Main Street (U.S. 87) and Avenue J, south of Division Street,
running through the city north and south and Lockwood Street (U.S.
380) running through the city east and west, are hereby established
as the base lines from which all buildings are to be numbered in the
city.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-1)
The letters N, E, S and W, indicating the four (4) cardinal
points of the compass, shall be added respectively as a prefix to
the names of all streets, avenues and thoroughfares in the city, as
their direction from the base line may indicate.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-2)
It shall be the responsibility of the city to assign the proper
numbers for all buildings. The owner shall state the name of the street,
lot number, block number, side thereof upon which is situated and
the direction and exact distance from the nearest cross street. A
complete record of the numbering of all buildings shall be kept by
the city; such record shall be supplemented and amended from time
to time when necessary. Building numbers shall be public property
and subject to change by the city, with or without notice.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-3)
Owners of buildings in the city are required to place or have
placed thereon the proper street number as designated by the city
in some conspicuous place so that the same can be plainly seen and
read from the street.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-4)
The numbers shall be at least three (3) inches high and composed
of some bright metal, plastic or similar durable material, or may
be painted on the building and same shall as aforesaid, be placed
in a conspicuous place on the building.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-5)
It shall be unlawful for any person, without first having obtained
the permission of the city council, to dig, remove or carry away,
or cause the same to be done from any street, alley or other public
place any sod, stone, earth, sand or gravel.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-6)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or allow to spill
any dirt, loam, sand, gravel or any other such matter or substance
in, on or about any street, alley or other public way in the city.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-7)
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to injure or destroy,
or assist in injuring or destroying, any bridge appurtenance, signboard,
culvert, causeway, gutter or other public improvement in the city.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-8)
(a) No
person shall erect or maintain any post in the sidewalk without having
first obtained a permit from the building official.
(b) The
permit fee shall be as prescribed by the building code.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-9)
No permit shall be issued except in accordance with the following
standards:
(1) Posts
shall be constructed at least four (4) feet in a perpendicular measurement
from the building. All posts shall be in a straight line parallel
to the street and/or sidewalk.
(2) All
provisions of the building code including the requirements that any
projections such as awnings, balconies and such be supported entirely
by the building and have a noncombustible frame work are applicable
to this section.
(3) The
construction must be securely erected and maintained so that there
will be no danger of the same being dislodged by ordinary winds or
falling from other cause. No construction shall be allowed that would
constitute a traffic hazard.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-10)
The city and its officers and employees shall not be liable in any manner to the permittee for or on account of damage caused by the construction, erection and maintenance of any post or sign in the sidewalks. The permittee hereby releases the city and agrees to hold it free and harmless and to indemnify it from all damages, claims or demands that may result from the construction, erection or maintenance of any post or sign on the sidewalks. All parties receiving a permit shall provide as a condition to receiving same a bond or indemnity insurance policy or add the city to its liability insurance as an additional insured in the amount of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) to indemnify the city for any loss or damage or liability that may result from the construction or maintenance of such posts. This bond or indemnity insurance shall be renewed annually and kept in full force and effect. Failing to continue to comply with this section and Section
12.110 shall cause the permit and license to be revoked and the owner shall be required to remove said posts. If the owner fails to remove said posts within ten (10) days after receipt of notice from the city to remove, the city shall have the right to remove same.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-11)
All scaffolding erected over or on a sidewalk shall be constructed
in a good, workmanlike, substantial manner so as to prevent injury
to persons passing thereunder or working thereon.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-12)
(a) It
shall be unlawful for any person to unnecessarily obstruct any street
or alley with wagon, cart, delivery truck or vehicle of any kind,
or with boxes, lumber, timber, firewood, posts, awnings, signs, merchandise
or other substances in any manner whatsoever so as to prevent free
passage thereon.
(b) Subsection
(a) shall not be construed to prohibit any person who may be engaged in building, removing or improving any building or other improvement from occupying with lumber, stone, brick or other material, that portion of a public street or alley which is adjacent to such improvement or building; provided however, such material shall not occupy a space larger than one-third (1/3) of the street or alley adjacent to such improvement or building, nor shall such material be placed on such space more than ten (10) days before construction of such building or improvement begins; nor shall the owner of such building or improvement allow any surplus lumber, stone, brick or other rubbish to remain in said street or alley more than five (5) days after the completion of such building or improvement.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-13)
(a) It
shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place or deposit any article
whatsoever upon any sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct free
passage upon same; provided however, nothing in this section shall
be construed to prevent merchants and dealers from placing packages
of goods, wares or merchandise which they may be receiving or shipping
on any sidewalk, if the same do not occupy more than one-half (½)
the width thereof, and do not remain thereon more than six (6) hours;
nor shall anything in this section prevent merchants, dealers or auctioneers
from occupying a space on the sidewalk adjoining their place of business,
two (2) feet or less in width (measured from the inside of the sidewalk),
and the length of the property line, with signs, samples or other
articles; nor shall anything in this section prevent any building
craftsmen or builder from occupying with materials or temporary construction,
a space not larger than one-half (½) the width of the sidewalk
adjoining any improvement or building they may be erecting or in any
way working upon; nor shall such persons be prevented from crossing
or passing over any sidewalk with materials used in the construction
of said improvement or building.
(b) If
any obstructions mentioned in this section are not removed within
ten (10) days after notice to do so is given by the chief of police,
the offender will be subject to penalization hereunder, and upon conviction
will be fined in accordance with the penalty herein provided, and
a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during
or on which such obstruction remains after the expiration of such
notice, and such obstruction shall be removed by the city at the expense
of the person so convicted.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-14)
(a) The
state “Regulations For Access Driveways To State Highways”
are hereby adopted for the public safety and protection of the city
and of the citizens thereof and all of the provisions herein shall
be construed for the accomplishment of that purpose.
(b) It
shall be unlawful for any person to violate or disregard any of the
provisions of said regulations.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-15)
In order to assure sign visibility at all street intersections,
no fence, wall barrier or any other solid object will be allowed to
extend into the visibility triangle. This triangle has two sides starting
at the center point of the intersection for the two struts measuring
ten feet in length down each respective street along the nearest edge
of the driving surface. The line connecting the end points of these
two lines forms the third side of the triangle. In the case of curbed
intersections, measurement will begin at the bottom of the curb. Plants,
flowers and trees will be allowed in the visibility triangle as long
as they allow an unobstructed view from three to eight feet in height
from the nearest level of the driving surface. (See diagram below.)
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Sec. 18-1; Ordinance adopting Code)