It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to have the supervision of keeping in repair all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes and other public thoroughfares of the City, in the performance of which duty he or she shall have charge of the cleaning of all crosswalks, sidewalks and gutters. He or she shall keep in repair all streets of the City and shall notify the City Manager of repairs needed on all improved streets. He or she shall have charge of the trimming of trees on City property and he or she shall cause to be removed from the streets, any obstructions such as fallen trees, stones, dead animals, etc.

(Code 1970, 25‑1; Code 1989)

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, throw down, run over, or interfere with any barricade erected by the City or any contractor executing a municipal contract, placed to guard and protect any grading, paving, sidewalk construction or other public work.

(Code 1970, 25‑2)

Any person who shall walk upon, drive or ride over or across any pavement in course of construction before the same has been opened for public travel, any uncompleted grading, or sidewalk construction which has not been opened for travel, shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a violation of this code.

(Code 1970, 25‑3)

Any person who shall leave open any cellar, cellar door, cellar way, hole or grating on any street, thoroughfare or sidewalk in this City, or shall suffer any such cellar, cellar door, cellar way, hole or grating belonging to the premises occupied or owned by him or her to be left open or to remain in an insecure or unsafe condition, whereby persons may be in danger of falling into such cellar, cellar way, hole or other place shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this code.

(Code 1970, 25‑4)

All cellar ways may be constructed in any sidewalk without being covered shall be protected by a good and substantial permanent iron railing, so as to prevent persons from walking or falling into the same.

(Code 1970, 25‑5)

(a)   To allow for safe pedestrian travel, it shall be unlawful for a property owner immediately adjacent to a public sidewalk to fail to cause the removal of snow or ice accumulated within 48 hours after cessation of a snow and ice event.  If ice has accumulated to an extent to make removal difficult, the placement of sand or ice melt within the 48 hour period shall be deemed in compliance with the provisions of this Section. 

(b)   Pursuant to the authority of Charter Ordinance No. 29, the Property Maintenance Code Officer, Building Official or other City employee as designated in writing by the City Manager shall have the authority to issue notices to appear for violations of this ordinance.

(c)   Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered a municipal offense and upon an adjudication of guilty, the violator shall be fined $20.00 plus court costs.  Each day of a continued violation shall be deemed a separate offense.

(Code 1970, 25‑6; Code 1989, Ord. 2333; Code 2014; Ord. 2413)

If any owner or occupant of any lot or lots shall refuse or neglect to clean or remove from the sidewalk abutting the lot or lots, all snow and ice within a reasonable time, the City may cause such snow and ice to be removed from the sidewalks and the costs thereof shall be assessed against such abutting lot or lots and such costs shall be collected in the same manner as is required for the building of sidewalks.

(Code 1970, 25‑7)

Any person who shall leave or allow to be left any implements, tools, boxes, merchandise, goods, trash cans, crates, corn poppers, peanut roasters, ice cream containers, advertising, show cases or any other obstructions to the use thereof by the public on any of the sidewalks or other public ways of this City longer than is necessary for loading or unloading the same, shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a violation of this code.

(Code 1970, 25‑8)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place or deposit any building materials in the streets or alleys, or to use such streets or alleys in any manner for building material without first securing permission from the Mayor and City Council to do so. Such person shall provide an amber light on the same, from one‑half hour after sunset to one‑half hour before sunrise to illuminate the obstruction and give warning to the drivers of vehicles. Any person who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this code.

(Code 1970, 25‑9)

Any person or entity that violates any provision of this Chapter, other than Section 14‑106, is guilty of a public offense; and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum to not exceed $500.

(Ord. 2333)