It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works and Utilities to notify all persons about to erect any building, sidewalk, wall or fence near the street or any public way not to encroach upon the street or public way and if, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works and Utilities, any obstruction is being, or has been, on any street or public way, the Director of Public Works and Utilities shall cause a survey of the line of the street or public way to be made by a competent surveyor, and if the survey shall show that the street or way is obstructed by any building, sidewalk, wall or fence, the owner shall be required to pay the costs of the survey, and be required to remove all obstructions at once; and no person who shall be found to have encroached on any street or public way by any building, sidewalk, wall or fence, shall refuse or neglect to remove the same upon notice from the Director of Public Works and utilities within one week from the date thereof.
(Prior Code, § 12-7) Penalty, see § 10.99