All public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public ways shall be under the supervision of the Director of Public Works. The Director of Public Works shall have supervision over all work thereon, and the cleaning thereof.
It shall be unlawful to construct or lay any pavement on any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public way, or to repair the same without having first secured permission therefore. Application for such permission shall be made to the Village Clerk, and shall state the location of the intended pavement or repair, the extent thereof, and the firm who is to do the actual construction work. No such permission shall be issued except on order of the corporate authorities or its assigned agents.
Each applicant may be required to file a bond or policy, in the amount of at least $50,000 with sureties to be approved by the corporate authorities, conditioned to indemnify the Village from any loss or damage resulting from the work undertaken or the manner of doing the same.
All street and sidewalk pavement shall be made in conformity with the specifications approved from time to time by the corporate authorities.
It shall be unlawful to walk upon or drive any vehicle or animal upon, or injure any newly laid street or alley pavement while the same is guarded by a warning sign or barricade; or to knowingly injure any street, sidewalk or alley pavement.
All public streets, alley and sidewalk pavement shall be in good repair. Such repair work, whether done by the Village or the abutting owner, shall be under the supervision of the Director of Public Works.
It shall be the duty of every Village officer or employee becoming cognizant of any defect in any street, alley or sidewalk, or any obstruction thereof, to report the same to the Director of Public Works as soon as possible.
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation laying or repairing any pavement on a street, sidewalk or other public place or making an excavation in the same shall maintain suitable barricades to prevent injury of any person or vehicle by reason of the work; such barricades shall be protected by suitable lights at night time.
B. 
Any defect in any such pavement shall be barricaded to prevent injury; and any person, firm or corporation properly maintaining any opening or excavation in any such place shall guard such opening or excavation while the same remains open, by proper barricades and lights.
It shall be unlawful to disturb or interfere with any barricades or lights lawfully placed to protect, mark any new pavement, excavation, opening in, or to prevent access to any public street, alley or sidewalk.
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 mark any signs or advertisements on any such pavement without having first secured permission therefore. Application for such permission shall be made to the Village Clerk. No such permission shall be issued except on order of the Corporate authorities.
It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any building or structure, which encroaches upon any public street or property.
It shall be unlawful to erect any poles or wires or to maintain any poles or wires over any public place, street, alley or other public way without first having secured permission from the Corporate authorities.
It shall be unlawful to maintain or erect any gasoline pump or tank in any public street, alley or sidewalk.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any opening or stairway in any public street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place without a permit from the Corporate authorities.
B. 
All such lawfully maintained openings shall be guarded by a suitable strong cover or railing, to the approval of the Director of Public Works.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 22.116, Barbed wire fences-electric current fences, of the 1999 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art IV); see now Ch. 310, Zoning, § 310-14.01.
It shall be unlawful to deposit on any street any material, which may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, glass, or other article, which may cause injury to any person, animal or property.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to deposit on any sidewalk any material, which may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, or any glass or other article, which might cause injury to persons, animals or property.
B. 
Merchandise or other articles may be deposited on sidewalks preparatory to delivery, provided that the usable width of the sidewalks is not thereby reduced to less than four feet; and provided that no such article shall remain on such walk for more than 1/2 hour.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to burn any leaves, paper, rubbish or other substances upon any public street, sidewalk or alley in the Village.
It shall be unlawful to construct, or maintain or permit to remain, any fence or other structure or any bushes or other plants, on a corner lot within 50 feet of the street line, which obstructs the view, at a height of more than five feet above the level of the adjacent street pavement.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of §§ 245-1 through 245-19 shall be fined as designated in the fine rate schedule for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which such obstruction to view is permitted to remain after notice from any official of the Village to remove the same.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 22.122, Alcoholic beverage consumption, of the 1999 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV); see now § 170-21E of the Village Code.