(A) The intent of these standards and requirements is to ensure safe access and movement for pedestrians and motorists alike, and to ensure uniform placement, aesthetics, and maintenance, while protecting city liability when the items are placed within public right-of-way. It is not the purpose of this section to prevent those encroachments which serve a public purpose, such as public telephones and news racks, from using the public highway but only to regulate the uses to the extent necessary to protect the public safety.
(B) For those commercial uses such as sidewalk sales, the purpose is to ensure not only the public safety but also that public property is not allowed to be used by the permittee to gain an unfair economic advantage over competitors. For that reason time and use restrictions will be imposed.
(Prior Code, § 18-3-1)