No person shall alter the grade of any street, alley, sidewalk or public
ground or any part thereof in the village by any means whatsoever unless authorized
or instructed to do so by the Village Board. All such alterations of grade
shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer or the officer authorizing
the alteration.
No owner or occupant shall allow the sidewalk abutting on his premises
to be littered with rubbish or dirt. If such owner or occupant shall refuse
or fail to remove any such rubbish or dirt when notified to do so by the Village
Board, the Board may cause the same to be done and report the cost thereof
to the Village Clerk-Treasurer, who shall spread the cost on the tax roll
as a special tax against the premises, or such cost may be recovered in an
action against the owner or occupant.
All vaults under sidewalks in the village shall be constructed of brick,
concrete block or poured concrete. The surface opening into the street shall
be within three feet of the outer edge of the sidewalk or the curb. The slab
over such vault shall be able to withstand a load of 250 pounds per square
foot of slab area. The owner of any lot or parcel of land adjoining such vault
shall maintain such vault and slab over in a safe condition and at his own
expense.
No downspouts from any building shall terminate on or upon or in such position that the contents of such spout shall be cast upon or flow back or over any public sidewalk in the village. When the eaves of any building extend over or are so constructed that water may fall therefrom or run back upon any public sidewalk, such eaves shall be so protected by proper spouts or otherwise that no water shall fall or drain therefrom or run back upon or over any public sidewalk. The owner or owners of any building and the officers of any association or corporation owning any building on which any spouts or the eaves thereof shall be maintained contrary to this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-18 of this Code.
No person shall display, sell or offer to sell, on any street, sidewalk,
alley or other public place within the village, anything of value or service
of any kind, except in connection with a village-wide enterprise or promotion
of community trade.
Requests or petitions by village property owners for new streets, curb
and gutter and sidewalks shall be presented to the Village Board on or before
November 1 to be considered for installation in the following year.