(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any lot or land abutting upon any street to refuse, fail or neglect to repair or keep in repair and free from nuisance and obstruction, the sidewalk in front of such lot or land after due notice of a resolution of City Council ordering the repair of such sidewalk.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person as owner, tenant, agent or employee to construct any new sidewalk, curb, gutter, catch basin or driveway apron or remove, repair or reconstruct any existing sidewalk, curb, gutter, catch basin or driveway apron without having first obtained a permit issued by the City Manager for such construction, removal, repair or reconstruction. Construction shall be in accordance with the State Department of Transportation 2019 Construction and Material Specifications, Item 608, Walks, Curb Ramps and Steps or latest edition thereof or to the satisfaction of the City Manager and conforming to construction standards and specifications promulgated by the City Manager for site specific situations.
(C) It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee or occupant of any real estate within the corporate limits of the city, fronting or abutting upon any street of public way along which a sidewalk has been constructed, to obstruct any portion of said sidewalk, except as hereinafter provided, by placing or permitting to be placed or remain thereon any barrel, box, bench, stand, table, crate, rack or other device for storing, displaying or creating goods, wares and merchandise, or apparatus used in his or her business, except that when said sidewalk is 12 or more feet wide, the occupier of the premises may use a space next to his or her property line not to exceed three feet wide, and when said sidewalks are over seven and less than 12 feet wide, not to exceed two feet wide, for the storage, deposit or display of his or her goods, wares or merchandise.
(D) It shall be unlawful for the owners of any railroad company operating or owning a railroad running into or to the corporation limits of the city to operate any train, cars, locomotive or engine so as to obstruct for a period of more than five minutes at any one time any street, sidewalk or other street crossing from any main switch, spur, wye or other railroad track in the city.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any red lanterns, barricades or other means placed on the streets and on construction projects, public or private in the city as a warning or protection for the public by persons unless authorized to remove the same nor shall any person willfully, carelessly or negligently destroy said lanterns or barricades.
(F) It shall be the duty of the owner, or occupant of each and every parcel of real estate in the city abutting upon a sidewalk to keep said sidewalk abutting his or her premises free and clear of snow and ice, and to remove there from all snow and ice accumulated thereon within a reasonable time, which will ordinarily not exceed 12 hours, after the abatement of any storm during which said snow and ice may have accumulated.
(G) It shall be unlawful for any person, being the operator or owner or in charge of any vehicle or equipment removing snow from private property, to deposit the snow upon any property except that from which the snow is removed.
(H) It shall be unlawful for any person, operator or owner of property to discharge or deposit snow by truck, plow, blower, shovel or other snow removal equipment onto any street, sidewalk, gutter, catch basin or highway except for accumulations which are necessary residuals of street or highway cleaning operations of the city or other public authority.
(I) It shall be unlawful for any person, operator or owner of property to discharge or deposit any leaves, weeds, grass clippings, cigarette butts or anything of an unsightly or unsanitary nature onto any street, sidewalk, gutter, catch basin or highway.
(J) It shall be unlawful to use the public thoroughfares and adjacent sidewalks of the city for the purpose of exhibiting commercially any dog, cat, goat, rabbit, elephant or beast of whatsoever nature or to erect, establish or maintain any commercial itinerant carnival organization for the purpose of profit; provided, however, if a petition, regularly signed by 80% of the property owners within an area 500 yards in circumference from the contemplated site of such carnival or exhibition, shall be presented to the City Council requesting permission to permit such carnival, then the City Manager shall issue a license to said enterprise; provided such enterprise shall give bond to the city in such amount as the City Manager shall deem proper.
(Prior Code, § 9.14.05) Penalty, see § 91.99