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No person shall place or cause to be placed on or in any street, sidewalk, lane, alley or public sidewalk or public ground any material for building purposes until he has obtained a permit to do so from the Building Inspection Department. The permit shall be permission to occupy that portion of sidewalk, street, lane, alley or public ground necessary for the storage of building materials during construction of or remodeling of a structure and not in conflict with any other provisions of Chapter 903. All such permits shall be reported to the Director of Public Safety at least forty-eight hours prior to such occupation so that any necessary safety precautions may be taken.
(Ord. 346-76. Passed 8-30-76.)
(Ord. 346-76. Passed 8-30-76.)
Every person receiving a permit as required by Section 903.03 shall, from the time of placing any material upon any street, sidewalk, lane, alley or public ground, place, keep and maintain at his expense at or near such material, not fewer than two signal lanterns and as many more as shall be necessary, and shall keep the same lighted so that the material or obstructions so placed can at all times or hours of the night be seen by persons passing or near such material or obstructions, and such signal lanterns shall be kept lighted every night from dusk until daylight the next day, as long as any material or obstructions so placed remain there.
(1964 Code §519.19)
(1964 Code §519.19)
Material for building purposes permitted to be placed upon any street, lane, alley or public ground as provided in Section 903.03 shall be so located as to not interfere with the free flow of water upon any street, lane, alley or public ground.
(1964 Code §519.20)
(1964 Code §519.20)
Before the wall of any building abutting upon parts of any street between Sixth Street on the north and Sixth Street on the south, and between Shorb Avenue on the west and Cherry Avenue on the east, both sides of all above-named streets, inclusive, shall be erected or taken down or altered, a coverage passageway shall be constructed between the curb line and the property line not less than five feet in width, and shall be kept free and clear from any obstructions, and shall be kept open for free and uninterrupted use by pedestrians. The passageway shall be enclosed by a proper and sufficient covering, the roof of which shall be at least eight feet from the surface of the sidewalk. The sides and roof shall be of sufficiently heavy construction to protect pedestrians from any falling building or other material, the sides to be composed of not less than four inch by four inch standards, nor more than eight feet from center to center, with a handrail on the side nearest the middle of the street and the side next to the building covered with material of not less than seven-eighths of an inch in thickness and the roof composed of material not less than one and three-fourths inches in thickness. No advertising of any kind shall be placed on such covered passageway.
(1964 Code §519.21)
(1964 Code §519.21)
(a) No person, being the owner, tenant or otherwise in control of or having legal responsibility for any real property, shall have or permit on any lot, vegetation of any nature, to include, but not limited to bushes, shrubbery, hedges, evergreens, trees, plants, grass or weeds, which shall in any manner obstruct the safe view of a driver of a vehicle to traffic at any intersection.
(b) The owner, tenant or other person otherwise in control of or having legal responsibility for any real property shall be responsible for the removal of any vegetation on his property which shall in any manner obstruct the safe view of a driver of a vehicle to traffic at any intersection.
(c) Property owners must trim all vegetation within the intersection sight triangle to a height no greater than three feet high. The intersection sight triangle and intersection sight distance specifications shall be based upon the most current version of the ODOT Location and Design Manual, Vol. 1, - Roadway Design.
(d) If the Director of Public Safety determines that there is a violation of Section 903.07, the Director will order the property owner to correct the condition within ten days, and that if they do not, then Canton will do so at the property owner's expense. The order will also inform the property owner of their right to appear under paragraph (g), and the potential penalties under Section 903.99.
(e) If any owner, tenant or person otherwise in control of or having legal responsibility for any real property, fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee, shall effect the removal of any offending vegetation from the property which obstructs the safe view of a driver of a vehicle to traffic at any intersection. For such purpose, the Director may employ city employees or a private entity.
(f) All expenses effecting the removal of any offending vegetation pursuant to this section, including the costs of inspection, record search, notification and billing, so incurred by the city, shall be recorded by the Director of Public Safety, or designee, who shall also mail a statement thereof to the owner of such land if a current address is known. If after thirty days the amount remains unpaid, Council, by ordinance shall certify the total amount of the expenses, the name of the owner of the land, and a sufficient description of the premises, to the County Auditor to be entered upon the tax duplicate to be lien upon such land from the date of entry, and to be as other taxes and assessments and returned to the appropriate fund.
(g) Any person affected by an order under Section 903.07 or an assessment hereunder may file an appeal with the Director of Public Safety no later than 30 days after the date of the order or assessment. The appeal must include the appellant's name, address, phone number, and. a brief statement of the grounds for the appeal. The Director must set a time for a hearing when the appellant will be given an opportunity to be heard and show cause why the order or assessment should be modified or dismissed. The Director may affirm, modify, or dismiss the order or assessment. If the appellant fails to appear, the Director may dismiss the appeal.
(Ord. 87-2018. Passed 4-16-18.)
No public utility doing business in the City, or any of its officers, agents or employees, shall place or cause to be placed, service poles in any of the streets of the City without having first obtained the written permission of the Director of Public Service as to the location of poles already in the streets as well as to the installation of new poles.
(1964 Code §519.60)
All utility companies and other persons erecting or maintaining poles upon the public streets, sidewalks or other public places shall paint or stencil such poles with the name of the company, firm or person owning or operating such pole, in a plain and legible manner. Such painting or stenciling shall be kept at all times in such a condition that it can be plainly read.
(1964 Code §519.61)
The City Engineer shall calculate all assessments against corner lots in residential districts in accordance with the following plan:
(a) In residential districts under the Zoning Code where the size of the lot is such that the Zoning Code prohibits the erection of more than one dwelling, the assessment for paving or repaving a roadway shall be calculated for forty percent of the foot frontage of the long or side dimension of the lot and the remaining sixty percent shall be added to the City's share of the cost of the improvement.
(b) Where the lot in a residential section under the Zoning Code has sufficient area for the erection of two or more dwellings under the Zoning Code, the assessment for paving or repaving a roadway shall be calculated for sixty percent of the foot frontage of the long or side dimension of the lot and the remaining forty percent shall be added to the City's share of the cost of the improvement.
(1964 Code §213.07)
(a) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor and fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(b) If a permit has been issued pursuant to Section 903.03 through 903.05 it shall be revoked at the discretion of the Director of Public Service and it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Service and police to prevent the placing of any building material or other matter upon any street, lane, alley or public ground, except in accordance with a permit issued under this chapter, and to cause the removal of any material placed thereon without such permit.
(Ord. 158-79. Passed 5-14-79.)