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905.01 ENCROACHMENTS.
   No part of any building or structure of any kind, and no cellar or other excavation, shall encroach upon or within any public street, sidewalk, land, easement or right-of-way, except by specific authority of Council as contained in a franchise, ordinance or resolution of Council duly noted in its journal or minutes; and any building or structure or part thereof and any cellar or other excavation which may exist at any time in violation of this section may be declared by Council to constitute a nuisance subject to abatement; provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to any excavation made pursuant to an excavation permit under the provisions of Article 909.
905.02 OBSTRUCTIONS.
   (a)   No person shall place or cause or permit to be placed upon any public street, sidewalk or public place within the Town or in any ditch, drain or waterway along or adjacent thereto any ashes, cinders, earth, stone, lumber, wood, logs, machines, vehicles, conveyances or other implements not lawfully parked thereon, or any other object or substance which obstructs or impedes travel thereon or the flow of water in the gutters or drains, or to neglect or refuse to remove or abate the nuisance occasioned by such obstruction within twenty-four hours after such person has knowledge of such existence of such nuisance, or within twenty-four hours of service of notice thereof in writing from the Mayor or his agent.
   (b)   Upon conviction of any such offense specified in subsection (a) hereof, the person convicted shall, within twenty-four hours after such conviction, remove or abate the nuisance created contrary to the provisions of this section, and his failure to do so shall constitute a second offense against the provisions of this section. The continued failure or refusal of such convicted person to remove or abate such nuisance as provided herein shall constitute a separate, distinct and additional offense for each successive twenty-four hour period of such failure or refusal.
   (c)   Any nuisance which arises by reason of any violation of this section may be abated in the manner provided for the abatement of nuisances.
905.03 PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE OF TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS.
   No tree, shrub or other plant shall be planted or maintained by any person upon any part of any Town street, sidewalk or public place, except pursuant to a permit granted by Council or by a Town officer authorized by Council to grant such a permit.
905.04 BRIDGES.
   No person shall obstruct or cause to be obstructed any public bridge or the walk or driveway leading thereto or in any way to interfere with the use of the bridge or the passengers thereon; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an officer acting in the discharge of his duties from so obstructing a bridge or the entrances thereto.
905.05 DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE.
   (a)   No person shall use the streets or sidewalks of the Town for the sale or display of goods, wares or merchandise of any kind or character whatsoever, except such persons as have been duly licensed and have obtained a permit from the Mayor to do so.
   (b)   The Mayor may issue permits, revocable at will, to any person to use the streets and sidewalks for the above purposes, when and if, in his discretion, such use will not interfere with traffic regulation or the health and safety of the public, and in issuing any such permit, he may include therein such conditions, prohibitions and restrictions as he may deem necessary for the orderly flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and for the health and safety of the public.
   (c)   No person shall violate or fail to comply with the terms, conditions, prohibitions or restrictions of any such permit.
   (d)   This section shall not apply to businesses selling or displaying goods, wares or merchandise on the sidewalk in front of such businesses, so long as such selling or displaying does not interfere with pedestrian traffic.
905.06 REMOVAL OF SNOW, SLEET AND ICE FROM SIDEWALKS.
   (a)   All owners, occupants and persons in charge of real estate in the Town shall remove snow, ice and sleet from sidewalks on which their property borders.
   (b)   The snow, ice and sleet shall be removed within twelve hours after snow or sleet stops falling; except, that should the twelve hour limit require the removal thereof after sundown, the snow, ice and sleet shall be removed immediately after 9:00 a.m. the following day.
   (c)   In removing snow, sleet and ice from sidewalks as herein required, it shall be unlawful for any person to cast such snow, sleet or ice into or upon any street, gutter or public way.
905.07 GRADE; ALIGNMENT.
   (a)   When a street line, grade of centerline or curb of any street or sidewalk is established by Council or by a Town officer duly designated for such purpose, such grade and alignment shall be official, and no person shall change such grade or alignment so fixed.
   (b)   The situation, range, height, width and pitch of the curbstones and pavements shall be determined and established by Council, or by a Town officer duly designated for such purpose, and shall be complied with.
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