No person shall, in the city, without written consent from the City Council, set up or cause to be set up any awning or other posts, on any street, alley or sidewalk, or any sign, sign box or fixture, which shall extend over or upon any sidewalk, or suspend any merchandise or other articles in front of any house more than two feet from the wall thereof, and so that any part of the same shall be less than eight feet above the ground or pavement.
(1999 Code, § 98.07) Penalty, see § 10.99