660.05   STREET AND SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION; DAMAGE OR INJURY.
   (a)   Cleaning and repairing.
      (1)   No owner of any lot or land abutting upon any street shall refuse, fail or neglect to repair or keep in repair and free from nuisance and obstruction, the sidewalk in front of such lot or land after due notice of a resolution of Council ordering the repair of the sidewalk, the removal of the obstruction or the abatement of the nuisance.
      (2)   If the owner or person having charge of the land fails to comply with the notice, Council shall cause the sidewalks to be repaired. All expenses and labor costs incurred shall, when approved by Council, be paid out of City funds not otherwise appropriated. Council shall make a written return to the County Auditor of their action, with a statement of the charges for their services, the amount paid for labor, the fees of the officers serving the notices and a proper description of the premises.
   Such amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, be a lien upon the lands from and after the date of the entry and be collected as other taxes and returned to the City with the General Fund.
   (b)   Ice and snow. The owner of every parcel of real estate in the City abutting upon any sidewalk shall keep the sidewalk abutting his premises free and clear of snow and ice and shall remove therefrom all snow and ice accumulated thereon within a reasonable time, which time will ordinarily not exceed twelve hours after the abatement of any storm during which the snow and ice may have accumulated.
   (c)   Unloading on street, sidewalk. No person shall unload any heavy material in the streets of the City by throwing or letting the same fall upon the pavement of any street, sidewalk or other public way, without first placing some sufficient protection over the pavement.
   (d)   Dropping or tracking substances.
      (1)   No vehicle or conveyance shall be driven or moved on any street in such a manner that sand, dirt, rubbish or any offensive substance is dropped, sifted or tracked upon any street or sidewalk except that water or any other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
      (2)   The owner or operator of a vehicle or conveyance shall remove any sand, dirt, rubbish or any offensive substance dropped, sifted or tracked on any street or sidewalk upon request of a police officer.
   (e)   Materials on street or sidewalk. No person shall encumber any street or sidewalk or, being the owner, occupant or person having care of any building or lot of land bordering on any street or sidewalk, shall permit the same to be encumbered with barrels, boxes, cans, articles or substances of any kind, so as to interfere with the free and unobstructed use thereof.
   (f)   Protecting sidewalks. In the transportation of any goods, materials, or equipment across any sidewalk in the City, efficient temporary planking shall be used to protect the sidewalks from breakage. The temporary planking shall be removed at the close of each working day and the surface of the sidewalk immediately cleaned and left in a passable condition.
   (g)   Merchandise displays. No person shall use any street or sidewalk area, including the lateral strip area between the street and sidewalk, for the display of merchandise or for any advertising display without the written permission of the Mayor.
(Ord. 1341. Passed 10-15-56.)
   (h)   Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.