A.
From and after the passage of this article, it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or any officer or
employee thereof to block or cause to be blocked any sidewalk of the
City of Coatesville by the storing or placing of goods, wares or merchandise
within or on any traveled section of paved sidewalk, except undedicated
or unordained portions thereof, or by the obstruction thereof by trucks
or other vehicles being backed or driven on or across such sidewalks
for the purpose of loading or unloading goods, wares or merchandise
of any kind or description whatsoever, except as otherwise herein
provided.
B.
Individual owners may be granted a special permit
on application to the Codes Enforcement Officer for temporary use
of abutting sidewalks on the following conditions:
(1)
A clear space of not less than 48 inches from the
curbline shall be maintained at all times so as not to interfere with
the safe, free and unhampered passage of pedestrians.
(2)
Special permits shall not be issued to any owner more
often than six times during a calendar year.
(3)
Special permits shall not be issued for more than
four days.
(4)
Any obstruction of the sidewalk pursuant to a special
permit shall be removed at dusk or shall be lighted from dusk to dawn.
(5)
The applicant for a special permit shall agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the City of Coatesville against any and
all loss, damage, cost and expense and all liability, claims and demands
whatsoever arising from the issuance of such permit and the use thereof.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1012-96]
Any person, firm or corporation, or any employee
or agent thereof, violating the provisions of this article, shall,
upon conviction in summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine
of $600 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both such fine
and imprisonment.[1]
