[R.O. 1991 § 520.010; CC 1978 § 69.010; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I – II, 1-13-2009]
The City Administrator of the City
of Vandalia, or his/her designee, is hereby fully authorized and directed
to carry out any and all provisions of this Chapter with full and
complete jurisdiction over the matters herein set out.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.020; CC 1978 § 69.015; Ord. No. 526 § I, 3-5-1985; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I
– II, 1-13-2009]
Any proprietor proposing the development of contiguous parcels of property within the City limits that are described individually by metes and bounds rather than as parts of a subdivision shall comply with all regulations in Chapter
410, Subdivision Regulations. If in street rights-of-way previously dedicated to the City of Vandalia but never opened for public use any roadway construction are subsequently authorized, it shall be in accordance with Ch.
410.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.030; CC 1978 § 69.020; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I – II, 1-13-2009]
No person, partnership, firm, association
or corporation shall plant, transplant, prune or remove any trees
or shrubbery on City property outside the property lines and within
the public streets of said City without first securing permission
to do so from the Enforcement Authority.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.035; Ord. No. 09-1083 § II, 1-13-2009]
In addition to the regulations established
in this Chapter, the City may adopt a Tree Management Policy which
may address trees and vegetation; trimming and removal; and protection
of public infrastructure.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.040; Ord. No. 501 § I, 8-9-1983; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I –
II, 1-13-2009]
No person, partnership, firm, association,
corporation or departments of the City shall make any excavation or
dig or open any trench or ditch on, within or across any public street,
alley or easement for the purpose of connecting private property with
a water, sewer, electrical, natural gas or cable television line located
in said public street, alley or easement without first securing a
work permit from the Enforcement Authority. Typically, no entity (other
than those already permitted through franchise) shall be granted a
permit. Insurance requirements of the City's liability carrier shall
apply to any permittee.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.050; Ord. No. 501 § I, 8-9-1983; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I –
II, 1-13-2009]
Any permitted entity shall be fully
responsible for backfill and site restoration in a manner prescribed
by and to the satisfaction of the Enforcement Authority.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.055; Ord. No. 1024 § I, 9-21-2004; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I
– II, 1-13-2009]
A. Obstructions in streets and street rights-of-way
prohibited:
1.
No person, firm or corporation shall
obstruct in any manner whatsoever the free passage or use of any street,
sidewalk, alley or other public way or erect, construct, place or
maintain any speed bumps, ridges, depressions, fences, gates, pipes,
chains, bars, basketball hoops, hockey nets, skate ramps or any other
type of structure or obstruction in, on or across the paved portion
of any public street or roadway within the City.
2.
No person, firm or corporation shall
erect, construct, place or maintain anything within the unpaved portion
of any right-of-way owned by the City except as follows:
a.
Mailboxes as authorized or required
by postal authorities.
b.
City or public utility lines and
equipment, including, but not limited to, street lights, cable television
installations and utility poles, provided that appropriate permits
are obtained.
c.
Private driveways and sidewalks,
provided that appropriate permission is obtained.
d.
Directional or informational signs
as may be approved by the Street Department. However, political, derogatory
or obscene signage shall not be approved and shall be removed by the
City upon discovery.
e.
Events in which the City has given
expressed permission to close streets for a certain period of time.
f.
Planter boxes in commercial areas
upon approval of the Street Department.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.060; Ord. No. 462 § 69.040, 1-6-1981; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I
– II, 1-13-2009]
The City and franchised/authorized
utility companies are hereby vested with full power and authority
to transplant, prune or remove any trees, shrubbery or other obstructions
of any kind whatsoever on or over City property interfering with sidewalks,
electric distribution, water, gas, telephone or sewer lines of said
City or utility company.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.080; Ord. No. 462 § 69.050, 1-6-1981; Ord. No. 09-1083 §§ I
– II, 1-13-2009]
For purposes of this Chapter, the
Enforcement Authority is designated as the City Forester. He/she shall
have the power to condemn any tree or trees located upon public lands,
streets, highways, easements and avenues that are dead or dangerous
or upon private property if they are diseased or dangerous. Within
thirty (30) days after formal notice has been given by the City Forester
to the property owner stating that the tree or trees are condemned,
they must be removed. In the event the property owner does not comply
with the notice of the City Forester, the City has full authority
to remove said tree or trees and all expenses shall be borne by the
property owner. In the event the property owner refuses to comply
with these provisions, action may be brought to collect said expenses.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.120; CC 1978 § 46.040]
A. Houses and buildings in the City of Vandalia
shall be numbered in the manner hereinafter provided.
B. For the purpose of numbering the houses
and buildings in the City of Vandalia, Main Street shall be the base
for numbers running east and west, and the railroad shall be the base
for numbers running north and south therefrom. The numbers shall begin
at number one hundred (100) at such base lines or streets and run
therefrom east, west, north and south as the case may be. The odd
numbers shall apply to the north and west sides of the streets, and
the even numbers shall apply to the south and east sides of the streets,
increasing at the rate of one hundred (100) numbers to each and every
block or distance between two (2) streets; this rule shall apply to
both sides of such streets, whether the intersecting street crosses
the same or not and said numbers shall progress at the rate of one
(1) number for each twenty-five (25) feet front on any such street.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.130; CC 1978 § 46.050]
The names of the various streets
in the City of Vandalia shall be as now platted and dedicated or established
by ordinance or as may be hereafter platted and dedicated or established
by ordinance or condemnation; Provided, that in platting any addition
within the City of Vandalia or addition to the City of Vandalia the
extension of all streets now existing by reason of laying out any
such addition, shall be known by the name of the street of which the
same forms an extension.
[R.O. 1991 § 520.140; CC 1978 § 46.070]
Whenever it is deemed necessary by
the Board of Aldermen to change the name of any street or avenue,
the Board of Aldermen shall by resolution declare such proposed change
of name necessary to be made and shall cause such resolution to be
published at least once a week in some newspaper published in this
City; and if within four (4) weeks after such publication, a majority
of the resident owners along the line of such street or avenue, do
not file with the City Clerk their written protest against such proposed
change, then the Board of Aldermen shall by ordinance change the name
of such street or avenue according to the terms of such resolution;
upon the passage and approval of such ordinance, the City Clerk shall
file with the Recorder of Deeds of Audrain County, Missouri, a certified
copy of such ordinance and such Recorder shall record the same upon
the records of the County.