.
[R.O. 2008 § 215.190]
Whoever willfully or maliciously
poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring,
brook or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever
willfully or maliciously diverts, dams up and holds back from its
natural course and flow any spring, brook or other water supply for
domestic or municipal purposes, after said water supply shall have
once been taken for use by any person or persons, corporation, Town
or City for their use, shall be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation
and punished by a fine not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City
or County Jail not exceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment, and shall be liable to the party injured for three
(3) times the actual damage sustained, to be recovered by suit at
law.
[R.O. 2008 § 215.205; R.O. 2007
§ 215.170; CC 1978 § 215.090; Ord. No. 763 §§ 2 – 3, 2-8-1980]
All commercial property owners within
the City limits shall keep sidewalks along or abutting their property
clear of snow, ice, debris or other obstructions, and shall cause
them to be safe for pedestrian use.
[R.O. 2008 § 215.207; R.O. 2007
§ 215.270; Ord. No. 1632 §§ 2
– 5, 9-20-1988]
A. Encroachments into and upon sidewalks are
prohibited and the expense of removal of such encroachments shall
be the owners or occupants of ground fronting thereon.
B. The Police Officer/Code Enforcement Officer
who observes a sidewalk obstruction in violation of this Section shall
serve a twenty-four-hour notice to remove the obstruction. This may
be done personally, by United States mail or by posting notice on
or near the obstruction.
C. Such obstruction unrelated to the property
owner or tenant can be removed forthwith by the Police Department
upon determination by a Police Officer/Code Enforcement Officer.