Chapter 12.28
INTERFERENCE WITH SIDEWALK USE
Sections:
12.28.010 Erection and maintenance of wooden awnings.
12.28.020 Removal of unsafe awnings.
12.28.030 Obstruction of sidewalk by boxes, barrels and similar objects.
12.28.040 Protection of sidewalk curbing.
12.28.010 Erection and maintenance of wooden awnings.
No person, firm or corporation shall erect or cause to be erected any wooden awning which projects over any sidewalk or portions of a sidewalk or street of the city. [1937 Code § 413.]
12.28.020 Removal of unsafe awnings.
Every person, firm or corporation owning, occupying or controlling any building within the city in front of which a wooden awning which is unsafe or in a dangerous condition projects over the sidewalk or portion of the street shall cause the same to be removed within seven days after being notified so to do by the superintendent of streets. [1937 Code § 414.]
12.28.030 Obstruction of sidewalk by boxes, barrels and similar objects.
No person in the city shall place or cause to be placed anywhere upon any public street, way or sidewalk, and no person owning, occupying or having the control of any premises shall suffer to remain in front thereof upon the sidewalk or portion of the street or way next to such premises, any boxes, bales, barrels, wood, lumber, goods, wares and merchandise, or any other thing obstructing the free use or passage of such street, way or sidewalk; provided, however, that any person may display goods, wares and merchandise on that portion of the sidewalk within two and one-half feet from his property line; and also provided, that goods, wares and merchandise in transit may be allowed on the outer three feet of the sidewalk for a period not exceeding three hours. [1937 Code § 415.]
12.28.040 Protection of sidewalk curbing.
No person shall cause any vehicle, drawn by horse, ass or mule, or any motor vehicle, to pass over any wooden or cement sidewalk curb in the city, unless the curb is guarded so as to be protected from injury. [1937 Code § 416.]
12.28.050 Awning height.
No awning shall be erected or maintained, or caused to be maintained, any portion of which is within six feet four inches perpendicularly from the sidewalk. [1937 Code § 552.]