A. Dumping In Streets: It is a misdemeanor for any person to throw or deposit in any public right-of-way any solid, recyclable, or yard waste, including but not limited to nails, dirt, glass, cans, discarded cloth or clothing, construction debris, metal scraps, garbage, leaves, grass or tree limbs, paper or paper products, shreds or rubbish, oil, grease, petroleum products or other automotive fluids or to empty any water containing salt or other injurious chemical thereon. It is a violation of this section to haul any such material inadequately enclosed or covered thereby permitting the same to fall upon the street.
B. Fires: It is a misdemeanor for any person to build or maintain a fire upon a public right-of-way.
C. Hazardous Materials: It is a misdemeanor for any person or right-of-way user to generate, store, dispose or transport to or over the right-of-way, any hazardous materials. Any and all hazardous materials in the right-of-way as defined in this chapter must be removed except as otherwise permitted by the Director.
D. Signs: It is a misdemeanor for any person to place or maintain a sign within any public right-of-way except as otherwise permitted by the Director.
E. Placing Snow Or Ice In A Public Right-Of-Way: It is a misdemeanor for any person not acting under a specific contract with the City or without written permission from the Director to remove snow or ice from private property or a private driveway and cause the same to obstruct, encroach upon, encumber, or interfere wholly or partially with any public right-of-way, including but not limited to a public roadway, street, sidewalk, walkway, bike or trail way, easement, park, or other public property.
Where permission is not granted by the Director, the City may remove the snow or ice from the public right-of-way and the person shall be initially responsible for payment of all direct and indirect costs of removing the snow or ice from the street. If not paid within thirty (30) days of invoice, collection shall be by civil action or assessment against the property as any other special assessment.
F. Separate Offense: Each day that any person continues in violation of this section shall be a separate offense and punishable as such.
G. Stormwater Ponds And Facilities: Stormwater retention requirements as set forth in titles 10 and 11 of this Code may not be satisfied by using ponding within the right-of-way or constructing new stormwater ponds or facilities within the right-of-way.
H. Access to Right-of-Way. In all residential zones with single family dwellings, a dwelling shall have only one access or driveway to access the Right-of-Way unless approved by the City Engineer except that lots with multiple street frontages may be allowed two accesses or driveways to access the Right-of-Way with a conditional use permit pursuant to section 10-5-2 of the City Code. (Ord. 2019-003, 3-19-2019; amd. Ord. 2022-011, 8-16-2022)