[CC 1988 §63.300; Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
A. Generally.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or permit to remain
on any highway, street, alley, sidewalk, parkway, tree lawn or public
place except by street use permit, as herein provided, any building
material or equipment, rubbish, coal, debris, dirt, materials of any
kind, chattels or property which might obstruct the free use thereof
or hinder traffic of persons or vehicles, unless such articles are
permitted to remain upon any such highway, street, alley, sidewalk,
parkway, tree lawn or public place in the construction of any new
building or in the removal, repair or alteration of any building or
for the purpose of piling building material or tools; provided that
such persons shall have first obtained the written permission of the
proper office of this City to use such square or streets for such
purposes. This Section shall not apply to persons receiving or discharging
any article in the way of regular business. Any person violating any
provision of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. Sidewalks
To Be Kept Clean. The tenants or occupants of all premises occupied
by them and the owners or agents of vacant lots owned by them or under
their control shall keep the sidewalks in front of and adjoining the
property owned, controlled or occupied by them swept and clear of
paper, dirt, mud, filth, animal or vegetable matter or any substance
or article. After any fall of snow or sleet or formation of ice thereon,
said owners, agents, occupants or tenants shall cause the same to
be immediately removed from the sidewalk fronting or adjoining the
property owned, managed or occupied by them. Where buildings are occupied
by more than one (1) tenant, it shall be the duty of the person or
persons occupying the tenement or tenements nearest the street to
comply with the requirements of this Section. Any person violating
any provision of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. Improvements
Within Easements. An improvement shall not be installed or constructed
so that it encroaches upon, over, under or into a public utility easement.
For purposes of this Section, the word "improvement," includes, but
is not limited to, fireplaces, window wells, air conditioning units,
retaining walls, generators or sheds, but shall not include a fence.
Roof eaves and overhangs may encroach into an easement a distance
not to exceed twelve (12) inches.
D. Exemptions. Notwithstanding Section
510.010 (C) above, a property owner may request permission to maintain an encroachment upon, over, under or into a public utility easement as further provided in this Subsection below. The request shall be made in writing by the property owner to the Director of Public Works. The property owner shall submit the written request along with a plan that identifies the proposed encroachment. The Director of Public Works shall investigate the request and may approve the request as submitted, approve the request with conditions or modifications, or deny the request. If the encroachment ceases to exist, the easement encroachment authorization shall expire at the same time. Changes in conditions at the property may result in the Director of Public Works reviewing the permission to encroach and may result in revocation or modification of the easement encroachment authorization. A property owner may appeal to the Board of Aldermen the denial of a request, or any conditions or modifications to the request required by the Director of Public Works, or the revocation of easement encroachment authorization. Said appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days of the date the denial, the date of the approval with conditions or modifications, or the date of revocation of the easement encroachment authorization. The Board of Aldermen may affirm, reverse or modify any decision or revocation by the Director of Public Works. Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to convey or provide any property right, contract right or cause of action to a property owner regarding an encroachment.
[Ord. No. 4007, 7-15-2019]
[Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
A. Whenever
any obstruction of any nature is necessarily left in or upon the roadway
of any street, except vehicles, or upon any sidewalk of the City between
one (1) hour after sunset and one (1) hour before sunrise, the owner
of or the person so leaving such obstruction shall place or cause
to be placed or attached thereto one (1) or more barricades Type I
or Type II as defined in Chapter 6 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices. The barricade(s) shall occupy a minimum 70% of the
street lane width being closed, and be evenly distributed across the
width of the lane. Barricades must be covered in white and orange
reflective sheeting meeting or exceeding ASTM D 4956.
B. Obstructions
on streets with posted speeds over 25 MPH or where sight distances
are obstructed shall be supplemented with six (6) or more channelizers
(twenty-eight (28) inch or taller cones, trim-lines, drums or other
approved devices) placed in a fifty (50) feet or longer taper. Channelizers
must be covered in alternating white and orange reflective sheeting
meeting or exceeding ASTM D 4956.
[Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
A. The
City may approve a right-of-way encroachment license in accordance
with the following requirements:
1. A request to encroach on a City right-of-way shall be submitted to
the Director of Public Works with a plan that identities and provides
the dimensions of the proposed encroachment and an executed right-of-way
encroachment license in the form approved by the City.
2. The Director of Public Works shall investigate the request and shall
recommend approval, deny or modify the request.
3. If approval is recommended by the Public Works Director the license
agreement shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen for approval.
4. Denial of a right-of-way encroachment license may be appealed to
the Board of Aldermen. Said appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk
within thirty (30) days of the date the denial is made. The Board
of Aldermen may affirm, reverse or modify the Director of Public Works'
denial.
5. Nothing in this Section shall be construed or interpreted to convey
or provide any property right, contract right or cause of action to
a right-of-way encroachment licensee.
[CC 1988 §63.320; Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
Any person proposing to place any obstruction or obstructions
upon a public way, as set out in the preceding Sections, shall first
secure a permit so to do from the Public Works Director and such person
may be required, at the discretion of the Public Works Director, to
make a cash deposit or submit an approved surety with the Finance
Director to insure that all such obstructions will be safeguarded
as required by this Chapter and promptly removed. Said deposit shall
be in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and
shall be refunded after full compliance herewith and conditions restored
equal to that existing prior to the placing of the obstructions.
[Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
The Public Works Director or Chief of Police shall have the
authority to temporarily close any street or part thereof to vehicle
traffic or to divert traffic thereon or to divert or direct the course
of pedestrian travel thereon or to alter parking restrictions and
speed limits in case of street work, street improvements or construction
on property adjoining the street.
[CC 1988 §63.340; Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
It shall be unlawful to place and display for sale upon any
public sidewalk within the City of Lake Saint Louis any groceries,
provisions, commodities, vegetables, fruit, produce, goods, wares
or merchandise. Any person violating the provisions of this Section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1988 §63.350; Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any street or highway,
or part thereof, which has been withdrawn from use by the public or
to drive or attempt to drive any vehicle thereon or to remove or destroy
any barricade, warning light or sign placed upon said street or highway
or around or upon any obstruction or defect thereon as a protection
or warning to the public. Any person who violates any provision of
this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1988 §63.360; Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
It shall be unlawful for any person to injure or damage any
sidewalk, curb, gutter, tree lawn, parkway, public place, tree, pole,
post, light standard or fixture, sign, property or fireplug on any
public street, highway or alley by driving a vehicle upon, against
or over or by cutting, breaking or otherwise damaging the same. Any
person who violates any provision of this Section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1988 §63.370; Ord. No. 1218 §1, 9-2-1997; Ord.
No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
If the nuisance is present on the property seven (7) days after
receipt of the notice by the property owner, the City shall cause
same to be abated (the cost of abatement may include a fee for the
City's cost in administering this Article, which fee shall not exceed
one hundred dollars ($100.00)). The Director of Public Works shall
certify the cost of such abatement to the Director of Finance who
shall cause the certified cost to be included in a special tax bill
or added to the annual real estate tax bill, at the collecting official's
option, and shall be collected in the same manner and procedure as
for collecting real estate taxes.
[CC 1988 §63.080; Ord. No. 1005 §3, 1-16-1995; Ord. No. 3752, 10-2-2017]
No overhanging structure, including, but not limited to, the
following: awnings, canopy, signs or overhead passageways, shall be
permitted over any portion of a street right-of-way or within ten
(10) feet of a street right-of-way.