[Code 1943, § 103.03]
Street grades shall be established along the curb lines of the streets and shall run in a straight line from the established grade at any street intersection to the established grade at the intersection of the next street thereto, or to any established street grade between the intersection of such streets.
All ordinances fixing the grades of streets shall be referred to the Village Engineer and shall be passed by the President and Board of Trustees only after consideration of the recommendation of the engineer.
[Code 1943, § 103.04]
A record of all street grades established by the President and Board of Trustees shall be kept by the Village Clerk. All public works and private improvements shall be constructed in conformity with the elevations as shown by such record.
[Code 1943, § 103.05]
No person shall construct or maintain any yard, lawn or terrace on any piece or parcel of land, the top surface of which shall be more than eight inches above the sidewalk grade, as established by the Village.
[9-23-1944, § 1]
Any improvement on any street, alley or sidewalk by private contract shall be prohibited unless plans, specifications and indemnifying bond shall first be submitted and filed with the Village Clerk and he shall present same to the President and Board of Trustees before granting authority to make such improvement by private contract. The President and Board of Trustees shall first receive the approval of the Village Engineer and the recommendation of the Village Manager that such improvement is necessary and for the advancement of the Village.
[Code 1943, §§ 906.02, 906.05]
No door or grating of any closed cellar or basement made in any sidewalk in the Village shall extend above the grade of the sidewalk, nor shall hinges, locks or other fastenings thereof be placed upon the upper side of the same so as to project above the sidewalk, and all cellar windows or plates or grates covering coal holes in any sidewalk shall be set or placed even with the grade of such sidewalk.
All cellar doors and plates covering any coal hole or vault in any sidewalk in the Village shall be protected by iron doors with channeled surface, and it shall be unlawful for any person to protect or cover any cellar or basement entrance or way, or any coal hole, or any other vault under any public sidewalk in the Village, with doors constructed of any other material than iron, except that such doors may have glass bulls-eyes inserted therein.
[Code 1943, § 906.03]
Every aperture or opening in any sidewalk over any vault or coal hole shall be covered with a substantial iron grate or plate, with a rough surface to prevent accidents, and the construction of all vaults and coal holes under sidewalks shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Village Manager.
[Code 1943, § 904.02]
Every coal vault or other excavation beneath any sidewalk or street of the Village, which is so constructed or so insufficiently covered as to be unsafe or insecure, or to endanger the lives or limbs of persons passing over the same, is hereby declared a nuisance.
[Code 1943, § 904.04]
Whoever shall erect or use, or shall cause or permit to be erected or used, any insecure or unsafe scaffold, whereby the safety of persons working thereon or passing thereunder may be in any manner endangered shall be guilty of creating a nuisance.
[3-17-1986, § 1]
Every sidewalk which is so much worn or out of repair as to endanger the safety of persons passing over the same, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and any person who shall permit such nuisance to exist in front of or ad joining premises owned by him shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3 for every day that he shall allow the same to remain, after being notified in writing by the Village Manager or building commissioner to remedy or abate such nuisance.
The owner or occupant of any lot or premises where any holes or other defects are permitted or allowed to be and remain in and about the sidewalks in front of or adjacent to his premises, is hereby required to repair such defects and abate such nuisance without delay.
[Code 1943, § 906.01]
Every owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person having charge of any building or lot of ground abutting upon any street, avenue or public place in the Village shall remove the snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of such building or lot of ground within three hours after the same has fallen; provided, that if such snow falls or accumulates after 4:00 p.m. or on Sundays, it shall be removed before 10:00 a.m. on the following day.
[Code 1943, § 902.15]
It shall be the duty of every person owning a lot or parcel of land adjoining any public or private alley in the Village to keep the same clean and in an unoffensive condition, and to keep the gutter in front of the premises owned or occupied by him, or under his control, free from filth or other offensive matter that may prevent the free water flow therein.
[Code 1943, § 902.13]
No person shall throw, place or leave or cause to permit to be thrown, placed or left, any ashes, dirt, filth or rubbish in or upon any street, avenue, alley or sidewalk of the Village in front of or adjacent to any building or premises owned, controlled or occupied by him, or subject to his control, under the penalty as provided in Section 13-3 for every two hours that such person shall permit such ashes, dirt, filth or rubbish to remain after notice to remove the same by the Chief of Police, the Village Manager or any policemen of the Village.
