(a) No person, firm or corporation in charge of premises or real property within the corporate limits of the City, whether as owner, tenant, lessee, occupant, or otherwise, shall allow in any way or permit the placement of permanent or portable recreational equipment, including but not limited to basketball goals, backboard, skate ramps, hockey nets or soccer nets, in the public right-of-way, including the sidewalk, driveway, apron, tree lawn and roadway.
(b) Following the receipt of written or verbal notice by the City Manager or his or her designee, or any police officer, the person in charge shall remove the equipment from the right-of-way forthwith. Said notice shall serve to put the recipient on notice with respect to the requirements of his Section and obviate the need for additional notice within one year of the date of the initial written or verbal notice.
(c) If the person in charge fails to remove the equipment from the right-of-way within twenty-four hours of being notified to do so, he or she is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense, and of a fourth degree misdemeanor if there is a second violation within one year of the commission of the first offense. Additionally, the City may cause the equipment to be removed from the right-of-way, and the person in charge shall be responsible for all removal and recovery costs.
(Ord. 2021-83. Passed 8-16-21.)