(A) (1) It shall be the duty of the Planning and Development Director, or his or her designee, to notify all persons about to erect any buildings, sidewalks, walls, fences or any other structures or improvements near any public streets or alleys not to encroach upon the right-of-way for such public street or alley.
(2) If, in the opinion of the City Manager, any such encroachment is being or has been constructed upon the right-of-way for any public street or alley, he or she shall cause a survey of the line of such street or alley to be made by a competent surveyor; and, if the survey shall show that the street or alley is encroached by any such structures or improvements, the owner shall be required to pay the costs of the survey and be required to remove all encroachments within ten days of the date of written notice by the city.
(B) (1) This section shall not apply to mailboxes or newspaper boxes which are mounted on a single metal pipe not larger than two inches in diameter (or an equivalent size channel post) or on a single wooden post not larger than four inches by four inches or four and one-half inches in diameter and installed according to U.S. Postal Service requirements.
(2) Multiple mailbox installations shall be in conformance with “A Guide For Erecting Mailboxes On Highways”, published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on May 24, 1984, as amended.
(Code 2019, § 16-1) (Code 1961, § 14-1) (Ord. passed 4-25-2016) Penalty, see § 92.99