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(A) Closure of sidewalks. When the use of a construction canopy results in the total closure of a sidewalk, signs must be provided warning pedestrians that the sidewalk is closed. The signs must be printed in a type size no less than 4 inches in height, must be located at appropriate adjacent intersections and must also be attached to both sides of the construction canopy. The permittee is responsible for maintaining the signs for the life of the construction project.
(B) Closure of bicycle lanes. When the use of a construction canopy results in the closure of a bicycle lane, signs must be provided warning bicyclists of the lane closure and warning vehicles of the need to yield to the bicyclists. The signs must be of a type as designated by the department of transportation. At a minimum, the lane closure signs must be located on both sides of the street in the direction of the approach to the construction canopy at a point 600 feet and 300 feet in front of the construction canopy. In addition, lane closure signs must be attached to the end of the construction canopy facing the approaching bicycle traffic. At a minimum, the yield to bicyclist signs must be located on both sides of the street in the direction of the approach to the construction canopy at a point 100 feet and 50 feet in front of the construction canopy. In addition, yield to bicyclist signs must be attached to the end of the construction canopy facing the approaching bicycle traffic. The permittee is responsible for maintaining the signs for the life of the construction project.
(Added Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 7.1; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. IX, § 1)
In any building operation which would require the driving of vehicles or equipment upon or across any public sidewalk abutting the premises, the applicant shall obtain from the commissioner a certificate of prior inspection which shall state the condition of the sidewalk before construction is started. The commissioner is hereby authorized to charge a fee of $10.00 for each such prior inspection, to estimate probable damage that might be caused to such public sidewalk by the driving of vehicles or equipment thereon, and to require a deposit by the applicant of moneys sufficient to restore said sidewalk to a condition as good as it was before construction was started.
When the commissioner receives satisfactory proof that the affected sidewalk has been restored to a condition equally as good as before the permitted work, he shall certify this fact to the city comptroller. The comptroller shall thereupon direct the city treasurer to refund the amount deposited in connection with the permit.
(Added Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 7.1)
ARTICLE VI. LAMPPOSTS AND LAMPS (10-28-290 et seq.)
The commissioner of streets and sanitation is hereby authorized and directed to accept, on behalf of the city, all bills of sale presented to him by any person doing business in the city conveying, assigning, or transferring to the said city the ownership of any electric light poles and telegraph poles having streetlighting equipment of the city, which the said commissioner of streets and sanitation shall deem necessary or desirable for the use of the said city.
The commissioner of streets and sanitation shall, upon the acceptance of any such electric light poles, telephone poles or telegraph poles, cause all previous marks of ownership to be removed, and shall immediately thereafter remark same indicating the city's ownership of said poles.
(Prior code § 34-22)
The commissioner of streets and sanitation is hereby authorized to install a device on street lamps, brackets, or poles of the city for the purpose of diverting direct rays of light which interfere with the comfort or are detrimental to the health of any person residing near such lamp and on the same side of the street, whenever said commissioner of streets and sanitation shall find that the aforesaid conditions exist; provided an application for such installation is made and the applicant therefor pays in advance to the city the sum of $2.00 to cover the cost of the installation of such device, and the sum of $1.00 to cover the cost of the maintenance of such device for a period of one year. Such device may be maintained by the city after the first year upon the payment in advance of the sum of $1.00 to cover the cost of such maintenance. All devices installed under the provisions of this section shall remain the property of the city and shall be removed by the commissioner of streets and sanitation whenever he shall find that the same interfere with the proper lighting of the street or that the conditions requiring the installation no longer exist.
No person other than the duly authorized employees of the department of streets and sanitation shall place or attempt to place on any such post any device for the obstruction of the light of a street lamp of the city or shall interfere with a device placed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(Prior code § 34-24)
No person, unless authorized by the proper authority, shall at any time light or extinguish, or cause to be lighted or extinguished, any street lamp of the city. Any contractor who shall wilfully neglect to light any such lamp which he has contracted to light shall be liable to a fine of not more than $10.00.
(Prior code § 34-25)
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