(A) No person or persons, firm, or corporation, shall make or cause to be made any obstruction upon or about any sidewalk, street, alley, park, or other public place of the city, or interrupt the free use or passage of the same, or suffer to remain upon any sidewalk immediately adjacent to the premises occupied by such person or persons, firm, or corporation, any obstruction for a period longer than three hours. No person or persons, firm, or corporation, shall provide or cause to be provided any seating area or accommodation upon or about any sidewalk except by means of a bench, unless such person or persons, firm, or corporation shall be serving food or beverages pursuant to a permit issued by the Jefferson County Health Department, in which such case seating providing the use of a table may be permitted. If the use of outdoor seating is permitted, the person or persons, firm, or corporation must clear a pathway of at least 36 inches on the sidewalk. However, a portion of the sidewalk not to exceed one-third the width, may be used by the occupant of the premises immediately adjacent thereto, for the stacking or grounding of boxes, wood, barrels, coal or other fuel, lumber, brick, stone, or other materials or articles, for a necessary and reasonable time, after which same shall be removed from the sidewalk by such occupant. Further, all necessary materials used in the repair or construction, or made by the removal or tearing away of any building, may be placed upon the sidewalk and not to exceed one-third of the street immediately adjacent to such premises, when a permit has been issued granting the right to make such repair, construction, removal, or the like of the building contemplated on such premises but only for the time specified in the permit and no longer. If scaffolding is required for repair or construction, the person or persons, firm, or corporation shall make a request to the City Building Inspector and he or she shall approve, deny, or suggest modifications to said request. Anyone who disagrees with the City Building Inspector's decision shall appeal to the Board of Public Works and Safety in writing.
(B) Whenever the excavation, construction, or repair of any building, lot, street, sidewalk, or public way interferes with normal pedestrian or vehicular traffic thereon, an alternative route shall be provided by the business, company, or persons causing such interference in accordance to rules established by the Building Inspector.
(‘66 Code, § 130.03) (Ord., passed 5-4-05; Am. Ord. 1998-11, passed 9-8-98; Am. Ord. 2014-14, passed 9-2-14) Penalty, see § 10.99