(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to hang, put, erect, project, suspend or in any manner place or maintain or permit to remain any sign, or thing of like nature, over, on or upon any sidewalk of the city or the curbing thereof, whether of wood, cloth, or of whatever material made or constructed, alongside, or however placed, which shall be less than seven feet above such sidewalk or which shall, in any manner whatsoever, impede, delay, incommode, endanger or inconvenience pedestrians in the free and uninterrupted use of such sidewalk or any part thereof, or in passing to and from the sidewalk to the street; provided, that this shall not be construed to apply to awnings.
(B) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(‘69 Code, § 19-4) (Am. Ord. 36 ORD 12-21, passed 12-9-21) Penalty, see § 99.99