[Ord. 90-19, 10-1-1990, § 1]
Between October 15 and December 1, inclusive, of each year, every owner, tenant, occupant or other person having charge of any building or lot abutting such street may place within such street, any leaves, excluding grass-clippings, sought to be removed by the Village. Such leaves shall be placed in a pile or piles in such a manner that removal of said leaves by the Village may be facilitated.
Furthermore, said leave piles shall be so placed upon the street so as to not be at risk of blocking or spilling onto the gutter of said street in a manner that may prevent the free flow of water therein, as prohibited in Section 45-11.
[8-21-1950, § 1]
No owner or contractor shall either mix or permit to be mixed in and upon any street, parkway or alley, any mortar, concrete or plaster, nor shall any owner or contractor deposit building materials of any kind, nature or description, or any building debris, in and about any street, parkway or alley situated within the Village.
[Code 1943. § 902.16]
It shall be unlawful for any person to build or construct, or cause to be built or constructed, any barbed-wire fence, or fence of which barbed wire is a part, along any street, alley, public walk or drive, or through, along or around any public park. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3 for each 24 hours that such person shall permit such fence to remain, after having been notified by any member of the police force to remove the same.
[11-5-1951, § 1]
The owners of every lot or parcel of land in the Village, upon which any trees are growing shall trim, or cause to be trimmed, the branches thereof, so that the same shall not obstruct the passage of light from any street light in any street, alley or highway in the Village to the adjacent street or sidewalk; and owners shall trim all branches of any trees now or hereafter growing on their premises which overhang any sidewalk, street, alley or public highway, so that there shall be a clear height of 10 feet above the surface of the street, alley or highway unobstructed by branches, and a clear height of eight feet over any sidewalk. Such owners shall also remove from such trees all dead, decayed or broken limbs or branches that overhang such street, alley or highway, and when any of such trees are dead, such owners shall remove the same so that they shall not fall in the street, alley or public highway.
Any person who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this section within 10 days after notice from the Village Manager of the particular things to be done under this section shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3.
[Code 1943, § 907.01]
All awnings shall be elevated at least six feet and seven inches, at the lowest part thereof, above the surface of the sidewalk. All awnings shall be supported without posts by iron brackets or by iron frame work firmly attached to the posts by iron brackets or by iron frame work firmly attached to the building so as to leave the sidewalk wholly unobstructed thereby.
[Code 1943, § 907.02]
All awnings erected or constructed in a manner different than that specified in the preceding section shall be removed by the owner, agent or person in possession or control of the building, or part thereof, to which such awning is attached, within five days after notice to do so from the Chief of Police on the direction of the Village Manager.
[Code 1943, § 907.03]
Any person who shall erect or construct any awning contrary to the provisions of Sections 45-16 and 45-17, or who as owner, agent or person in possession or control of the building, or any part thereof, to which such awning is attached, shall refuse or neglect to remove any awning or awning post which does not comply with the specifications of such sections, within live days after the receipt of the notice provided for in Section 45-17, shall be punished as provided for in Section 13-3, and a separate offense shall be regarded as committed on every day that such violation shall continue, after the receipt of such notice.
[Code 1943, § 914.01]
No person shall erect, construct, maintain, use, alter or repair any pole line or wire, underground conductors or electric conductors of any description whatever on, over or under any street, sidewalk, avenue, alley or public place within the Village without first having obtained a permit therefor from the President and Board of Trustees.
[Code 1943, § 914.02]
All applications for permits to erect poles in the streets and alleys of the Village shall provide that the Village may use the poles to be so erected and may attach thereto such necessary cross arms, wires or other electrical appliances as may be deemed necessary for the electrical service of the Village, and no permit shall be issued by the President and Board of Trustees for the erection of such poles in which the application and permit does not provide for the privileges required by the Village as herein contained.
Application for permits shall be made in duplicate on a form to be used by the electrical inspector.
[Code 1943, §§ 701.12, 701.13]
It shall be unlawful for any two or more persons to congregate on any street, alley or sidewalk, and engage in singing, praying, exhorting or loud talking, to the disturbance of any person or to obstructing or blocking of any street, alley or sidewalk.
It shall be unlawful for any two or more persons to be found loitering, standing or congregating upon any street, alley or sidewalk. Any such persons who refuse to disperse when requested to do so by any member of the police force shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 13-3.
[Code 1943, § 703.03]
No person shall play any game or engage in any sport in any street or alley or public ground in any part of the Village, except in a public park.
