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(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to take or move into or through any street or alley in the city, any traction engine, bulldozer or excavator without first obtaining a permit so to do, as required by this section.
(B) Any person desiring a permit, shall make application in writing to the City Clerk describing the route over which it is proposed to move any such traction engine or bulldozer or excavator. Before issuing any such permit provided for herein, the Clerk shall require a bond for not less than the sum of $500 with one or more sureties to be approved by the Clerk, conditioned to indemnify, save and keep harmless the city from and against all liabilities, suits, judgments, costs, damages and expenses which may in any way arise or come against the city in consequence of the granting of any such permit, and for the repair of any street or sidewalk that might be injured, and for the compliance of all provisions of this code pertaining to the moving of such traction engines and bulldozers or excavators in and across and through the streets of the city. Upon receiving such application and bond as required by this chapter, the Clerk shall issue a permit to the party applying for the same. The permit when granted, shall be delivered to the Street Commissioner, and such official notified when such traction engine or bulldozer or excavator is to be moved through or across the streets of the city.
(C) No person shall move any traction engine, bulldozer, or excavator across any pavement or sidewalk or brick crossing without first sufficiently planking the same so as to protect such pavement, sidewalk or crossing from damage. No person receiving any such permit shall, while running such traction engine, bulldozer or excavator, sound any whistle or allow any steam to escape in such manner as to annoy any person, and shall at all times have a competent person in charge thereof, and a person a sufficient distance in advance of such traction engine, bulldozer or excavator to warn persons of its approach and to provide for the safety of passing vehicles and persons; provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to engines or locomotives running on any railroad, sidetrack or switch in the city.
('71 Code, § 9-1-19) Penalty, see § 97.999
Every dedicated street (alleys excluded) intersection shall have a street light for which the city will pay the electric bill. If the distance between intersections is greater than 500 feet, then street lights will be placed so that the distance between lights is no greater than 500 feet. The type of light will be determined by the City Manager, or his designee, based on the recommendation of the utility company with respect to the most energy efficient light. Installation of lights and if necessary new poles will be subject to budget considerations. Priority for new lights and poles will be given to areas where residents pay the city for the initial cost of installing a new light and if necessary a new pole. This provision shall not be construed so as to give a right to any person to demand the installation of a street light or pole whether the light is requested for an existing street, a new subdivision or along a new street.
(Ord. 2807, passed 11-9-92)
As a way to honor Kewanee residents who died while serving our country in the armed services, there is hereby established an honorary street name sign program as described below. All honorary street name signs shall comply with the guidelines of this program. Honorary street name signs shall not have the effect of changing platted street names or official addresses.
(A) Application process.
(1) To request an honorary street sign designation, citizens must fill out an application for the sign.
(2) Members of the surviving family requesting the honorary sign must be Kewanee residents at the time of application.
(3) The person being honored must have been a Kewanee resident.
(4) The person being honored must have died in combat as determined by the U.S. Department of Defense.
(5) Applications are to be as promulgated by the City Manager.
(6) Completed applications shall be filed with the City Manager.
(B) Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee.
(1) In order to allow proper review of any honorary sign application received, there shall be created an advisory committee to be known as the Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee.
(a) The Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee shall consist of the following persons: Police Chief, Fire Chief, Public Works Department Head, City Manager, and one representative of the Kewanee Veterans Council.
(b) The Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee shall review all applications received, and make recommendations to the City Council as to type of honorary sign to be placed, if any; the location(s) of the sign; and the date for the unveiling ceremony for the sign.
(c) This Committee is advisory in nature only.
(2) The City Council reserves full and final authority regarding honorary street signs and the funding therefor.
(C) Approval process.
(1) Upon submission of an application, the Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee will provide a letter to the applicant acknowledging receipt of the application, and explaining the approval process.
(2) The Committee shall cause letters to be sent to residents living in the vicinity of the proposed honorary street sign location to inform them of the proposed sign.
(3) If approved, the honorary street sign will be installed on a street sign pole at both ends of a city block. The sign color shall be brown background with white letters and any other ornamentation as deemed appropriate.
(4) The applicant will be notified of the outcome of the application review. If an honorary street sign is approved by the City Council, the proclamation establishing the sign shall contain information as to the date of its installation and unveiling ceremony.
(D) Administrative list.
(1) To supplement the application process in division (A) above, there shall be maintained by city administrative staff a list of all those Kewanee residents listed by the U. S. Department of Defense as having died in combat.
(2) For those whose names appear on this administrative list but for whom no application as described in division (A) above has been submitted, the Honorary Street Sign Committee shall be the applicant, and signs shall be erected for those on the administrative list, subordinate to applications received per division (A) above, and subject to available funding as budgeted on an annual basis.
(Ord. 3604, passed 4-27-09)
OBSTRUCTIONS
(A) The owner, occupant or person in control of any building, fence, porch, steps, gallery or other obstruction which is now or may hereafter be erected or placed upon any street, avenue, alley or sidewalk or other public ground of the city, shall remove the same upon written notice of the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements, and any person failing or refusing to comply with such notice within ten days after being so notified shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
('71 Code, § 9-1-12)
(B) Whenever the owner, occupant or person in control of any building, fence or other obstruction upon any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk or public ground in the city shall refuse or neglect for a period of ten days after notice as prescribed in the preceding section to remove the same, or if the owner, occupant or person in control cannot be readily found for the purpose of such notice, the said Commissioner shall remove or cause to be removed such obstruction, and the expense thereof shall be recoverable from such owner, occupant or person in control. Every person who shall oppose or resist the execution of said Commissioner in such regard shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
('71 Code, § 9-1-13) Penalty, see § 97.999
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