It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct or erect, or cause to be constructed or erected, any structure, and particularly any awning or similar structure, over any sidewalk or any part of any sidewalk of the city unless such structure be at least seven feet above the surface of such sidewalk; this restriction is in addition to other restrictions which now, or may in the future, apply to such structures.
(1995 Code, § 6-46) Penalty, see § 10.99