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It shall be unlawful to walk upon or drive any vehicle or animal upon, or injure any newly laid street or sidewalk pavement while the same is guarded by a warning sign or barricade, or to knowingly injure any soft, newly laid pavement.
(1969 Code, § 22-10) Penalty, see § 96.999
It shall be unlawful to injure any sidewalk, street, or alley pavement.
(1969 Code, § 22-11) Penalty, see § 96.999
USE OF WAYS; OBSTRUCTIONS; ENCROACHMENTS
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, create, or maintain any obstruction of any street, sidewalk, or other public way, except as may be specifically authorized by ordinance or by the Superintendent of Streets when necessary in an emergency or in connection with any lawful construction, repair, or removal work.
(1969 Code, § 22-12) Penalty, see § 96.999
Statutory reference:
Authority to prevent street obstructions and encroachments, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-80-3
(A) It shall be unlawful to obstruct any alley dedicated to public use by placing or permitting trash and garbage containers, fences, overhanging trees, or any other object which will interfere with the freedom of traffic along the alley or interfere with the passage of equipment for maintaining the alley.
(B) The Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements is authorized to remove all objects obstructing and interfering with the use and maintenance of the alleys of the city.
(1969 Code, § 22-13) (Ord. 1968-38, passed 9-23-1968) Penalty, see § 96.999
It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any building or structure which encroaches upon any public street or property.
(1969 Code, § 22-14) Penalty, see § 96.999
Statutory reference:
Authority to prevent street obstructions and encroachments, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-80-3
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AREA. The area lying between the project right-of-way limits and the platted street limits within which the city, by concurrence in the establishment of the project right- of-way lines, will permit the state to enter to perform all necessary construction operations.
ENCROACHMENT. Any building, fence, sign, or any other structure or object of any kind (with the exception of utilities and public road signs), which is placed, located, or maintained in, on, under, or over, any portion of the project right-of-way or the roadway right-of-way where no project right-of-way line has been established.
PERMISSIBLE ENCROACHMENT. Any existing awning, marquee, advertising sign, or similar overhanging structure supported from a building immediately adjacent to the limits of the platted street where there is a sidewalk extending to the building line and which does not impair the free and safe flow of traffic on the highway; the permissive retention of overhanging signs is not to be construed as being applicable to those signs supported from poles constructed outside the project right-of-way line and not confined by adjacent buildings.
PROJECT RIGHT-OF-WAY. The areas within the project right-of-way lines established jointly by the city, state, and the Federal Highway Administration which will be free of encroachments except as herein defined.
ROADWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY. The areas existing or acquired by dedication or by fee simple for highway purposes; also, the areas acquired by temporary easement during the time the easement is in effect.
(B) Encroachment prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect or cause to be erected, to retain or cause to be retained, any encroachment as hereinabove defined within the limits of the project right-of-way or roadway right-of-way where no project right-of-way lines have been established.
(1969 Code, § 22-14.1) (Ord. 1980-17, passed 4-28-1980) Penalty, see § 96.999
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