Chapter 12.08 STREET AND SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION

Chapter 12.08
STREET AND SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION¹

Sections:

12.08.025 Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetation – Removal – Destroying debris.

12.08.010 Prohibited – Exception.

It is a violation for any person or persons, corporation or corporations to obstruct any street, alley or sidewalk within the city by placing thereon any signs, boxes, merchandise, implements, vehicles, stands, fences, gate openings over sidewalks, wood piles, rubbish, garbage or other thing of any nature or description for purposes of display or storage or any other purpose, or to in any other fashion exclusively occupy by their person or possessions any street, alley or sidewalk within the city and obstruct the same. “Obstruct” shall mean to unreasonably impede or inconvenience passage of the public on the street, alley or sidewalk considering the congestion on the street, alley or sidewalk. [Ord. 1612 § 1 (Att. A), 2020; Ord. 1457 § 1 (Att. A), 2013; Ord. 1443 § 1 (Att. A), 2013; Ord. 77 § 1, 1910.]

12.08.020 Violation – Penalty.

Any person or persons willfully violating LMC 12.08.010 is guilty of a civil infraction and shall pay a civil penalty of up to $250.00 per day for each day of such violation, pursuant to Chapter 21.13 LMC. [Ord. 1612 § 1 (Att. A), 2020; Ord. 1457 § 1 (Att. A), 2013; Ord. 1443 § 1 (Att. A), 2013; Ord. 1297 § 2, 2007; Ord. 77 § 2, 1910.]

12.08.025 Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetation – Removal – Destroying debris.

The owner of any property in the city of Leavenworth is required to remove or destroy all trees, plants, shrubs or vegetation, or parts thereof, which overhang any sidewalk or street or which are growing thereon in such a manner as to obstruct or impair the free and full use of the sidewalk or street by the public. Any such owner is further required, at the direction of the mayor or the mayor’s designee, to remove or destroy all grass, weeds, shrubs, bushes, trees or vegetation growing or which has grown and died, and to remove or destroy all debris upon property owned or occupied by such owner which are a fire hazard or a menace to the public health, safety or welfare. [Ord. 1612 § 1 (Att. A), 2020; Ord. 1457 § 1 (Att. A), 2013; Ord. 1443 § 1 (Att. A), 2013; Ord. 1297 § 1, 2007.]

For statutory provisions declaring obstruction of a public street, alley, or highway a public nuisance, see RCW 9.66.010; for responsibilities of abutting owners, see RCW 35.70.020. For provisions on permits for the obstruction of streets during excavation or construction, see Chapter 12.04 LMC.