[Code 1943, § 703.05]
Whoever shall leave open any cellar door, vault, cistern, excavation, ditch or other like hole upon any street, alley or sidewalk, or on premises immediately adjacent thereto, without securing or protecting the same so as to prevent the danger of persons or animals falling therein, shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3.
[Code 1943, §§ 902.17, 902.18]
No person shall be allowed to sell at auction or public outcry, or to erect or occupy any stand of any kind, for the purpose of making sales, upon any of the streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, crossings or other public places in the Village, nor shall any person be permitted to sell from any vehicle, upon any of the streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, crossings or other public places in the Village, unless specifically licensed so to do as a hawker, peddler or auctioneer, or other undertaking in accordance with this Code or other ordinances of the Village, except that this provision shall not be construed to apply to the sale of newspapers, or to judicial sales.
[Ord. 91-29, 12-16-1991, § 1]
No person shall be allowed to conduct the sale of any merchandise on any public sidewalks, streets, alleys or other public places in the Village, unless authorized by Chapter 24 of this Code, or unless such sale is incidental to a licensed business activity on the premises adjacent to such public sidewalk and such sidewalk sale is conducted on a date designated by the President and Board of Trustees. The President and Board of Trustees shall designate two weekends per annum upon which such sidewalk sales may be permitted throughout the Village.
No open-air sale of merchandise may be conducted on private property unless such open-air sale of merchandise is conducted incidental to a properly licensed business activity conducted on adjacent private property and unless such open-air sale is conducted pursuant to a license or permit issued by the President and Board of Trustees, except that persons authorized by Section 35-9 of this Code to solicit funds for those types of causes set forth in Section 35-9 may conduct open-air sales of merchandise on private property with the permission of the property owner, but only after having first obtained the permit described in Section 35-9 et sequi of this Code.
[Code 1943, § 902.06]
No person shall make, or cause to be made, an enclosure, fence, bridge, archway or building of any kind extending upon, over or across any street, alley or sidewalk within the Village.
[Code 1943, §§ 902.07, 902.08]
No building, fence, fixture or enclosure heretofore erected or built, encroaching in whole or in part upon any street, alley or sidewalk in such Village, shall be repaired or rebuilt.
The owner of any building or of any structure or enclosure erected or built, extending into or encroaching upon any street, avenue, sidewalk or alley within the Village, who shall not remove the same within 30 days after being notified in writing to do so by the Village Manager shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3. The President and Board of Trustees may order and direct the Chief of Police to take down and remove such obstruction or encroachment upon any street, avenue or alley, and the cost and expense of such taking down and removal may be collected by suit, in the name of the Village and against the person or persons causing or erecting such encroachment or obstruction.
[Code 1943, § 902.03]
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place or leave any live coals of fire, or make or kindle any fire upon any sidewalk or upon any street or alley, or street crossing, or cause, suffer, permit or direct the same to be done in the Village.
[Code 1943, §§ 902.01, 902.02]
Except as provided in the following paragraph whoever shall place, set or hang out, over or upon any sidewalk any goods, wares or merchandise, poles for signs, stands or any other article, or whoever shall place, erect or suspend any flag, (other than the national emblem) banner, showcase or other fixture projecting into or hanging over any sidewalk from the building or premises owned or occupied by him, or shall cause or knowingly permit the same to be done in front or adjoining any house or premises owned or occupied by him or under his control, shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3 for each offense for every day he shall allow said goods, merchandise or fixtures to remain, after being notified to remove the same by any member of the police department.
No person shall encumber or obstruct more than three feet of the outer edge of any sidewalk with any goods, merchandise, fuel or other articles he may be receiving or delivering, nor shall be permit the same to remain upon any sidewalk longer than may be necessary in the diligent removal thereof, nor in any case to exceed one hour, under a penalty of $1 for every two hours he shall permit any such encumbrance or obstruction to remain after being notified to remove the same by a member of the police department.
[Code 1943, § 902.10]
Whoever shall erect, suspend, keep or maintain any sign, awning, goods, clothing, structure or other thing over or across any street or sidewalk of the Village, or any tree or shrub with overhanging branches in such manner as to obstruct such sidewalk or street or render travel therein inconvenient or unsafe, or shall permit any awning, sign or structure over any street or sidewalk to be out of repair or in any insecure or unsafe condition, shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3.