7-1-1: DEFINITIONS:

As used in this Chapter, the following definitions shall be applicable:

SIDEWALK: That portion of any street set apart for pedestrian use, except where such path crosses a street.

STREET: Any public thoroughfare, street, road, avenue, boulevard or alley in the City. (1944 Code § 85)

7-1-2: SUPERVISION:

All public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public ways in the City shall be under the supervision of the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director shall have supervision over all work thereon, and the cleaning thereof, and shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinance provisions relating to such public places (except traffic ordinances) and is hereby authorized to enforce such ordinances. (1944 Code § 86)

7-1-3: CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS:

   A.   Permission Required; Application: It shall be unlawful to construct or lay any pavement on any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public way, or to repair the same without first having secured permission therefor. Application for such permission shall be made to the Public Works Director and shall state the location of the intended pavement or repair and the extent thereof. (1944 Code § 87; 1997 Code)

   B.   Specifications: All street and sidewalk pavements shall be made in conformity with specifications laid down or approved from time to time by the Council. (1944 Code § 88)

   C.   Injury To New Pavements: It shall be unlawful to walk upon or drive any vehicle or animal upon, or injure, any newly laid street or sidewalk pavement while the same is guarded by a warning sign or barricade or to knowingly injure any soft newly made pavement. (1944 Code § 89)

   D.   Repairs: All public street, alley and sidewalk pavement shall be in good repair. Such repair work, whether done by the City or by the abutting owner, shall be under the supervision of the Public Works Director. (1944 Code § 90)

7-1-4: EXCAVATIONS:

   A.   Permit Required; Application: It shall be unlawful to make any excavation in or tunnel under any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public place in the City, without having first secured a permit therefor. Applications for such permits shall be made to the City Clerk, and shall specify the intended location and the purpose of the excavation.

   B.   Restoration: Any person making such excavation shall refill the same properly and shall restore the surface to its condition before the excavation was made, as soon as possible. (1944 Code § 103)

   C.   Water Or Sewer Line Repairs; Fee: The fee for filling and repairing excavations in the street when made by the citizens of the City for repairs on water or sewer lines to their premises shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). (Ord. 72-34, 1-4-1972; 1997 Code)

   D.   Leaving Excavations Open: No person shall, in the City, keep or leave open any cellar door or grating of any vault, or shall keep or leave uncovered any other excavation on any highway, thoroughfare or sidewalk, or shall suffer any such door belonging to premises owned by him or her to be in an insecure position or condition, whereby passers-by may be in danger of falling into such cellar, vault or other excavation. (1944 Code § 104)

   E.   Excavations In Walks; Bridge Required: Whoever in the City shall excavate the walk of any street for building purposes, shall build, or cause to be built, a strong and substantial foot bridge along such excavation, outside of the gutter, adjacent to such excavated portion of the sidewalk; such bridge shall not be less than five feet (5') broad and securely protected by a substantial frame on each side, not less than three feet (3') in height, the boards or rails of which shall not be more than one foot (1') apart, so that foot passengers may pass over it safely and conveniently at all times. (1944 Code § 105)

   F.   Securing Excavations On Private Property: All holes, depressions, excavations or other dangerous places on private property within the City, that are below the natural or artificial grade of the surrounding or adjacent streets, shall be enclosed with a proper and sufficient fence or wall, and filled up so as to prevent animals and persons from falling into the same. It is hereby made the duty of the Public Works Director and/or Chief Of Police to notify the owners or occupants of the premises on which such dangerous places exist, to sufficiently enclose the same with a fence or wall, or cause the same to be filled within such time as they may deem the exigency of the case demands. (1944 Code § 106; 1997 Code)

7-1-5: BARRICADES AND LIGHTS:

   A.   Required: Any person laying or repairing any pavement on a street, sidewalk or other public place, or making an excavation in any such place, shall maintain suitable barricades to prevent injury to any person or vehicle by reason of the work. Such barricades shall be protected by a light at nighttime. (1944 Code § 93)

   B.   Disturbing: It shall be unlawful to disturb or interfere with any barricade or lights lawfully placed to protect or mark any new pavement or opening in any public street, alley or sidewalk. (1944 Code § 94)

7-1-6: REPORT DEFECTS:

It shall be the duty of every City officer or employee becoming cognizant of any defect in any street, alley or sidewalk, or any obstruction thereof, to report the same to the Public Works Director, as soon as possible. (1944 Code § 91)

7-1-7: PARKING AND OTHER USE OF PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY:

   A.   Parking of Passenger Cars And Light Trucks: It shall be unlawful for any person to park, store, abandon, place or otherwise leave any passenger car or trucks on a public street, alley or other public right of way unless that vehicle is:

      1.   Licensed;

      2.   Insured as required by the laws of the State of Illinois; and

      3.   Operable and capable of being moved under its own power.

   B.   Parking by Campers, Trailers, Heavy Trucks and Enclosed Recreational Vehicles: It shall be unlawful for any person to park, store, abandon, place or otherwise leave any camper, trailer, heavy truck or enclosed recreational vehicle on any public street, alley or other public right of way within the City of Barry without first obtaining written permission to do so from the City's Public Works Director. In granting such permission, the Public Works Director shall issue a permit authorizing temporary parking of such vehicle or trailer at a place designated in the permit for a period of time not to exceed fourteen (14) days and specified in that permit.

   C.   Obstructions: It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, create or maintain any obstruction of any street, alley, sidewalk or other public way with any object, vehicle, display or by any other means except as may be specifically authorized by ordinance or by the Public Works Director.

   D.   Obstruction of Drains: It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, cause to be obstructed or allowed to become obstructed any drain in any public street, alley or public right of way. (Ord. 2020-04, 6-1-2020)