(a) No person shall obstruct or cause to be obstructed any street, alley or sidewalk within the City. This does not prohibit the reasonable and necessary use of part of the streets or sidewalks, for the purpose of depositing building materials in front of or in rear of buildings in process of erection or repair.
(b) No person shall place building materials upon any street, alley or sidewalk without permission of the City Engineer and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the City. Where necessary to properly protect the public in the night time, lighted amber lamps shall be placed about such materials.
(c) When any street, alley or sidewalk is obstructed so as to impede or interfere with the free use thereof, the Chief of Police, or his designee may remove such obstruction to some suitable place.
(d) The cost of removing such obstruction may be recovered from the person causing the obstruction if the City gave such person notice to remove the obstruction, within 24 hours from the receipt of the notice.
(e) Section 6-48 of this Code addresses obstruction of streets prohibited.
(`91 Code, § 8-64)