It shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying or having control of any premises to place or permit placing upon the sidewalk or the half of the street next to the premises:
A. Any broken ware, glass, filth, rubbish, refuse matter, ice, water, mud, garbage, ashes, tin cans or other substances.
B. Any vehicle, lumber, wood, boxes, fencing, building materials, dead trees, tree stumps, merchandise or other thing which shall obstruct such public street or sidewalk, or any part thereof, or the free use and enjoyment thereof, or the free passage over and upon the same, or any part thereof, without the permission of the Town Council. (1960 Code § 12-1)