A. Injury To Official Marks: No person shall purposely break, change, remove, deface or otherwise injure any stake, post or stone, placed or set to designate the corner or line of any lot, block, land or street, or show the elevation of any street or sidewalk.
B. Injury To Street Signs, Lights: It shall be unlawful for any person to carelessly or maliciously break, deface, disturb, interfere with, carry away or in any way injure or destroy any street sign, standard, traffic signal or any electric lamp, or any part of, or appurtenance to any lamp, or light of any kind, used in, upon or about any street, alley or public place, or carelessly or maliciously break, injure, destroy or in any manner disturb or interfere with any telephone or telegraph wire, or any appurtenance thereto, at any place within the city 1
. (Ch. 10, 1956 Code)
C. Blocking Gutters, Culverts, Sewers, Hydrants: No person shall stop or obstruct the passage of water in any street gutter, public sewer, drain, culvert, water pipe or hydrant laid or placed in the city. Property owner shall be responsible for keeping culvert free of debris and maintaining the grass in the culvert area (i.e., similar to parkway areas).
Any replacement of, extension or alteration to existing culverts shall require the approval of the city engineer and the procurement of a permit from the director of community development. (Ord. M-22-89, 7-17-1989)
D. Blocking Sidewalks: It shall be unlawful to obstruct or block or impede passage upon any portion of any street or sidewalk, or to erect or place upon any portion of any street, sidewalk or parkway any booth, stand, tables or chairs, or any other obstruction without first obtaining a permit as allowed by this code. The director of community development shall issue permits under this section, and shall establish rules regulating the size, type, appearance, and placement of any obstructions on any street or sidewalk. (Ord. M-38-01, 7-16-2001)
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