9-1-2: STREET OBSTRUCTIONS, ENCROACHMENTS 1 :
   A.   Goods, Wares, Merchandise: It shall be unlawful for any person to place upon or permit to be placed upon the sidewalks, parkways, streets and alleys of the city any goods, wares, articles of merchandise or any other obstruction, and leave same thereon. (1980 Code § 30-75)
   B.   Pedestrians Or Vehicular Traffic: It shall be unlawful for any person to use or obstruct the sidewalks of the city in any manner so as to interfere unduly with pedestrian traffic thereon, or to use or obstruct the streets and alleys of the city in any manner so as to interfere unduly with lawful traffic and parking thereon. (1980 Code § 30-76)
   C.   Excavations In Streets: Any person in the city who shall make or cause to be made any excavation in or adjoining a public place, or street, and shall not in some substantial manner secure the same from persons or animals falling therein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1980 Code § 30-77)
   D.   Vaults Unprotected: Any person who shall dig or cause to be dug, in any highway, thoroughfare or sidewalk in the city, any vault, hole or other excavation, and shall not arch or cover same over and secure the grating or covering of the opening thereof in such a manner as to prevent persons, animals, or vehicles from falling therein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1980 Code § 30-78)

 

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1. See sections 146 and 148 of the city charter.