(a) No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a sidewalk, playground or other public place any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage property of another or injure any person or animal traveling along or upon such sidewalk, playground or other public place.
(b) No person shall walk on, or allow any animal upon, or injure or deface in any way, any soft or newly laid sidewalk pavement.
(Ord. 05-96. Passed 1-23-96.)
(c) No person shall place, deposit or maintain any merchandise, goods, items, signs, equipment, or material of any kind upon any public sidewalk or treelawn area, except for such reasonable time as may be actually necessary for the delivery or pick-up of articles. In no case, however, shall an article remain on such sidewalk for more than one hour for delivery or pick-up purposes. For purposes of this section, “treelawn” means the area, whether or not it is paved, located between the curb of the public street and the edge of the public sidewalk or, in the event the public sidewalk does not exist, to the edge of the public right-of-way which has been dedicated to the City for public purposes. The placement of items and materials by the City, the State, other political subdivisions of the State, or public utilities with the permission of the City, which are necessary for the furtherance of the functions of such governmental entities or public utilities, is exempt from this section.
(Ord. 24-01. Passed 3-27-01.)
(d) No person shall unload upon, or transport any heavy merchandise, goods, items, signs, equipment or material of any kind over or across any sidewalk or curb without first placing some sufficient protection over the pavement to protect against damage or injury. The affected area shall be rendered safe and free from danger.
(e) No person shall allow any cellar or trap door, coal chute or elevator or lift opening in any sidewalk to remain open without providing suitable safeguards to protect and warn pedestrian traffic of the dangerous condition.
(f) Whoever violates any provision of this section or participates in such violation is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. In the event the person responsible for the placement, deposit or maintenance of such merchandise, goods, material, items, signs or equipment refuses to remove any such article after having been given notice to do so by the City, the City is hereby empowered to remove such item. The offender shall, in addition to any fine or other penalty imposed, be required as part of his sentence to pay the costs of removal and storage of such merchandise, goods, items, signs, equipment or material.
(Ord. 05-96. Passed 1-23-96; Ord. 76-2003. Passed 9-23-03.)