(a) No person shall erect, place or maintain, or aid or assist in the erection, placing or maintenance of, any obstruction in or upon any public street or sidewalk in the City. No person shall in any manner obstruct a street or sidewalk in the City or in any manner interfere with the lawful use of such street or sidewalk for public travel, without written permission of Council.
(b) No person shall permit any snow or ice to remain accumulated on sidewalks within the public right-of-way in the front, rear, or sides of any business, house, building, or lot owned, occupied or controlled by him or her longer than twenty-four hours after the same has fallen. Where either snow or ice has fallen or formed on any such sidewalk, the owner, occupant, or agent shall, within twenty-four hours after it has fallen or formed, remove the snow or ice in such a manner as to render the total width of the sidewalk safe for pedestrian travel thereon. If this does not occur, the Superintendent of Public Works shall cause the removal of the snow or ice in such a manner as to render the total width of the sidewalk safe for pedestrian travel thereon. The actual cost of snow and ice removal, including supervision and overhead costs, plus ten percent will result in a lien against the premises and shall be immediately placed on the utility billing in regard to said property, and if said billing remains unpaid, shall be collected in accordance with the regular procedures utilized by the City for collection of delinquent utility billings. In the event that the subject property does not have an existing utility account at the time of such removal, one shall be established in regards to said property.
(Ord. 62. Passed 2-16-59; Ord. 263. Passed 10-16-01; Ord. 299. Passed 2-5-08; Ord. 358. Passed 11-4-21.)