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It shall be the duty of all telegraph, telephone, and other corporations, firms, and individuals owning or using poles in the streets, sidewalks, or public places of the city, which are not assessed with, nor pay taxes for municipal purposes, to furnish to the Common Council not later than June 1 in each year, a correct list of the number of poles owned or used by them on that day within the limits of the city for the support of their wires, but such list shall not be conclusive upon the city as to the number so owned or used by such corporations, firms, or individuals, and every such corporation, firm, or individual hereby required to furnish such list who shall fail to do so or knowingly furnish a false or incorrect list of the number of poles owned or used by it or him or her on the public grounds of the city shall be subject to prosecution for violation of this section.
(Prior Code, § 25-12)
No person shall permit the accumulation of snow or ice upon the sidewalk adjacent to any property owned or occupied by him or her within the city, but shall remove the same within a reasonable time not later than 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. each day that snow or ice accumulates thereon. No person shall permit the accumulation of trash, debris, or anything unsanitary upon the sidewalk adjacent to any property owned or occupied by him or her within the city, or within five feet of any such sidewalk. Upon the accumulation of any snow, ice, or debris upon any sidewalk or within five feet of any sidewalk in violation of this section the city, if the owner or occupant of the adjacent property fails to do so upon notice, may remove such snow, ice, or debris and the expense of such removal shall be charged to the owner of such adjacent property and shall constitute a lien upon such property.
(Prior Code, § 25-13) Penalty, see § 154.999
It shall be unlawful for any person, by himself or herself or agent, without lawful authority so to do, to destroy, injure, or deface any of the guide boards, milestones or posts, parapets, walks, culverts, bridges, masonry of any kind, railing, post, or guard along any street in the city; or to obstruct or injure any such street or any ditch made for the drainage thereof, or; any of its sewers, curbing, gutters, drains, or culverts; or to place or leave in any street of the city any ashes, cinders, earth, stone, or other material obstructive to the travel and use of such street; or to place or leave in such street any vehicle or conveyance of any kind, or any kind of implement, so as to interfere with travel thereon; or to divert any stream of water from its regular course or channel so as to injure or endanger such street; or to connect any road with such street in such manner as to impede the flow of water in the ditches or gutters thereof or obstruct or impede travel thereon; or to throw or place, or cause to be thrown or placed, on any such street, any tacks, nails, scrap metal, glass, crockery, wire, or other substance injurious to the feet of persons or animals, or the tires of vehicles; or to remove, injure, or destroy any material or equipment used or intended for use in the construction, reconstruction, repair, or maintenance of any such street; or to kill a tree and leave it standing within 50 feet of such street or highway.
(Prior Code, § 25-14) Penalty, see § 154.999
CURBS AND SIDEWALKS
Curbstones, curbing, and sidewalks shall be constructed, extended, repaired, and maintained in conformity with standards and specifications prepared by the Street Commissioner and approved by action of the Common Council entered upon its journal, a copy of which shall be maintained on file, in current status, in the office of the Street Commissioner and shall there be available to the public for inspection and use during all regular business hours.
(Prior Code, § 25-15)
The pavements of sidewalks shall be of a uniform grade with the street or any alley on which they border, and shall rise from the curbstone at a uniform angle of elevation of one-half inch in every foot of the width thereof. Each pavement shall be of a material which is authorized by the city.
(Prior Code, § 25-17)
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