Piedmont Municipal Code Art. I In General

SIDEWALK2

No person shall dig or remove, or cause to be dug or removed, any portion of a roadway or sidewalk or any public street, lane, alley or place used as a street, lane, alley or public ground, without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the superintendent of streets. (Ord. 2 N.S., 10/1933)

ALLEYS PROHIBITED; REMOVAL REQUIRED

No person shall throw or deposit or permit or cause to be thrown or deposited any tacks, broken ware or glass, dirt, paper, sweepings, ashes, shavings, filthy water, offal, straw, wood, stones, earth, lime, manure, refuse matter or rubbish of any kind whatsoever into any street, lane, alley or public ground in the City. The person having control of premises from which any of the aforesaid articles shall be or may have been thrown or deposited, or owning or controlling any of the aforesaid articles so thrown or deposited in any street, lane, alley or public ground or place used as a street, lane, alley or public ground, shall remove the same therefrom within twenty-four hours after receiving knowledge of the violation. (Ord. 2 N.S., 10/1933)

2 As to excavations generally, see §§18.14 to 18.20 of this Code.

Streets & Sidewalks

PROHIBITED

No person shall clean, scale or wash any clothes, carriage, wagon or other vehicle, or any other thing tending to create a nuisance on any of the streets, lanes, alleys or public grounds of the City. (Ord. 2 N.S., 10/1933)

Doors in sidewalks used to cover an opening for an elevator, stairway or chute must be kept in such a condition that they will not endanger persons or property. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or in charge or control of any doors in sidewalks used for covering entrances to elevators, stairways or chutes, or other openings in the sidewalk leading to the basement, to allow such doors to remain open, except when such elevator, stairway or chute is being used for loading or unloading or transferring of merchandise or material. (Ord. 199, N.S., 09/1958)

No person shall cut, carve, hack, hew or otherwise injure or deface any bituminous, cement or other sidewalk or curb on any public street, alley or public place within the City. (Ord. 2, N.S., 10/1933)

CULVERTS EXCEPTED3

It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or maintain, or to cause to be constructed or maintained in any gutter of any public street in the City, or to permit to remain in any such gutter in front of any property owned by such person or under his control, anything of either a temporary or permanent character which shall wholly or partly obstruct or divert any storm water which shall flow or collect in such gutter, or which shall be likely to cause such obstruction or diversion; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall affect the maintenance or construction of culverts at street corners and street crossings under the supervision of the municipal authorities, or any gutter crossing authorized by the Council. (Ord. 2 N.S., 10/1933)

STREET

No person shall maintain, conduct or place, or cause to be constructed or placed on premises belonging to him, or in his possession, or under his control, any building or fence which shall extend over the line of the sidewalk or the street. (Ord. 2 N.S., 10/1933)

3 In connection with this section, see §12.14 of this Code. 4 As to regulations for fences generally, see §17.4 of this Code.

Streets & Sidewalks

No person shall erect or cause to be erected upon or in any public street, lane, alley, sidewalk, sidewalk area, or other public place within the City, any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole, or any pole for the suspension of electric telegraph, telephone, electric light or electric power wires or cables, without first having secured therefor the express permission of the Council. (Ord. 24 N.S., 05/1910)

The obstruction of the space between the street curb and the property line in front of any lot in the City in such a manner as to mar the appearance of such space, or interfere with or obstruct the use of the sidewalk, or menace the public safety in case of fire, by trees, overhanging branches of trees, weeds, grass or other vegetable growth, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. (Ord. 52 N.S., 10/1908)