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It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building in the city to collect the water from rain or melted snow which falls upon the roof of the building, into a gutter or trough and cast it, or allow it to be discharged, upon any public sidewalk in the city or to allow or permit water to run or drip upon any sidewalk in the city.
(Prior Code, § 23-4) Penalty, see § 101.999
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any goods or property of any kind or description, household goods excepted, at any public auction on the streets or street corners or on the sidewalks within the corporate limits of the city, except as authorized by the provisions of this code.
(Prior Code, § 23-6) Penalty, see § 101.999
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person being the owner, agent or occupant of any business room, building or premises in the city, to construct, erect or maintain any sign, signpost or sign support, bulletin board or other device for advertising purposes or a bicycle rack upon the streets or sidewalks of the city, except as authorized by the provisions of this code.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow the erection, placement and maintenance of any sign, display, advertising material or any object between the curb and the sidewalk of any street located within the city, except as authorized by the provisions of this code.
(Prior Code, § 23-7) Penalty, see § 101.999
Cross-reference:
Posting of bills and the like restricted, see § 90.01
(A) Any individual, company, or utility that desires to place any item, structure or physical object (including wires, cables, conduit, pipes, junction boxes, relays or other items) within any designated public right-of-way, public easement, thoroughfare, or property owned by the city (“public right-of-way”), must apply for a right-of-way permit for such work with the Lebanon Department of Planning and Zoning Administration (“department”).
(B) The department may establish reasonable fees for the permit application.
(C) The permit application must contain and include sufficient drawings and specifications detailing the work to be conducted and materials to be installed in the public rights-of-way.
(D) The permit application may only be approved after presentation to, and the approval of, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
(E) The TAC or department may provide that a bond be posted by the applicant in sufficient amount to provide for any reconstruction or damage to other structures in the public right-of-way.
(F) The permit application shall contain an acknowledgment that the applicant is financially responsible to the city or any other entity that incurs damage as a result of applicant’s work or installation in the public right-of-way.
(G) Any individual who performs work in a public right-of-way, or installs any structure or material in a public right-of-way without first obtaining a permit, or performs work outside the scope of any permit issued, as delineated above, shall be fined in an amount of $300 per day of violation for failure to comply with any of the terms or conditions of this section.
(Ord. 2012-16, passed 11-26-2012)
CURB AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
(A) The owner of any lot, part of lot or parcel of land within the city abutting upon any street or alley shall keep the sidewalk in repair in front of his or her respective lot, part of lot or parcel of land, and it shall be the duty of the Building Inspector of the city to have the sidewalk kept in repair.
(B) When the Building Inspector finds any sidewalk out of repair, he or she shall give the owner of the lot, part of lot or parcel of land in front of which the sidewalk is out of repair, notice in writing to repair the same within three days.
(C) If the owner shall fail or refuse to repair the sidewalk within the time specified in the notice or if the owner is a nonresident of the city, the Building Inspector shall proceed to repair the same.
(D) When repairs have been made by the Building Inspector as provided in division (C) of this section, the costs and expenses thereof shall be assessed against the lot, part of lot or parcel of land abutting on the sidewalk where the repairs are made, and the owner shall be given ten days’ notice in writing, if he or she is a resident of the city, to be served by the police, and if he or she is not a resident of the city, then by registered letter, of the fact that the repairs have been made, the amount of the expenses thereof, that the same has been assessed against his or her lot, part of lot or parcel of land and that he or she shall have the right to appear before the Common Council at the time and place to be specified in the notice and make any objection that he or she may have to the assessment. Upon hearing the objections, if any be made, the Common Council may alter or amend the assessment as justice may require or may confirm the same as originally made, and the same shall be a lien upon the lot, part of lot or parcel of land from the date.
(E) If the assessment is not paid within 20 days from the date of it confirmation, then the city shall proceed to foreclose the same in any court of competent jurisdiction as a mortgage is foreclosed, and in the action shall recover, in addition to the assessment, 6% interest thereon from the date of its confirmation, the costs of the proceedings and a reasonable fee for its attorney.
(Prior Code, § 23-31) (Ord. passed 7-27-1896; Ord. 80-14, passed 8-25-1980)
When any curb or sidewalk shall be built, repaired, relaid or replaced, all material removed from the excavation resulting therefrom shall be immediately removed from the site if it is not to be reused as fill, and material removed shall be hauled away and disposed of by the person doing the work. All openings must be maintained by the person licensed to make the opening, and proper barricades and danger lights shall be maintained by the person until the excavation has been restored.
(Prior Code, § 23-32) (Ord. 80-14, passed 8-25-1980) Penalty, see § 101.999
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to tamper with or in any way interfere with any grade stake for any curb or to deface or disturb any curb while in the process of construction.
(Prior Code, § 23-33) Penalty, see § 101.999
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