It shall be unlawful for any person to sweep, throw or deposit, in any manner, or cause the same to be done upon any sidewalk, street, alley, avenue, public park, or into or upon any lot, or piece of ground, within the city whether such lot shall belong to himself or another, any shavings, paper, paper cuttings, envelopes, wrappers, wrapping paper, bills, dodgers, advertisements, or any scraps or anything whatsoever, which can be, or is likely to be blown by the wind along the streets or walks, or from place to place.

(Code 1989, 15-301; Code 2024)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place any earth, or cause the same to be done upon any street, alley, sidewalk, or public grounds in this city, without first obtaining the consent of the governing body so to do.

(Code 1989, 15-302; Code 2024)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make or cause to be made any fire upon any of the paved streets, alleys or street intersections within the city.

(Ord. 163, Sec. 2; Code 1989, 15-303; Code 2024)

The following are hereby declared to be public nuisances affecting the safety of the inhabitants of this city.

(a)   Hanging signs, ropes, networks or advertising devices, posts, oil or gasoline pumps, radio aerials, placed in or projecting over or across any street, avenue, alley or sidewalk, unless the same be under the conditions imposed by ordinance;

(b)   Water spouts or drains from buildings which discharge water onto, over or across sidewalks;

(c)   Trees and hedges on any private property or in the parking abutting on any sidewalk, street or alley of this city, the branches of which are lower than seven feet above the surface of such a sidewalk or lower than eight feet above the traveled portion of such street or alley;

(d)   Dead trees or limbs of trees on any private property or in the parking close enough to fall upon any portion of any street, alley or sidewalk. When the owner or occupant of any property in this city shall neglect or refuse to abate any of the nuisances enumerated in this section, within the time specified in the notice given him by the city clerk, the city marshal-chief of police shall forthwith proceed to abate such nuisance and the cost thereof shall be collected as provided in section 7-304 of this code. Any person, who, after having been notified to remove and abate any nuisance, neglects, refuses or fails to do so, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $50.

(Code 1989, 15-304; Code 2024)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place any barbed wire or other sharp iron points on any railing or posts in or adjacent to any alley or sidewalks of this city; provided, that any person who may have heretofore erected such fence or points shall upon notice from the city marshal-chief of police immediately remove the same.

(Code 1989, 15-311; Code 2024)