[Adopted 10-7-1975 by Ord. No. 1038]
No person shall encumber or obstruct any street, highway, public lane or alley or other public place in the Borough by placing thereon any building material or any other article or thing whatsoever without having first obtained the written permission of the Borough Engineer.
No person shall place upon any sidewalk of any public street or public thoroughfare of the Borough any showcase or other construction or device for the display of merchandise or produce, or any box, barrel, can, package or thing whatsoever, or any sign or advertising device of any kind within a height of eight feet above the sidewalk or further than three feet from the foundation line, or to display upon the sidewalk of any public street any merchandise or produce for sale or as an advertisement. This section shall not be construed to prevent the reasonable use of the sidewalk by the occupant of any building or part thereof for loading or unloading merchandise or produce or to prevent any receptacles for ashes or other refuse being placed upon the sidewalk when so used or placed in accordance with other provisions of this Code.
A. 
No owner or occupant of any dwelling house, store or other building or premises shall hereafter fix, put up or erect any wooden shed or any covering of wood or other material, except cloth or canvas, for the purpose of an awning which shall project into or be erected over and upon the street or sidewalk in front of any building or premises.
B. 
No owner or occupant of any dwelling house, store or other building in the Borough shall erect any iron brackets or frames for the support of any awnings unless brackets or frames shall be firmly secured to the building. No part of the awning shall be less than seven feet in height above the sidewalk, or project beyond the curbline, or more than 10 feet in any case whatever.
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Editor's Note: For additional regulations pertaining to awnings, see § 273-7, Awnings, and § 186-48, Signs and billboards.
[Added 12-2-1975 by Ord. No. 1043]
A. 
Upon application to the Mayor and Council 30 days prior to the date by any person, group of persons or nonprofit organizations, the Mayor and Council may give permission for the use of the public highways, streets and walks to be used for places of public gatherings or displays and sales of merchandise where such use would otherwise be prohibited or where such use would cause the orderly flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic to be interfered with, provided the area to be used is specifically designated, the hours of prescribed use be established, the use itself is defined and provision made satisfactory to the Mayor and Council to clean the area of debris, etc., as well as arrangements having been made for compliance with existing police and health regulations. The Mayor and Council may require the applicant to post a bond of sufficient surety to satisfy the Mayor and Council that the terms of permission granted will be fulfilled.
B. 
No use for which permission may herein be granted shall exceed a time period set by the Mayor and Council by resolution.
C. 
Notice of the application for permission must be served upon the Chief of Police and the Chief Health Officer of the Borough who must serve notice of any objection to the application of the Mayor and Council within one week of receipt of notice.
D. 
The amount of surety shall not exceed $500 and may be in cash, surety bond or real property.
E. 
Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any public assembly meetings or public addresses to be held or made in the public streets of the Borough.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 270, Street Fairs.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not more than $500 nor less than $5.