(a) No person shall cut any curb, gutter, pavement, blacktop, sidewalk or excavate any street, alley or other public grounds of the city for any purpose without first obtaining a permit authorizing the same from the city clerk,
(b) Once the work for which the excavation was made has been completed the city shall restore the pavement, blacktop, sidewalk or other surfacing at the expense of the person from whom the excavation was made.
(c) In lieu of the city replacing pavement, it may elect to authorize utility companies or contractors to resurface streets or sidewalks with like materials, subject to approval of the street superintendent.
(Code 1992)
No person shall change or alter any gutter, storm sewer, drain or drainage structure which has been constructed, or is being lawfully maintained or controlled by the city unless such change or alteration has been authorized or directed by the governing body.
(Code 1992)
No person shall walk upon, drive or ride over or across any pavement, sidewalk or incomplete grading which has not been opened for traffic.
(Code 1992)
(a) No person shall occupy any portion of any street, alley or sidewalk for the purpose of temporarily storing building materials without first obtaining a permit for such temporary use from the governing body.
(b) No person may use any portion of any sidewalk or street right-of- way for the purpose of displaying or offering for sale wares, goods, merchandise or other items. Nothing in this article, however, shall be construed as prohibiting the city governing body from temporarily waiving the prohibition of this subsection in connection with community promotions or community-wide celebrations when such waiver is considered to be in the best interest of the city.
(Code 1992)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, throw or cause to be placed or thrown in or on any street, alley, sidewalk or other public grounds of the city, any glass, tacks, nails, bottles, wire or other dangerous objects that might wound any person or animal, or cut or puncture any pneumatic tire while passing over the same.
(Code 1992)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to deposit or throw any waste oil, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline or other products of petroleum or any acids into or upon any street or public grounds of the city, or willfully to permit the same to be spilled, dripped or otherwise to come into contact with the surface of any street, alley, or sidewalk within the city.
(Code 1992)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to throw or discharge water into any ditch, street, avenue or alley in the city or to cause any water to stand or form pools or to flow in a stream thereon. This section shall not apply to persons cleaning or flushing such streets, avenues or alleys under the authority of the governing body, nor to members of the fire department.
(Code 1992)
It shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made, any fire upon any of the streets, alleys, or Street intersections within the city.
(Code 2009)
It shall be unlawful to throw or bat any ball, stone, or other hard substance into, on or across any street or alley or at or against any building or vehicle.
(Code 1992)
(a) Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context clearly indicates a different intention, the following terms shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meaning indicated in this section:
(1) Right-of-way – means only the area of real property in which the City has a dedicated or acquired right-of-way interest in the real property. It shall include the area on, below or above the present and futures streets, alleys, avenues, roads, highways, parkways, or boulevards dedicated or acquired as right-of-way. The term does not include the airwaves above a right-of-way with regard to wireless communications or other nonwire telecommunications or broadcast service, easements obtained y utilities or private easements in platted subdivisions or tracts.
(2) Occupant – means any person, firm, corporation, association, utility, or entity which enters upon the right-of-way of the City, or in any manner establishes a physical presence on, upon, in or over the right-of-way of the City, for the purpose of installing, constructing, maintaining or operating any utility facility.
(3) Facility – means any utility lines, conduits, wires, fiber optic wires, cables, pipes, pipelines, towers, wireless or cellular facilities, including small wireless facilities, antennae, vaults or appliances, or related facilities or appurtenances thereto.
(4) Small wireless facility – means any small wireless facility as defined under Sections 253 and 332 of the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. § 253; 47 U.S.C. § 332).
(Ord. 1738-19)