(A) It shall be the duty of the owners of lots or parts of lots within the town to keep the sidewalks in front of the lots or part of lots at all times free from rubbish and obstructions and to remove the snow from the walks as soon after it falls as practicable. Any person offending against the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay to the town the sum as set by Council for every day the accumulation of rubbish or snow shall be suffered to remain on the sidewalks.
(B) No person shall deposit and allow to remain on any sidewalk in the town any wood, coal, lumber or any barrels, box or any merchandise whatever, and any person so offending shall forfeit and pay to the town the sum as set by Town Council for every hour the offending material or goods shall be allowed to remain thereon, after the first hour but in no case shall the goods or other article be so placed as to entirely obstruct any sidewalk. This section shall not apply to persons building upon or improving the property or in building or repairing any sidewalk or fence.
(C) Before obstructing the sidewalk, the person shall obtain a permit from the Committee.
(D) No person shall place in any street any rubbish, ashes, brush or any slop, filth or dead animal or decayed vegetable or the rind or refuse of any vegetable or permit any filth of any kind whatever and persons offending against the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay to the town the sum as set by Council.
(E) Any person contemplating the erection of any building or desiring to occupy any sidewalk or part of any street in the town for the deposit of any material for the building shall apply to the Street Commissioner for the same who may grant the permit, but the permit shall not extend beyond a reasonable time for the completion of the building. The permit shall not extend to more than one-half the width of the street and whenever obstructions are placed in the street or upon or across the sidewalk shall cause a red light to be displayed over the obstruction so long as the same shall remain.
(`94 Code, § 8-1-1) Penalty, see § 93.99