(a) No person shall erect any stand or structure on or over any sidewalk in the city except as approved by Council by ordinance. Such ordinance shall:
(1) Include language to indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers and employees from and against all claims for injury or damage to persons or property arising out of or caused by the approved use of such City property;
(2) Prohibit any signage or advertising on the stand or structure;
(3) Require City approval of the appearance, placement and construction materials of the stand or structure;
(4) Require City approval of the purpose or use of the stand or structure;
(5) Require compliance with applicable City fire and safety codes and regulations; and
(6) Approve no stand or structure over fifty square feet in sidewalk space or seventy-five feet in airspace or which occupies more than fifty percent of the sidewalk width.
Such ordinance may include any other requirements Council may choose to include.
(b) No person shall put or place any box, barrel, crate, keg, lumber, brick or other article on any sidewalk in the city, which article would tend to obstruct the free use of such sidewalk, except articles used for the purpose of loading and unloading, removing or storing away.
(c) No person or entity shall occupy or use any sidewalk or portion thereof for the purpose of vending fruit, peanuts or any other food, article of merchandise, wares or publications, or for the purpose of selling soda, mineral or lemon water or any other drink or beverage of any kind, unless such person or entity is specifically granted a waiver, license or lease by the City Manager.
(Ord. 4783. Passed 9-23-97; Ord. 4995. Passed 10-11-06.)
(d) This section shall not prohibit the piling of material to be used in laying or repairing sidewalks, or the work of repairing and laying sidewalks, or the temporary placing of scaffolding or ladders for the repair of windows, shutters or roofs or for the painting of buildings.
(Ord. 4671. Passed 7-13-94.)