660.23 SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS; DAMAGE OR INJURY.
   (a) No person shall encumber any street or sidewalk or, being the owner, occupant or person having care of any building or lot of land bordering on any street or sidewalk, permit the same to be encumbered with barrels, boxes, cans, articles or substances of any kind, so as to interfere with the free and unobstructed use thereof.
    (b) No person shall use any street or sidewalk area, including the lateral strip area between the street and sidewalk, for the display or sale of merchandise or for any advertising display.
   (c) In the transportation of any goods, materials or equipment across any sidewalk, efficient temporary planking shall be used to protect the sidewalk from breakage and such temporary planking shall be removed at the close of each working day and the surface of the sidewalk immediately cleaned and left in a passable condition.
(Ord. 1961-71. Passed 11-14-61.)
   (d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.