Chapter 12.12
INJURING STREET PAVEMENTS
Sections:
12.12.010 Building fires, slaking lime and mixing mortar prohibited where.
12.12.020 Loose substances – Transport restrictions.
12.12.030 Heavy vehicles and machinery – Pavement protection required.
12.12.040 Excavations and cutting pavement – Permission and direction required.
12.12.050 Deposit of refuse substances prohibited where – Exception.
12.12.052 Deposit of mud and debris from vehicles prohibited where.
12.12.054 Construction job site cleanup.
12.12.060 Dumping or unloading firewood or fuel prohibited where.
12.12.070 Violation – Penalty.
12.12.010 Building fires, slaking lime and mixing mortar prohibited where.
No person shall build a fire, slake lime, or mix mortar upon any of the paved streets, avenues, alleys or public places of the city in such a manner as to permit such fire to heat, or such lime or mortar to come in contact with the pavement of such street, alley, avenue or public place; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the building of fires, or slaking of lime or mixing of mortar upon any of the streets, avenues or public places of the city. (Ord. 344 § 1, 1911).
12.12.020 Loose substances – Transport restrictions.
No person or persons shall move, transfer or transport over or along or across any of the paved streets, avenues, alleys or public places of the city any garbage, swill, manure, gravel, dirt, sand, rubbish or other loose substance whatsoever, unless it be in a tightly constructed wagon or vehicle, or in such manner as will prevent the contents or any part thereof from being deposited upon such paved street, avenue, alley or public place. (Ord. 344 § 2, 1911).
12.12.030 Heavy vehicles and machinery – Pavement protection required.
No person or persons shall ride, drive or haul any threshing engine, heavy machine or machinery or vehicle or anything of any kind or nature whatsoever along or across any paved street, alley, avenue or public place, in the city without first suitably muffling the wheels thereof or otherwise protecting said pavement from injury by the same. (Ord. 344 § 3, 1911).
12.12.040 Excavations and cutting pavement – Permission and direction required.
No person or persons shall cut, break, excavate or in any other manner molest any street pavement or portion thereof on any paved street, alley, avenue or public place within the corporate limits of the city, except by and under the permission and direction of the city council, or unless duly permitted. (Ord. 3216 § 3, 2004; Ord. 344 § 4, 1911).
12.12.050 Deposit of refuse substances prohibited where – Exception.
No merchant, store keeper or person or persons whatever shall sweep or allow any shavings, paper, refuse, dirt or other substance whatsoever to be swept onto or deposited upon any pavement, within the corporate limits of the city, from the premises owned or occupied by him or under his or their control; provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent the sweeping of snow, or dirt resulting from travel, from the sidewalk onto the pavement. (Ord. 344 § 5, 1911).
12.12.052 Deposit of mud and debris from vehicles prohibited where.
The owner of any property who drives or causes or permits to be driven any vehicle or truck from the owner’s property the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, public place or private premises within the city any mud, dirt, gravel, sand, litter or foreign matter of any kind shall be responsible for cleanup and removal of such substances whenever necessary for the safety and convenience of travelers on the streets or users of the affected areas, and not less than once each day; provided, however, that where vehicles are driven on property without the knowledge and consent of the property owner, such cleanup shall be the responsibility of the vehicle driver, and provided further, that cleanup of construction sites shall be the responsibility of the contractor as set forth in MVMC 12.12.054. (Ord. 2187 § 1, 1985).
12.12.054 Construction job site cleanup.
Each contractor shall be responsible for a job site in such a manner that litter, garbage, mud, dirt, sand, gravel or foreign matter of any kind will be prevented from being carried or deposited by vehicles, equipment or the elements upon any street, public place or private premises to the extent reasonably practical. Such substances, including those resulting from normal construction processes, shall be removed by the contractor prior to leaving the job site at the close of each work day. (Ord. 2187 § 2, 1985).
12.12.060 Dumping or unloading firewood or fuel prohibited where.
No person or persons shall dump or unload any firewood, coal or other fuel in and upon any pavement or portion thereof within the corporate limits of the city. (Ord. 344 § 6, 1911).
12.12.070 Violation – Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the enforcement provisions contained in MVMC Title 19, Code Enforcement, as it is currently written or as it may be amended in the future. Repeat offenders may be subject to stop work orders and revocation of permits. (Ord. 3600 § 5, 2013).