[Amended 6-6-2018 by Ord.
No. 21-2018]
A. No person shall erect or maintain any stoop, step, platform, bay
window, cellar door, area, descent into a cellar or basement, post,
erection, projection or encroachment of any kind, or any other obstruction
or encumbrance, in, over or upon any street, highway or alley, or
the sidewalks or crosswalks thereof, unless permission therefor shall
have first been given by the City Council by resolution adopted by
a majority of its whole number. No person shall allow the same to
be maintained after the expiration of 20 days after notice, in writing,
to remove the same has been given by the Director of the Public Works
Department to the person erecting or maintaining the same.
B. No person shall post or affix any sign, advertisement, notice, poster,
paper, device, or other matter to any public utility pole, shade tree,
lamppost, curbstone, sidewalk, or upon any public structure or building,
except as may be required by law or authorized. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this article, the sponsoring entity shall secure the
permission of the owner of any public utility pole for the establishment
of eruv wiring as set forth on the attached map (Exhibit 1).
If the owner or occupant of any premises in front of which is
erected or maintained any stoop, steps, platform, bay window, cellar
door, area, descent into a cellar or basement, or erection, projection
or encroachment of any kind, shall neglect or refuse to remove the
same, or such part thereof as shall project or encroach in, over or
upon such street, highway or alley, for twenty (20) days after notice
given by the Director of the Public Works Department, then the same,
or such part thereof, shall be removed by the Director of the Public
Works Department, at the expense of such owner or occupants; such
expense to be sued for and collected with costs of suit by the Director
of the Public Works Department in an action of debt, for the use of
the city, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
No person shall play ball or any other game upon any ground
kept for the public use of the city, nor shall any person, either
upon any sidewalk or highway of the city, engage in coasting or skating
or in any game, sport or amusement which may be annoying to persons
passing, whether on foot or in a vehicle.