No person shall place, throw, deposit or allow to accumulate or grow, or cause to be erected or placed on any street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, storm sewer, public or private drainage ditch or drainage structure or any other public, right-of-way, easement or public property, any rubbish, garbage, construction or demolition debris, landscaping debris, furniture, signs, large rocks or boulders, fences, posts, stakes, weeds, inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles, junk or scrap metal as hereinabove declared to be a public nuisance, or any other obstruction or encroachment of any nature, except for premises authorized by the city for such purposes. The presence of such liquids or substances in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, storm sewer, public or private drainage ditch or any public right-of-way or easement or property shall constitute a nuisance and is a violation of this subchapter. Every person owning, occupying or having control or management of any building or lot in the city shall also keep the sidewalk adjacent to such building or lot open and free from all ice, snow and other obstructions, barriers and impediments of every description. In addition to any other remedies in this chapter, any materials in violation of this section found on city streets, sidewalks, public ways, public or private drainage areas and other public property may be removed immediately by the city with or without notice to the property owner.
(Ord. 682, passed 5-12-2009) Penalty, see § 91.99