It shall be unlawful for any person to encumber
or obstruct any street, sidewalk or other public place within the
City, except for immediate transfer into or from the premises, or
to erect or maintain any encroachment or projection in, over or upon
any street, sidewalk or other public place, without a permit from
the Clerk.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig,
remove or carry away, or cause to be dug, removed or carried away,
any stone, earth, soil, sand, sod, gravel, shade or ornamental trees
from any street, sidewalk or other public place within the City without
a permit from the Clerk.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect
or maintain any awning over any sidewalk unless the lowest point of
the awning is at least seven feet above the surface of the sidewalk.
No person not otherwise authorized by law to
do so shall erect or maintain on or over any street or sidewalk within
the City any telegraph, telephone, electric light or other poles,
or string wires in, over or upon any street, sidewalk or other public
place, or over or in front of any building within the City, without
the consent of the Council. All telephone, telegraph, electric light
and electric power poles, where the same are located upon the public
highway within the City, shall be marked with the name or initials
of the owner of said poles in distinct and legible letters and characters
and in such manner as the Council may prescribe.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove
or cause or permit to be removed, or to aid or assist in removing,
any building or structure or part thereof along, over, across or through
any street or other public place within the City without first having
obtained the consent of the Council.