(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, erect, build or cause to be placed, erected or built, or to suffer to remain in or upon any sidewalk, street, crossing, lane, alley or highway within the limits of the village, any fence, enclosure, box, vehicle or other obstruction of any kind or nature. (1909 Code § 6.18)
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to dig, plow, scrape or remove any earth, gravel or sand from any of the streets, alleys or sidewalks of the village so as to make any of them uneven, or to deposit, pour, empty, throw, pile or place into, on or upon any street, alley, avenue, sidewalk, gutter, drain or within or upon any public right of way in the village, any water, dirt, waste, grass, lawn clippings, glass, refuse, waste material, brush, trees, limbs, leaves, trash, shavings, chips, matter, rubbish, junk, garbage, or any other materials or personal property or refuse of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether abandoned or not, or any other article that might cause injury to any person, animal or property.
(C) No person or railroad company shall stop or leave standing any vehicle, railroad engine, car or cars in any street, sidewalk, crosswalk, road or other public thoroughfare within the limits of the village in such a manner as to obstruct the same; and when it shall be necessary to stop any railroad train, engine, car or cars on any such street or sidewalk for any time exceeding five (5) minutes, such cars shall be uncoupled and the cars shall be separated so that the same shall be the least possible obstruction to the public use of such street, sidewalk or thoroughfare.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any material whatsoever upon any public sidewalk, street, lane, alley, highway, or to burn any material whatsoever within any publicly dedicated right of way, within the limits of the village.
(E) No person shall deposit, cause to be deposited, release, store, place, cause to be placed or otherwise allow water, ice, or any liquid to be placed or remain on or upon any public street, alley, highway, sidewalk or within or upon all publicly dedicated rights of way within the corporate limits of the village.
(F) United States mailboxes and private newspaper receptacles are permitted within the publicly dedicated right of way. Garbage cans or garbage receptacles are permitted upon or within the publicly dedicated right of way only on the day appointed for garbage collection.
(G) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the village and its employees, agents and contractors while acting on behalf of the village. (Ord. 382, 11-12-1985; amd. Ord. 617, 5-13-2008; Ord. 637, 10-13-2009; Ord. 781, 12-13-2022)