(A) It shall be unlawful to construct or lay any pavement for any public street, sidewalk, alley, approach or to repair the same, to make any excavation within the right-of-way or to construct any improvement within the right-of-way without first having secured a permit from the city.
(B) It shall be unlawful to install or place any vending machine, express mail machine, private mailbox, pick-up box or railing within the right-of-way or to erect, construct, place or maintain any bumps, fences, gates, chains, bars, pipes or other obstructions within the right-of-way.
(C) It shall be unlawful to install, construct or place any earthen mound with a grade variance of more than six inches, boulders, shrubs, mailboxes that do not conform with applicable federal standards, landscape forms or sculptures exceeding six inches in height within the right-of-way.
(D) It shall be unlawful to hang or suspend any object, including but not limited to signs (except those established and maintained by the city, county, state or federal governments), festoons, balloons or other inflatables above the public sidewalk or within any right-of-way area unless expressly authorized by this article or another applicable ordinance of the city.
(E) It shall be unlawful to remove or alter any pavement, tree, street identification sign or marker, lawn, fire hydrant or other improvement placed in the right-of-way by the city without first obtaining a permit from the city.
(F) It shall be unlawful to install any utility poles, towers, water mains, monitoring wells, sewers, sidewalks, telecommunications, telegraph, telephone or power lines, pipe lines, wires, cables, conduits or any like structure within a right-of-way or easement without first securing a permit from the city.
(G) It shall be unlawful to establish any roadside stand within the right-of-way, nor shall any person sell anything within such right-of-way.
(H) The placement of gas, electric, telecommunications, cable television and other franchised or licensed facilities shall be as determined and designated by the City Engineer. Utilities constructed of non-metallic material are required to have a traceable metallic wrap or accompanying wire for the purpose of tracing and locating with conventional locating equipment. When placed in the right-of-way, utilities or other franchised facilities constructed of material susceptible to breakage (i.e., fiber optic, wire, plastic line) may be encased in a protective shell, as approved by the City Engineer.
(I) Any owners of telecommunication, telegraph, telephone or power lines, pipe lines, wires, cables, conduit and like structures installed within a right-of-way must be a member of the Miss Dig System and respond to and stake or locate underground utilities within the rules and regulations as prescribed by the Miss Dig System and hold the city harmless for any damage to pipe lines, wires, cables, conduits and like structures which may be damaged as a result of the city repairing/maintaining its utility system located in any right-of-way if due to untimely or incorrect locations being staked or identified.
(1978 Code, § 31-4; Ord. No. 286, § 1, 8-21-90; Ord. No. 286-A, § 1, 10-1-91; Ord. No. 286-C, § 1, 6-4-96) Penalty, see § 1-9