[Adopted 10-26-1995 by Ord. No. 26-1995 as Sec. 15-2 of the 1994 Code]
A. 
No person shall erect, construct, place or maintain, or cause to be erected, constructed, placed or maintained, any building or any appurtenance or fixture connected thereto; or any window, sign, showcase, showbill, step, porch, platform, cellar door or fence; or any wares, goods or merchandise; or any other structure, obstruction or encroachment, which shall encroach upon, extend over or obstruct any street, highway, sidewalk or other public place, without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Director of Public Works in accordance with § 216-4.
B. 
Exception. Nothing in this section shall prohibit merchants from placing wares, goods or merchandise upon the sidewalk for the purpose of loading and unloading the same, provided that the free passage over such sidewalk is not obstructed and provided that the same is removed without unreasonable delay.
Any building or any appurtenance or fixture connected therewith, or any window, sign, showcase, showbill, step, porch, platform, cellar door, covering (except a cloth awning having an elevation of at least seven feet above the sidewalk) or fence, or any other structure, obstruction or encroachment of any kind, which shall now or hereafter be erected or constructed or maintained, or any goods, wares or merchandise placed or maintained, contrary to the provisions of § 216-27 shall forthwith be removed by the person erecting, constructing or maintaining it, upon notice, in writing, from the Director of Public Works so to do. In the event of the refusal or neglect of such person to remove such building or other obstruction or encroachment after such notice, the Director of Public Works may remove it or cause it to be removed at the expense of the person erecting, constructing or maintaining it.
[Amended 10-27-2005 by Ord. No. 17-2005]
A. 
Causing or maintaining an obstruction or encroachment upon or across a public right-of-way or other public property without having a permit therefore as required by § 216-27 shall be a violation of this article, regardless of the failure by the Director of Public Works to issue a notice to remove same and regardless of compliance with such a notice if given.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, install or erect any structure or to obstruct the free and lawful passage of pedestrians on the sidewalks by placing thereon any goods, wares, recreation structures or other merchandise or articles for trade and/or sale or storage within any Township, county or state right-of-way area or within or upon any roadway. This would include but not be limited to basketball poles, hockey nets or other sports-related equipment and dumpsters or other waste, trash or demolition materials.
C. 
Each day such obstruction or encroachment remains without benefit of permit shall be a separate violation.
D. 
No permit shall be issued as provided by § 216-27 for basketball poles, hockey nets or sports-related equipment.