It is unlawful for any person to place or store, maintain, or keep any boxes, barrels, crates, or other material upon any part or portion of any street, sidewalk, or alley, within the city; provided, that merchants and business persons shall have the right to place boxes, barrels, crates, and merchandise upon two feet of the outer portion of any sidewalk adjacent to their place of business, during the time the same are being loaded and unloaded, but none of the boxes, barrels, crates, or merchandise shall be permitted to remain upon a portion of the sidewalk for a longer period than two hours.
(Prior Code, § 97.023) Penalty, see § 10.999