[Adopted 5-6-1912; repealed and reenacted in the same form 7-10-2006 by L.L. No.
4-2006]
[Amended 2-17-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998; 2-4-2013 by L.L. No.
2-2013]
No person shall in any way (including the parking or standing
of a motor vehicle) obstruct, encumber, occupy or throw, lay or place
any material, or aid or abet the obstruction, encumbrance, occupancy
or throwing, laying or placing of any material, in or upon any street,
lane, alley, sidewalk, highway, municipal right-of-way, public place
or public grounds in said Village, except so far as the same may be
necessary for the erection or repair of a building, or the grading
or improvement of a lot, and only so long as the Board of Trustees
shall consent thereto for the loading or unloading of vehicles, provided
always that a passageway of sufficient width shall at all times be
kept clear and open for vehicles or pedestrians, and provided also
that such obstruction shall at all times be carefully and properly
guarded and lighted at all times during the night in a manner satisfactory
to the Board of Trustees.
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall dig or cause
to be dug into, to or across any street, alley, sidewalk, highway,
public place or public grounds in said Village any trench, ditch or
other opening for any purpose without the consent of the Board of
Trustees, Superintendent of Highways, Highway Foreman or Street Commissioner.
[Amended 8-5-1974]
B.
All such ditches or trenches or other openings shall
be at all times carefully and properly guarded and lighted at night
in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 9-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986; 11-6-2000 by L.L. No.
7-2000; 7-10-2006 by L.L. No. 4-2006]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a penalty of
not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 for each and every violation.
