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(a) No smoking shall be permitted in the City Hall, the police station, the fire stations, the Service Department building or any other building owned or leased by the city.
(Ord. 1993-18, passed 4-6-1993)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1995-41, passed 4-3-1995)
(a) Permit required. No person shall use a motor vehicle or machine to plow or remove snow from private property in the city for a fee or charge of any kind without first securing a permit from the Public Works Division or Service Department for such vehicle.
(b) Application for permit.
(1) The following information shall be provided by any applicant using less than ten snow removal units for a snowplow operator's permit:
A. Name, home address, business address, state driver's license number, and telephone number;
B. Make, model, serial number, and state license plate number of the motor vehicle or machine to be used for snowplowing and removal, insurance company information and policy number.
(2) The application for a snowplow operator's permit for a company or applicant using less than ten motor vehicles and/or machines shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $5 for each motor vehicle or machine registered.
(3) The following information shall be provided by any applicant using ten or more snow removal units for a snowplow operator's permit:
A. Name, home address, business address, state driver's license number, and telephone number;
B. Make, model, serial number, and state license plate number of the motor vehicle or machine to be used for snowplowing and removal, insurance company information and policy number. Motor vehicles and machines shall have the name of the company prominently marked on their snow removal vehicles or machines.
(4) The application for a snowplow operator's permit, for ten or more snow removal units, shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $50 for companies or applicants using and registering ten or more motor vehicles and/or machines.
(c) Effective date; revocation of permit.
(1) A snowplow operator's permit shall be effective during the period from October 15 to April 15 of the following year. A permit issued in one such time period is not valid for a subsequent time period.
(2) A snowplow operator's permit is subject to revocation by the City Prosecutor upon the following grounds:
A. Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation made in applying for a snowplow operator's permit or made in the conduct of the snowplowing and removal business;
B. Failure to pay any fees as required by this chapter;
C. Violation of any ordinance of the city pertaining to business regulation or snow plowing and removal.
(d) Snow and dirt removal.
(1) Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land within the city, along the front or side of which a sidewalk is located, shall keep the sidewalk free from snow, ice, slush, dirt, mud or any other foreign substance, provided that no sidewalk shall be required to be cleaned more often than once in any one day nor before the hour of 9:00 a.m. next following the fall of any snow. The city has the option and right, at its sole discretion, but not the responsibility or duty to participate in snow removal from sidewalks in the right-of-way.
(2) No owner, occupant or person in control of a lot or land within the city, or their agent or employee, or any other person shall cause any snow removed from any premises, private property, drive, public parking area, or sidewalk, to be placed onto any portion of the traveled surface of any public street within the City of Solon, including pushing or mechanically blowing snow across city streets. Plowing across the street is prohibited. Snow shall remain on the property from which it originated.
(3) Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land shall keep the area around the mailbox clear and free of any obstruction so delivery from the post office can be maintained.
(4) No owner, occupant or person in control of a lot or land within the city, or their agent or employee, or other person shall cause snow to be removed from public or private property in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear access to fire hydrants within the city.
(e) Penalty. An owner, occupant, or person in control of any lot or land who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $50. Each day's continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(1964 Code, § 521.10) (Ord. 2021-122, passed 6-7-2021)
(a) (1) The owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land within the city shall keep all yard areas free from the accumulation in the open of paper, bottles, cans, cartons, rubbish and other debris.
(2) Operators of business establishments that sell food or other merchandise in containers that are customarily discarded on the premises or upon leaving the premises shall provide convenient and strategically located waste receptacles on their premises. Operators of business establishments shall maintain the cleanliness of the sidewalks and street areas in front of their establishments.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1964 Code, § 521.11)
(a) No person shall conduct sand blasting operations in the city without the provision for and installation of adequate tarping and screening to ensure that all particles and sand blasting material resulting from the sand blasting operation remain on the property on which the sand blasting operation is being conducted.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1989-82, passed 8-7-1989)
(a) No person shall scavenge or remove rubbish or recyclables stored and placed for collection from any tree lawn or collection point except from a tree lawn or collection point on or abutting his or her property and except as hereinafter provided. Charitable organizations may scavenge such rubbish with the permission of the owner and after registration with the Police Chief upon a showing that their scavenging will not disrupt city collections or cause debris from rubbish to be strewn about and that they are bona fide charitable organizations which have programs for scavenging without nuisance. Failure to comply with these requirements shall be cause for revocation of the registration and permission.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, § 521.17)
(a) (1) The following conditions are found to be conducive to harboring rats and are hereby declared to be nuisances:
A. Broken building tile in areaways or in the walls or foundations of garages;
B. Building materials or rubbish dumped or stored behind garages;
C. Garage foundations under which rats have burrowed;
D. Underground garbage containers around or under which rats have burrowed;
E. Portable play houses, dog houses, tool sheds and stored building materials resting directly on the ground surface or less than eight inches above the surface;
F. Rubbish or garbage containers resting directly on the ground surface or less than eight inches above such surface;
G. Garbage containers without watertight bottoms and tightly fitting tops; and
H. Concrete or wooden garage floors so broken that rats can burrow or have burrowed under them.
(2) No owner or occupant of any premises on which any such condition exists shall fail or refuse, within five days after being notified thereof by an officer or employee of the Service Department, to abate the same.
(3) In addition, such nuisances may be abated by the proper officers or employees of the city.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, § 521.18)
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