[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Norwood 9-19-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public consumption of alcohol — See Ch. 50.
Animals running at large — See Ch. 55.
Parades, assemblies and carnivals — See Ch. 120.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 132.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 136.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 190.
[Amended 12-19-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
No person shall play baseball or football or any other open or field sports upon the streets or public grounds, except at designated ball fields, within said Village at any time or engage thereon in any act, amusement or practice endangering property or persons.
No person shall coast, slide or skate upon, into or over or across any of the streets or sidewalks in said Village.
[Amended 12-19-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
No person shall ride any bicycle, tricycle, in-line skates, roller skates, skateboard, scooter or similar device upon the sidewalks upon any of the streets within said Village. Every person riding any such vehicle or using such device upon any of the streets within said Village shall give a warning by bell, whistle or horn which shall be heard 100 feet distant when about to meet or pass pedestrians or when about to meet or pass other vehicles. No person shall ride any bicycle or tricycle upon any of the public streets within the limits of said Village unless there shall be attached thereto or carried therewith a light of such illuminating power as to be plainly seen 200 feet ahead and kept lighted between 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise, and no person shall coast or proceed by inertia or momentum on any bicycle or tricycle with the feet off the pedals on any street or public place within said Village.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 160-4, Parades and processions, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-19-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006. See now Ch. 120, Parades, Assemblies and Carnivals, Art. I, Parades and Assemblies.
No person shall drive any animal on any of the sidewalks in said Village.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 160-6, Unattended horses and horse teams, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-19-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006. See now Ch. 55, Animals, Art. III, Horses.
No person shall mar, injure or deface any shade tree in any street or public place in said Village, nor shall any person hitch or tie any horse to a shade tree on any such street or public place.
The owner or occupant of any lot adjoining any of the streets or public places of said Village shall keep the trees adjoining the sidewalk in front of said premises trimmed up to at least 10 feet above the sidewalk. Should any person neglect or refuse to trim such trees within 24 hours after written notice requiring such trimming has been served upon said owner or occupant, it shall be the duty of the Village Board of Trustees to cause such trees to be trimmed, and the expense thereof shall be assessed against the adjoining land, which shall be paid by such owner in addition to the penalty hereinafter prescribed.
No person shall cause, allow or permit any horses, cattle, sheep, fowl or other animals to run at large in said Village.
A. 
No person shall pile up before any door or on any sidewalk or street in said Village any boxes, casks, barrels, cases, rubbish or other materials.
B. 
No owner or occupant of any lands in said Village shall allow any obstruction to the free and proper use by the public of the sidewalks adjacent thereto to be or to remain thereon.
C. 
No person shall place or leave any papers, dirt, ashes or litter of any description or any refuse matter whatever upon any of the streets or sidewalks in said Village, nor throw or cause to be thrown or put upon the streets or sidewalks in said Village any ashes or sweepings.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 160-11, Care and maintenance of adjoining and fronting property, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-19-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006.
No person shall place or deposit any lumber or other building materials on any street or sidewalk in said Village, except as hereinafter provided. The Mayor or Village Board of Trustees may grant permission, in writing, to any person to place and keep any building materials in any of the public streets in said Village for the purpose of building or repairs, but such permit shall not authorize the obstruction of more than 1/2 of the sidewalk and 1/2 of the street opposite the lot on which the erection of a building or the repairs are being made, and the person receiving such permit shall properly guard the public from all damages or injuries resulting therefrom by the erection of proper barriers and the maintenance of lights at night.
A. 
No person shall make any excavations or dig any ditch, trench or hole in any of the public streets or sidewalks in said Village without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Mayor or Village Board of Trustees, and all such excavations shall be properly guarded by barriers and lights to protect persons using said street or sidewalk from damage or injury.
B. 
No person shall break or disturb any pavement on any of the streets of said Village without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Mayor or Village Board of Trustees, and any person breaking or disturbing such pavement shall be liable for all costs of replacement and damages sustained thereby in addition to the penalty hereinafter prescribed.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 160-14, Tapping into public sewers; permit required, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-19-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006. See now Ch. 150, Sewers, Part 1, Sewer Use.
No person shall, without the consent of the Board of Trustees, in writing, alter the grade of any sidewalk, and all sidewalks hereafter constructed in said Village shall be built on grades established by the Village Board of Trustees and shall be constructed under its supervision.
All new sidewalks hereafter constructed in said Village shall be constructed of cement or other suitable materials approved by Village Board of Trustees.
[Amended 4-21-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
No person shall put up, erect or suffer to remain any sign, showcase or other thing projecting into or hanging over the streets or sidewalks of said Village for a distance of more than one foot from the premises of any such person, without first having obtained permission, in writing, therefor from the Mayor or Village Board of Trustees.
[Amended 4-21-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
No person shall erect, construct or place or cause to be erected, constructed or placed any building or structure extending or projecting into or over any street in said Village. However, any penalty for violation of the above shall not be incurred by reason of any swings or awnings attached to such building for the purpose of shade, and which awning shall not project into the street to a greater distance than is occupied by the sidewalk and shall be not less than seven feet in the clear above such sidewalk.
No person, firm or corporation owning, occupying or having charge of a building adjacent to any of the streets of this Village shall allow snow, ice or water to accumulate thereon or allow the same to fall or drip upon the street or sidewalk in such a manner as to incommode any person or persons passing under the same.
No person shall dig, remove or carry away any stone, earth, sand or gravel from any street, alley or other public ground or place in this Village without first obtaining permission, in writing, from the Village Board of Trustees.
No person shall, without authority, in writing, from the Board of Trustees, put any earth, stones or other material in any sluice, drain, culvert or gutter or otherwise obstruct the same in any of the streets of this Village.
[Amended 4-21-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of $250 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both, for each offense.