The owners and controllers of all buildings, fencing or improvements of any kind encroaching the public alleys of the urban county, and of all obstructions of any kind or description on such alleys and of all obstructions overhanging or projecting over the alleys, shall remove the same at once. Should the owner or controllers of such obstructions or encroachments fail or refuse to remove the same at once, the urban county engineer shall remove the same.
The owners or controllers of any obstruction or encroachment required to be removed by the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of five dollars ($5.00) for each day any such obstruction or encroachment is permitted to remain.