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§ 53.010 OBSTRUCTING STREETS OR SIDEWALKS PROHIBITED
   No person shall obstruct any street or sidewalk with boxes, barrels, wood, or any other material.
(1986 Code)
§ 53.011 MUD, DEBRIS DEPOSITED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
   No person shall allow any debris or other material, including, but not limited to, gravel, dirt, mud, garbage, tree limbs, or branches, to be thrown, washed, or otherwise deposited upon any public sidewalk, street, or other public property.
§ 53.012 AWNINGS, PROJECTING SIGNS
   Every awning erected within the city shall be not less than or at least eight (8) feet above the pavement, and project not more than eight (8) feet from the building to which the same is attached. No awning shall be supported by posts erected on the pavement, or covered with wood or other solid material. It shall be unlawful to extend swinging signs from any building or to allow signs to project more than six (6) inches therefrom. This section shall not apply to electric signs where the same are erected not less than ten (10) feet above the pavement; further, the electric signs shall not be supported by posts erected on the pavement or street, nor extend beyond the pavement line, and shall not be solid in construction, nor shall any arm or part thereof be more than two (2) feet in width. No person shall erect such signs without first obtaining the permission of the City Council. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede or negate any requirements of the Historical District Commission.
(1986 Code)
§ 53.013 CELLAR CURBING OR DOOR NOT TO PROJECT ABOVE ADJOINING PAVEMENT
   No person shall erect or cause to be erected upon any street, alley, or sidewalk within the city, any cellar curbing or door which shall project above the adjoining pavement. No person having control of a cellar door or other opening in any street, alley, or sidewalk within the city, shall allow the same to remain open, or so out of repair that persons are liable to injury thereby.
§ 53.014 CLEARING SIDEWALKS OF SNOW
   Occupants of property within the city shall be and are hereby required within twenty-four (24) hours after each fall of snow to a depth of one (1) inch or more on the sidewalks abutting such property, to remove or cause to be removed the snow therefrom. Where property within the city is unoccupied, the owners thereof shall be required to so remove the snow from the sidewalks abutting thereon.
(1986 Code)
§ 53.015 CONSTRUCTION NEAR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
   (A)   Persons engaged in building or improving shall have permission to occupy so much of the street and sidewalk contiguous to the works, for a reasonable time, as may be necessary for the construction of the same; provided, that there shall be at all times space opposite the work for two (2) vehicles to pass.
   (B)   No person shall occupy or encumber any sidewalk, crossing, street, or depot grounds by standing, sitting, or remaining thereon, so as to obstruct the free and convenient passage of persons along the same. No person shall obstruct anyone in the prosecution of his lawful occupation.
(1986 Code)
§ 53.016 REMOVAL OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND DEBRIS
   No person or corporation engaged in building or improving, nor any gas, waterworks, or electric light company repairing its mains or pipes, shall fail to remove all dirt and material from the streets after the completion of the work, or to repair the injury done to the streets and pavements in the execution thereof, in a reasonable time. Any such person or corporation shall be required to pay the necessary costs and expense for the removal of said material, and the repair of the street and pavements. It shall be unlawful for anyone to leave any obstruction on the streets, sidewalks, alleys, or public ways of the city, or to leave any part of same torn up or unfit for public travel, unless the person shall place on same, in a conspicuous place, a red warning light lighted from twilight until daylight, at night, and necessary safeguards in daylight. Anyone violating this section shall be responsible and liable for all damages that may accrue because of such failure.
(1986 Code)
ARTICLE III. UNHEALTHFUL AND DISORDERLY ACTIVITIES
§ 53.020 GARBAGE, RUBBISH, OR JUNK VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any real estate in the city to allow garbage, rubbish, or junk vehicles or more than one (1) unregistered or unlicensed operative vehicle to be present on the property.
   (B)   Upon a determination that any of these conditions set out in paragraph (A) of this section exist, any duly authorized employee of the city may issue a citation and order the offending items to be removed or otherwise remedied, and the order shall be conformed to by the owner of the property.
   (C)   If any duly authorized employee of the city, after diligent search, is unable to locate or determine the owner of any property upon which any of the above mentioned conditions exist, the city shall cause the citation or order to be published in a local newspaper for two (2) consecutive weeks.
   (D)   Upon failure of the owner to comply with the order or if the owner cannot be determined or located after diligent search and notice herein provided for, any duly authorized employee of the city may have any of the conditions set out in paragraph (A) of this section removed at the owner's expense. This expense may be enforced against the property, and the city shall have a lien on the real estate whereon the conditions exist, which may be filed in the City Clerk/Treasurer's Office, and which shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as taxes.
   (E)   For purposes of this section, the term "junk vehicle" shall mean any vehicle which is mechanically incapable of being operated for at least ten (10) consecutive days immediately prior to the issuance of the citation described herein.
(1986 Code, Am. Ord. 97-01-02, passed 1-2-97; Am. Ord. 2000-04-06(D), passed 4-6-00; Am. Ord. 2003-07-17(B), passed 7-17-03; Am. Ord. 2013-06-20(A), passed 6-20-13)
§ 53.021 SPITTING, URINATING OR DEFECATING IN PUBLIC
   It shall be unlawful for any person to spit or expectorate upon any public sidewalk or the floor of any public building within the city, or to urinate or defecate upon any public sidewalk or roadway, the floor of any public building, or any other public place within the city not specifically designated for such activity.
(Am. Ord. 2020-08-06(B), passed 8-6-20)
§ 53.022 LAWN FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person or property owner to place, or allow to be placed, non-approved furniture or appliances on the exterior, including porches, on any property within the city.
   (B)   For purposes of this section, "non-approved furniture" shall be any furniture other than the following:
      (1)   Common non-absorbent outdoor furniture;
      (2)   Any other furniture designed solely for outdoor use.
   (C)   The prohibition against non-approved furniture or appliances in this section shall not apply to furniture or appliances that are placed on a fully enclosed or screened-in porch.
(Ord. 2003-07-17(B), passed 7-17-03)
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