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No person shall use any of the sidewalks, streets or alleys within the City for the storage, keeping or displaying thereon of any goods, wares, merchandise, produce, provisions, vegetables, boxes, barrels or showcases without first obtaining the permission of the City Council to do so. The storing, keeping or displaying of any article hereinbefore mentioned on any public sidewalk, street or alley without first having secured the permission of the City Council as hereinbefore provided is hereby declared to be and constitute a public nuisance and in addition to the penalties provided for this Code, proceedings may be instituted in the Circuit Court of the County for the abatement of the nuisance. No such permission as hereinbefore provided shall be granted by the City Council to any person, until proof of public liability insurance, running to the benefit of the City, in amounts not less than $100,000.00 and $300,000.00 is filed by the person.
(Ord. 100, passed 8-3-1909; Ord. 1799, passed 8-24-1964)
No person shall move or assist in moving any building into, along or across any street, lane or alley within the City without having first obtained permission of the City Council, and then only by the route and under the direction of the City Administrator, who shall make such orders and directions as the safety and convenience of the public may require.
(Ord. 100, passed 8-3-1909)
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any vehicle, wood, timber, rubbish or any other obstruction or encumbrance in any of the streets, lanes or alleys of the City at any time without special permission of the City Council. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and police officers to remove all such obstructions at the expense of the person creating or causing the same.
(Ord. 100, passed 8-3-1909)
No person shall cut, keep or have any opening through any sidewalk over any area, vault or window without having the same safely and securely covered, and in case the same shall be covered with a grating, the space between the bars shall not exceed one inch in width.
(Ord. 100, passed 8-3-1909)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to play ball, or hockey, or to throw or catch for sport, practice or pastime any ball or puck upon any street or alley within the City, in such a manner so as to impede the flow of traffic.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain in the public right-of-way a sporting accessory in such a manner that the sporting accessory is impeding the flow of traffic or that persons using the sporting accessory are impeding the flow of traffic.
(c) It shall also be unlawful for persons utilizing or participating in an activity involving a sporting accessory to impede the flow of traffic.
(1) Definition. For purposes of this section, SPORTING ACCESSORY shall be defined as portable basketball pole, backboard or hoop, portable hockey net or other portable sporting equipment which when placed in the street would impede the flow of traffic.
(2) Penalty. Violation of this subsection (c) shall result in a progressive penalty. A person shall be fined $25.00 for the first offense and shall be fined double the amount for each subsequent offense.
(d) Community and charitable organizations may seek a waiver of enforcement for certain events. This waiver may be received from the City Clerk.
(Ord. 120, passed 8-3-1909; Ord. 3437, passed 6-14-1999; Ord. 3769, passed 5-24-2010)
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