(A) Obstructions and encroachment prohibited. No person shall encroach upon or in any way obstruct or encumber any street, alley, sidewalk, public grounds or land dedicated to public use, or any part thereof, or permit such encroachment or encumbrance to be placed or remain on any public way adjoining the premises of which he or she is the owner or occupant, except as provided in division (B) below.
(B) Exceptions. The prohibition of division (A) above shall not apply to the following:
(1) Signs or clocks attached to buildings which project not more than six feet from the face of such building and which do not extend below any point ten feet above the sidewalk, street or alley;
(2) Awnings which do not extend below any point seven feet above the sidewalk, street or alley;
(3) Public utility encroachment duly authorized by state law or the Village Board;
(4) Goods, wares, merchandise or fixtures being loaded or unloaded which do not extend more than three feet on the sidewalk, provided such goods, wares and the like do not remain thereon for a period of more than two hours; and
(5) Excavations and openings permitted under § 90.05(B) of this code.
(C) Removal by village. In addition to any other penalty imposed, if the owner or occupant of the premises adjoining any unlawfully obstructed sidewalk shall refuse or neglect to remove such obstructions within 24 hours after notice from the Village Policeman to do so, it shall be the duty of the Village Policeman to remove such obstruction and make return of the cost and expense thereof to the Village Clerk who shall enter such cost on the next annual tax roll as a special charge against the property abutting such obstructed sidewalk, and such sum shall be levied and collected as other special taxes against real estate.
(Prior Code, § 14.01(6)) (Ord. passed 3-11-2009) Penalty, see § 10.99