Any person who shall obstruct or hinder the passage of any street, alley, lane, or sidewalk or crossing in said town by placing thereon any building material, or any vehicle to be repaired, or any animal to be shod; any box, barrel, furniture, wood, coal, or any other material whatever; or by hitching or tying any animal on any sidewalk or crossing in the town shall be fined therefor in any sum not exceeding $5 for each day or part of a day the same may remain, provided that nothing herein shall prohibit the loading or unloading of any goods or merchandise or anything, without needless delay, and also providing that any person occupying any building for business purposes shall have the privilege of exhibiting goods, or any article of trade, provided further that building material intended for building purposes, during the progress of erection or improvement, shall be excepted.
(1993 Code, Title III, Art. 2, § 3)