(A) No vehicles shall be authorized to drive or park on any unimproved surfaces in any city park facility, other than vehicles used for care and maintenance of the facility or fire and police vehicles performing official acts; or vehicles utilized in the performance of an official function open to the public.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any regulation, sign, signal or other device for controlling parking or traffic which has been established by the city.
(C) No person, firm or corporation shall obstruct a street or sidewalk, or the space vertically above the same, by placing therein anything whatsoever which will hinder or obstruct the passage of persons or vehicles in any manner whatsoever. Every hour the violation continues may, in the discretion of the judge of the city's municipal court, be held to be a separate offense. This section shall, however, be subject to the following limitations and exceptions:
(1) Public utility companies may place such reasonable number of poles as may be requisite for their business, but such poles shall be located or moved according to the directions and under the supervision of the director of public works.
(2) Merchants and others, while receiving goods or articles, may place the same on the outer margin of the sidewalk, using as much thereof as may be necessary and no more, if the public is not deprived thereby of the free, easy and comfortable use of the sidewalk. Such occupation of the sidewalk shall be for only such time as may be necessary for such reception or delivery. It shall be the duty of the police to see that the sidewalks are not so obstructed as to deprive the public of the use thereof as hereinbefore described. Police officers may require goods and other articles which, in their opinion, obstruct the sidewalk, to be moved at once. Vehicles in violation of this ordinance are subject to being towed. The registered owner of towed vehicles will be responsible for all towing/impound fees.
(3) Police, fire and ambulance or other emergency vehicles in the performance of an official function or duty.
(4) Barriers and lights to warn against danger from work on abutting property.
(5) When any work is being done on structures abutting on any street or sidewalk which may endanger persons passing along such street or sidewalk, barriers shall be placed across the way so as to prevent and warn persons against the danger. No bricks, slate or any other thing or substance shall be thrown off, from or out of such structure or any part thereof into the street or sidewalk, except within the space enclosed by such barriers. When any ditch is dug or excavation is made in or abutting a street or sidewalk, sufficient barriers shall be placed around and over the same to prevent persons from falling therein. During the nighttime while such excavation or opening is uncovered or unenclosed, sufficient lanterns or other noticeable lights shall be conspicuously placed so as to warn persons of such excavation or opening. In addition to any penalty imposed for a violation of this section, the person failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be responsible for all damages resulting therefrom.
(6) Restricted use of city streets. No activity conducted by any person in or upon any city streets or rights-of-way shall be located where such activity:
(a) Would block access to the entrance to any adjacent building or driveway;
(b) Would occupy more than half of the available sidewalk width;
(c) Is within ten feet of a fire hydrant, public telephone, fire escape, hospital, bus stop, loading zone, or the driveway of a police or fire station;
(d) Is within the portion of any street intended for the use of motor vehicles, unless a permit has been obtained from the city.
(e) Is within lanes reserved for use by fire and emergency vehicles, unless a permit has been obtained from the city and approved by the Fire Chief and Police Chief.
(f) Is within an area reserved to another person by a permit for a special event or community event, unless with the permission of the person to whom the permit has been issued.
(7) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or the provisions of the code of ordinances of the city, as amended hereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the city, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of $200 for each offense.
(Ord. O-17-845, passed 9-18-17)