No person shall undermine in any manner, any street or any other
ground or real estate situated in the Village or belonging to any
private person.
No person shall open or allow to remain open, any door, any
gate, or the grating of any vault belonging to the premises occupied
by him, on any street, alley or sidewalk in the Village for any purpose,
except the taking in and removing goods; and any person allowing such
grating to remain open shall warn passersby of the danger.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
Whenever any sidewalk, pavement, or cellar door on the same
becomes worn out or out of repair, or is torn up or broken and uneven,
it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to immediately report such
fact to the Mayor or Building and Equipment; Street, Water and Sewer
Committee, and, upon verbal or written order from either of them,
to give notice to the party owning the adjoining property to repair
such sidewalk or cellar door without delay.
Steps or stairways leading into any building shall not extend
from the wall of such building onto any pavement or sidewalk, and
in such case, the person making or causing to be made such passage
shall erect a railing on the side of the stairs toward the street
to prevent persons from falling into the street.
Whenever public safety or the improvement or repair of any street,
alley or public place requires it, the Mayor may order any street,
alley, or public place temporarily closed to traffic and the placing
of signs indicating that the street, alley or public place is closed
by order of the Mayor. Whenever such signs are so placed, no person
shall ride or drive upon or cross such street, alley or public place,
or in any manner, destroy, deface, or remove any such sign.
No person shall place any sign, advertisement or banner over
any or across any street, alley or sidewalk in the Village, unless
he has written approval of the Village Board.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
No person shall operate any motor vehicle on or over any sidewalk,
except in crossing the same to go into a yard or parking lot.
It shall be unlawful to deposit on any public sidewalk any material
which may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material,
or any glass or other articles which might cause injury to persons,
animals or property. Merchandise or other articles may be deposited
on sidewalks preparatory to delivery, provided that the usable width
is not thereby reduced to less than four feet, and provided that no
such article shall remain on such walk for more than 30 minutes.
(A)
It shall be unlawful to deposit any material on any street which
may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, or
any grass clippings, or to cause a lawn mower to blow grass clippings
onto a street or any other articles such as glass which may cause
injury to any person, animal or property.
(B)
No person shall place or cause to be placed or erected on any public
ground, or in any public street, alley or sidewalk in the Village,
any debris, materials, or obstruction, except as may be permitted
by this Code.
(C)
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to exercise a vigilant
supervision over such places and to notify any person found making
such deposit or responsible for same to remove the offending matter
at once.
It shall be unlawful to construct or permit the construction
of any stormwater drain or any drainage pipe in either a natural or
man-made ditch without having first obtained a permit therefor. Applications
for such permits shall be made to the Village Clerk and shall be accompanied
by a statement as to the purpose of such drainage pipe, the premises
to be served and the specification of such pipe to be installed. Such
application shall be referred to the Superintendent and no such permit
shall be issued unless he shall have found that the Village Code would
be complied with by the installation of such stormwater drain or drainage
pipe and that the installation of such stormwater drain or drainage
pipe would not interfere with, overload, obstruct or otherwise adversely
affect the existing stormwater drainage system within the Village.
It shall be unlawful to construct or permit the construction of any
stormwater drain which discharges water onto any sidewalk in the Village
and it shall be unlawful to construct or permit the maintenance of
any such drain which discharges into any public street or alley at
a height greater than 18 inches above the ground or pavement.
The Superintendent may move any obstruction on any street or
sidewalk of the Village, but before doing so, he shall notify the
person responsible therefor to remove such obstruction within a reasonable
time after being notified. Any person engaged in erecting a building
or fence or improving any lot on such street may deposit materials
thereon and contiguous to such length of time as may be necessary
for the work. The obstruction shall not extend to more than 1/2 of
the width of the sidewalk, street, or alley adjacent to such improvement
and the gutter shall always be left free and unobstructed. At night,
such person shall keep an illuminated warning light on such material.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
use any street, sidewalk, or other public place as space for the display
of goods or merchandise for sale, or to write or make any signs or
advertisements on any such pavements, unless permission is granted
by the Village Board.
It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any building or structure
which encroaches upon any public street or property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to paste, paint, print or
nail any handbill, sign, poster, advertisement or notice of any kind
on any curbstone, flagstone, or any other portion or part of any sidewalk,
or upon any tree, lamppost, utility pole, hydrant, or upon any private
wall, door or gate without the consent, in writing, of the owner of
such curbstone, flagstone, sidewalk, tree, lamppost, utility pole,
hydrant, private wall, door or gate.
No person shall nail, tack, paste, paint or fasten, or cause
to be nailed, tacked, painted or fastened, any sign or any other foreign
substance or material onto any telephone, telegraph, electric light,
police and/or fire alarm pole or post, or any street or traffic sign
located on any sidewalk, street, alley or public grounds, or injure
or deface any such pole or post.
It shall be unlawful to walk upon or drive any vehicle or animal
upon or destroy any newly laid sidewalk pavement while the same is
guarded by a warning sign or barricade, or to knowingly injure any
soft, newly laid pavement.
It shall be unlawful to maintain or construct any fence composed
in whole or in part of barbed wire, or with any similar material designated
to cause injury to persons, or any wire charged with electrical current,
anywhere within three feet of any public street, sidewalk, alley,
park or other public way or place unless such barbs or charged wire
are at least eight feet above the level of such public place.
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any leaves, paper,
rubbish or other substances upon any of the public streets, sidewalks
or alleys in the Village.
