[Adopted 10-4-1966 by L.L. No. 3-1966 as Ch. 66 of the 1966 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, company or corporation and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
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Editor's Note: Former § 66-2, Building materials, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-17-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999.
No person shall use the sidewalk for the display of foodstuff. All display of any merchandise whatsoever must be within the building line. Any foodstuff or produce displayed inside the building line and not within the building shall be protected by a solidly enclosed or glazed case.
No person shall erect or maintain any awning over any street or sidewalk, the lowest point of which shall be less than seven feet above the sidewalk.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 243, Signs.
No person shall erect or cause to be erected any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole in or upon any street or public place or string any wire in or over such street or place without permission from the Board of Trustees.
No person shall authorize or engage in any parade or exhibition upon any street or public place without a permit from the Mayor.
No person shall injure, deface, mutilate or destroy any tree, shrub, plant or grass plot along any street or sidewalk or in any public place, nor shall any person affix any sign to any tree. No tree, shrub or plant shall be trimmed or removed from any street, sidewalk or public place without a permit from the Village Board, and such permit shall be granted upon arrangements being made to replace such tree, plant or shrub with a similar planting wherever practicable.
The playing of games and roller- or ice-skating on the sidewalks and streets so as to hinder the free passage of persons or vehicles is prohibited, but the Mayor may designate certain streets or public places which shall be properly marked for coasting, skiing or other sports or games.
No person shall ride any motorcycle, bicycle or other vehicle propelled by the hands or feet of the rider along or upon any sidewalk or footpath intended for the use of pedestrians; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to a person who cannot walk, riding in a vehicle propelled by hands or feet.
[Amended 8-15-2000 by L.L. No. 15-2000]
A. 
No person shall cause, permit or suffer any accumulation of filth, refuse, debris, object or other material to be placed, deposited, tracked or flowed upon any village-owned street, highway, gutter or public place.
B. 
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any real property within the village shall be responsible for the maintenance of the sidewalk public easement and/or right-of-way between such property line and the curbline of the adjacent street, to include:
(1) 
The removal of any accumulation of filth, refuse, debris or object from any improved sidewalk within 24 hours after the placement, deposit, tracking or flowing of such upon an improved sidewalk; and
(2) 
The removal, cutting or trimming of any overgrown and unsightly grass, leaves, hedges, bushes and/or trees so that overhanging limbs will not interfere with a passerby on the sidewalk, public easement and/or right-of-way or adjacent roadway.
C. 
Removal of snow and ice.
(1) 
In addition to Subsection B set forth hereinabove, every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any real property in any Business District or of any institutional use on any real property in a Residential District, as described in Chapter 306 of the Village Code, within the village shall be responsible for the removal of snow and ice from any improved sidewalk between such property line and the curbline of all adjacent streets within four hours after snow has ceased to fall. For the purpose of § 256-9C, "institutional use" shall mean schools and libraries. The period between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. shall not be included in computing such requirements.
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In the event that the snow or ice on the improved sidewalk shall be frozen so that it cannot be removed, the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any real property within the village as aforesaid shall, within the time specified in this Subsection C, cause the improved sidewalk adjacent to said premises to be strewn with sand, sawdust or some similar material and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather permits, thoroughly clear and clean said improved sidewalk.
D. 
The owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any real property, other than an institutional use as described herein, in a Residential District within the village shall be excluded from the obligations for the removal of snow and ice as set forth in § 256-9C.
A. 
It is the intent of the Board of Trustees to regulate obstructions at intersections that impair the vision of vehicular traffic causing safety issues. The Board finds that the regulation of vision obstructions at intersections should be site specific.
B. 
The Board of Trustees is authorized by resolution to prohibit or limit:
(1) 
The height of walls, fences, hedges, shrubs, signs or other obstructions to vision to no more than three feet high to be located on a corner lot within the triangular area bounded by the lines connecting the street corner of the lot and a point 25 feet from such corner on each of the intersecting street lines; and
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Vehicular on-street parking within 25 feet of the street corner.
C. 
The Board may impose the restrictions authorized by this section at an intersection based upon findings that the restrictions are necessary for the public safety and welfare. The Board shall receive the recommendations of the Chief of Police and the Village Administrator and a code enforcement official prior to imposing restrictions authorized by this section.
[Amended 10-5-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
No person shall in any way cause, suffer or permit the obstruction of or the interference with any village-owned or maintained sewer, drain, culvert, catch basin, gutter, drainage ditch or other facility for the storage, diversion, disposition or flow of storm- and surface water.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 299, Watercourses, Diversion of
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Each violation of this article or of any regulation, order or rule promulgated hereunder shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250, imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense, and each day a violation continues shall be a separate offense. The village may enforce obedience to this article by injunction or by any other available remedy.
[Amended 8-17-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
B. 
In addition to these and any other remedies available to it, the village may also maintain an action or proceeding to enjoin the violation of §§ 256-10 and 256-11 and/or to recover the costs incurred by the village for cleaning, repairing, reconditioning or restoring the premises affected or otherwise remedying the condition.