[Adopted 5-12-1980 as Ch. 99, §§ 99-9 through 99-12, 99-14 and 99-15, of the 1980 Code]
No person shall place or cause to be placed any material for building in or upon any street, sidewalk, park, lane or public ground without written permission from the Department of Public Works and upon filing with said Department a bond to the City of Oswego, approved by said Department. The Department of Public Works is authorized to grant permission, in writing, to place and keep building materials in any of the public streets, including sidewalks, for a period of time not exceeding four (4) months; but such permission shall not authorize the obstructing of more than one-third (1/3) of the sidewalk and one-half (1/2) of said street opposite the lot on which a structure is to be made by the person to whom permission is granted, and such permission may be revoked at any time by the Department of Public Works in its discretion.
Every person to whom permission is granted, as aforesaid, shall cause all the timber, building materials and rubbish arising therefrom to be removed from the street or sidewalk at the expiration of the time limited in such permission or at any time such permission shall be revoked by the Department of Public Works. Any person so placing or causing to be placed such materials or failing to remove the same when notified by the Department of Public Works, contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be subject to a fine as set forth herein for every twenty-four (24) hours such materials may remain in said street, park, lane or public ground without the permission of the Department of Public Works.
No person shall use or occupy any sidewalk, street, alley, park or public ground, except the designated public market grounds, within the city for the purpose of a huckster's stand or as a place for vending any fruits, nuts or other articles without permission from the Mayor, in writing. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine as provide herein.
[Amended 10-28-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
No person shall place or deposit on any sidewalk or in any street any article, material or thing, except as permitted so to do by §§ 211-7 and 211-8, the Department of Public Works or by the law or other ordinances of this city, and the person or persons depositing or placing the same on any sidewalk or in any street, or the owner or occupant of premises in front of which the same shall be deposited or placed who shall knowingly permit such depositing or placing of said substances or materials or knowingly suffer the same to remain so deposited and placed shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section and subject to a fine as provided herein; and after twenty-four (24) hours' notice to the person or persons depositing or placing or permitting said substances or material to be so deposited or placed on the sidewalk or in the street or to the owner or occupant of said premises, the Department of Public Works may summarily remove the same. The cost and expense of such removal may be collected of the offender by the City of Oswego in any court of competent jurisdiction with costs of suit.
[Amended 3-12-2007]
It shall be lawful for any person to place or set out for sale any goods or merchandise on the sidewalk in front of and within four feet of his or her store or building. The Police Chief or his/her designee shall have the authority to temporarily suspend the use of the sidewalk for such purpose when necessary for public safety.
It shall be lawful for any person to place and leave for a period not exceeding one (1) hour, on four (4) feet of the outer edge of the sidewalk in front of his store or building, any goods, wares or merchandise which he shall be in the act of receiving or delivering.
[Added 10-28-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
Any violation of any of the provisions of this Article shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.) and any other remedies provided herein.