(a) (1) Except as otherwise specifically permitted by this Code, no person shall use any public way for the storage of personal property, goods, wares or merchandise of any kind. Nor shall any person place or cause to be placed in or upon any public way, any barrel, box, hogshead, crate, package or other obstruction of any kind, or permit the same to remain thereon longer than is necessary to convey such article to or from the premises abutting on such sidewalk.
(2) For the purpose of receiving or delivering merchandise, no person shall occupy more than four (4) feet of the outer edge of the sidewalk in front of the store or building where such merchandise is being received or delivered.
(3) No person engaged in the business of repossessing motor vehicles of any type shall store or park any such repossessed vehicle on the public way. Any person violating any provision of this subsection (a)(3) shall be subject to a fine of $500.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $250.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 34-6; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-05, p. 44132, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-07, p. 105047, § 17; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28654, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 81917, § 4)