(A) (1) The Superintendent of Streets shall keep the streets and crossings in good repair. He or she shall keep all sewers, gutters and culverts open and in repair, and shall keep weeds down along any street or sidewalk when necessary.
(2) This section shall not be construed to relieve the owner or occupant of premises in the city from keeping the weeds down and other obstructions off the sidewalk in front of his or her premises.
(B) (1) The Superintendent of Streets shall take special care to protect and preserve the public property and, upon the alarm of fire, he or she shall be prompt in his or her attendance and use such means as he or she deems best to preserve the sidewalks and other property from destruction.
(2) He or she shall see that the grades of streets, established by the city, are preserved and that no stone or other monument for perpetuating grades, corners or lines of any lot, street or sidewalk is removed from its established place.
(3) He or she shall remove and abate any nuisance that may exist at the cost of the party causing or suffering the same, if known, otherwise at the expense of the city.
(4) He or she shall report to the Mayor or Chief of Police all violations of the city ordinances that may come to his or her knowledge.
(C) When it shall be necessary, in grading or repairing any street or alley within the city, to remove the earth from any street or alley for the purpose, and it can be done without injury to the property adjoining, the Superintendent of Streets, under direction of the Committee on Streets and Alleys, is hereby authorized to cause the earth to be removed to a place as he or she may deem for the best interest of the city.
(D) (1) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Streets, under the direction of the Mayor and of the Committee on Streets and Alleys, to open and keep in good repair and clear of all obstructions, all streets, alleys, avenues and sidewalks in the city, superintend all repairs and improvements upon them ordered by the City Council or, in his or her judgment, necessary to be made.
(2) He or she shall confer with and secure the concurrence of the Mayor and the Committee on Streets and Alleys before making any extensive repairs or improvements.
(Ord. 551, passed 6-16-1942; Am. Ord. 576, passed 6-16-1942)