A. It is unlawful for any person to construct, maintain, or operate any building, sign, fence, post, gasoline pump, driveway canopy, tree, shrub, or other thing or structure on any right-of-way of or upon any street in the City of Purcell, and the constructing or maintaining of any such thing or structure on any right-of-way of or upon any such street shall constitute a public nuisance, which may be summarily abated by the city or its officers, agents, and employees in the manner provided in this section.
B. If the owner or person in possession of any building, sign, fence, post, gasoline pump, driveway canopy, tree, shrub, or other thing or structure on any right-of- way of or upon any street fails to remove such structure or thing as provided in subsection (A) of this section after receiving at least ten (10) days' notice from the city manager, or his designee, to do so is guilty of an offense against the city and subject to a tine in accordance with Section 1-12, as amended. Every day the owner or occupant fails, refuses, or neglects to mow and keep mowed such vegetation after the expiration of the ten (10) days' notice shall be and is a separate offense.
C. This section is not intended to prevent the construction or maintenance of any culvert or driveway as a means of ingress and egress to private property. The City shall have power to regulate the construction and maintenance of such culverts or driveways with due regard to the safety section of the traveling public and also drainage and maintenance of the streets.
(Code 1991, § 4-114; Ord. No. 17-12, § 2, 7-3-2017)