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No person shall dig, remove or carry away, or cause to be dug, removed or carried away, any stone, earth, sand or gravel, from any street, lane, alley or public ground, or remove, injure, deface or destroy the plank, brick or pavement of any street, sidewalk, alley or public ground of the City for any purpose whatever, except the same be done under the provisions of an ordinance of the City.
(1952 Code § 7-2-2)
The names of all streets shall be placed on all street corners, and the cost and expense thereof shall be paid out of the general funds of the City; and no person shall injure, deface or destroy any mark, sign or lettering (erected) for the purpose of indicating the name of any street, as provided above.
(1952 Code § 7-2-12)
No person shall injure or deface any monument established and located in any street, alley or public ground in the City for the purpose of determining location of grades, or which shall hereafter be established and located for such purposes, by competent authority, or dig up, or in any manner remove, or uncover and expose such monuments without written authority from the Director of Public Service; and no person, who having exposed and uncovered any monument under such authority, shall neglect to replace the covering so removed in as good condition as before removal.
(1952 Code § 7-2-11)
(a) Any right, permit or license heretofore issued or granted to install and maintain any open areaway or private stairway on any sidewalk or sidewalk space of the City is hereby revoked and cancelled.
(b) Open areaways and private stairways which are permitted to remain in or are maintained in any sidewalk or sidewalk spaces of the public streets of the City in connection with any buildings adjacent thereto, are hereby declared to be obstructions to public travel and are public nuisances. After giving thirty days' written notice to the owner or person in possession of the building in connection with which such open areaway or stairway is used, the Director of Public Service is authorized to abate or cause to be abated such nuisance, and any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation owning, leasing or in possession of any building in connection with which an open areaway or stairway is used, as aforesaid, failing to remove such nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The right of the Director of Public Service to cause the removal of any such nuisance shall be cumulative to the penalty herein provided.
(c) No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall permit to remain, or maintain any open areaway or stairway in any sidewalk or sidewalk spaces of the public streets of the City after the expiration of thirty days from the receipt of a notice from the Director of Public Service to remove the same.
(d) This section shall not apply to any existing open areaway or private stairway as set forth in subsections (a) and (b), unless by reason thereof the adjacent sidewalk is reduced in width to eight feet or less; but this shall in no manner impair or modify the authority of Council to make such further restrictions as it deems desirable in regard to any open areaways or private stairways.
(1952 Code § 7-5-2)
(a) Damaging Curb and/or Sidewalk, etc.
No driver or person in charge of a vehicle shall drive or back a vehicle upon or over public pavement, including, without limitation, a curb, curb opening, sidewalk, tree lawn, approach, driveway drop, drainage area, public and/or right-of-way (as defined by Section 911.01(j) of the Municipal Code) (collectively, the "paved area") so as to crack, break or otherwise damage or deface such paved area by unloading, throwing or placing upon the same any stone, iron, steel, building material or other heavy body or substance without the owner of the property served or the owner's general contractor first obtaining a right-of-way protection bond as required herein.
(b) Right-of-Way Protection Bond Required.
Posting of a right-of-way protection bond to make "over curb" deliveries of construction materials and equipment shall be on form(s) as required by the Director of Public Utilities, and such form(s) shall set forth, at a minimum, the name and address of the owner, the name and address of the general contractor, street address and legal description of property where such material and/or equipment is to be used, and such other information as may be required.
Posting of right-of-way protection bond must be completed before a building or demolition permit can be obtained and shall be in the amount as required by the Director of Public Utilities guaranteeing that restoration of all damage will be made prior to the completion of the construction program. The bond fee shall be payable at the office of the Division of Building Inspection, Central Permit Center.
A right-of-way protection bond may be obtained for more than one (1) building or demolition permit where the owner or general contractor is engaged in building more than one (1) structure upon more than one (1) parcel of real property. The applicant shall be bound by the right-of-way protection bond until such time as the applicant notifies the Division of Building Inspection that the construction program is completed and inspection to the satisfaction of the Division of Engineering Services has been made of the sidewalk and curb to determine the condition thereof.
(Ord. 339-12. Passed 7-17-12.)