[Amended 8-17-1976 by Ord. No. 76-28]
In every case of an encroachment upon a footway, street, easement or right-of-way by a building, fence or other thing, the City Manager may require the owner thereof to remove the encroachment. For failure to make such removal within the time ordered, the owner thereof shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, for each day such failure shall continue thereafter, and the City Manager may cause such encroachment to be removed at the risk and cost of such owner.
[Added 12-14-1982 by Ord. No. 82-48]
A. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, the City Manager may issue a revocable license to any person to place one freestanding advertising sign upon any part of any City right-of-way not open to traffic, subject to the following conditions:
(1) 
That curb and guttering meeting City specifications has been installed between that part of the right-of-way on which the sign is placed and all other adjacent parts of that or any other right-of-way within 50 feet of said sign.
(2) 
That such sign will not interfere with any public purpose to which the right-of-way has been dedicated and will not constitute a threat to the public safety.
(3) 
That such sign shall not be located within 25 feet of any other right-of-way open to traffic or of any other sign.
(4) 
That such license shall be for a period not to exceed five years, at the expiration of which it may be renewed at the discretion of the City Manager, and shall be revocable at any time during that period by the City Manager when, in his discretion, he determines that such sign interferes with some public purpose to which the right-of-way is to be placed or with the public safety.
(5) 
That the applicant for such license shall hold the City harmless from any and all liability resulting from the placing of such sign and shall guarantee the payment of the total cost for the removal of such sign either upon the termination of such license or its revocation, both as approved by the City Attorney.
(6) 
That such sign shall comply in all regards to the applicable provisions of Chapter 286, Zoning, of this Code.
B. 
The City Manager shall have the authority to impose such other conditions as he reasonably determines are necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. Any decision of the City Manager pursuant to this section may be appealed to the City Council at its next regular meeting after the applicant or licensee has received notification of the decision.
A. 
No person shall erect any stairs or steps to the first or any upper floor of any building upon any part of any sidewalk, street or public place without having first obtained permission from the City Manager.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or build a stairway or passageway to any cellar or basement by occupying any part of any sidewalk, street or public place or to enclose any portion thereof with a railing without having first obtained permission from the City Manager.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain any awning unless all parts thereof are elevated at least seven feet above the upper surface of the sidewalk and the roof or covering is made of duck, canvas or other suitable material, supported by iron frames or brackets firmly and securely fastened to the building, without any posts or other device that will obstruct the sidewalk or hinder or interfere with the free passage of pedestrians thereon, and then only upon obtaining permission from the City Manager.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the City to cause any obstruction in any public street, footway, gutter or bridge or in any culvert, drain or sewer, public or private. If any such unauthorized person fails to remove such obstruction for the space of 12 hours after being notified so to do by the City Manager, every day that shall elapse thereafter without such removal shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
It shall be the duty of the City Manager to cause all unauthorized obstructions to be removed from the public streets, footways and bridges and from all culverts, sewers and drains, public or private, either by the person causing such obstruction or otherwise, as the exigency of the case may require. If any person causing an obstruction shall fail to remove it within such time after being notified to do so by the City Manager as is deemed reasonable by him, it shall be the duty of the City Manager to have the same done at the expense of the City. In every such case and in every case where an obstruction is removed by a City employee on order of the City Manager, the expense shall be reimbursed to the city, with 20% for damages, by the person causing the obstruction, which sum shall be collected as other fines are collected.
No person shall erect or keep any stand for the sale of fruits, vegetables or other substances or commodities on any sidewalk, street or public place or use or occupy any part thereof with any vehicle for the sale therefrom of any article without written permission from the City Manager.
No person shall place upon or suffer to be placed upon any sidewalk any goods, wares or merchandise, for sale or for show, or suspend the same in any manner over the sidewalk so as to interfere in any manner with the free and uninterrupted passage of the sidewalk by pedestrians, and in no case shall more than two feet of sidewalk next to the building be occupied for such purpose.
No person shall keep, place, store or allow the keeping, placing or storing of any ice cream cans or containers, pop and beer cases, chicken crates, packing cases or boxes or any other things of a similar character upon any sidewalk, street or public place.
No person engaged in building, excavating or making any improvements on a building or lot on which materials are to be used shall at any time deposit such materials on any part of a public street, sidewalk or public place, except for the purpose of unloading the same, without obtaining a permit from the Chief of the Police.
No person shall break or assist in breaking any pavement, macadam or other surface of any street, sidewalk or public place or remove therefrom any pavement, macadam, dirt or other material or any tree, shrub, fence or other thing without authority from the City so to do.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit any waterspout, trough, gutter or balcony extending from any building owned or leased by him to discharge or conduct water upon the surface of any sidewalk, but all such water shall be conducted under the sidewalk in accordance with plans and specifications of the City Engineer and under his direction.
No person shall permit the discharge of any unwholesome or offensive liquid to flow or seep from any premises owned or occupied by him upon any street, sidewalk or adjacent premises.
It shall be unlawful for any person, not having authority from the City so to do, to paint or otherwise make any writing, figure or other mark upon any sidewalk in the city.
All persons engaged in building or repairing a building on or near a street shall place a covered footway along the sidewalk in front on the building, which covered footway shall be constructed of such materials and in such manner as shall be designated by the Building Official, and it shall not be removed therefrom until all the outside work on the building is completed.
[Amended 3-13-1984 by Ord. No. 84-9]
A. 
Except as provided in this section, no person shall play on a street, other than upon the sidewalks thereof, within the City.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to coast or slide on any sidewalk in a RO, BB, or GB Zoning District by means of any sled, coaster wagon or other devices on wheels or runners. Provided, however, that an adult may pull or push a child on a sidewalk in such a zoning district by means of a coaster wagon or stroller.
[Amended 5-10-2016 by Ord. No. 16-17]
C. 
No person shall use, on a street where play is prohibited, roller skates, sleighs, sleds or other similar devices on wheels or runners, except bicycles and motorcycles.
D. 
The City Manager may, by administrative order, designate temporary areas on streets where play is prohibited, in which persons may be permitted to use roller skates, sleighs, sleds, toys or other similar devices on wheels or runners, and if such streets have two traffic lanes, such persons shall keep as near as possible to the extreme left side or edge of the left-hand traffic lane so that they will be facing oncoming traffic at all times.
E. 
No person riding upon any bicycle, roller skates, sleigh, sled, toy or other device on wheels or runners shall attach the same or himself to any motor vehicle, wagon or vehicle upon a roadway, highway or street within the City.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection F, which immediately followed this subsection and prohibited the use of earphones on public street, sidewalks or rights-of-way, was repealed 4-13-2010 by Ord. No. 10-5.