Chapter 12.32
SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS1
Sections:
12.32.010 Sidewalk use restriction.
12.32.020 Prohibitions.
12.32.030 Prohibition exemptions.
12.32.040 Building code provisions apply.
12.32.050 Violation – Penalty.
12.32.010 Sidewalk use restriction.
All sidewalks in the public streets, alleys and places in the city, for the full width thereof, are exclusively for the use of pedestrians, and shall be used for no other purpose whatsoever except as hereinafter provided and except for the use of bicycles. (Ord. 2983 § 1, 1976; 1957 code § 8.18.010.)
12.32.020 Prohibitions.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or for any agent, representative, servant or employee thereof, to deposit, place, erect or maintain, or cause to be deposited, placed, erected or maintained, upon any sidewalk located in any public street, alley or place of the city, or upon any portion of such sidewalk, any bench, chair, rack, stand, structure, sign, merchandise or other object, except as approved by the street committee, or to place, erect or maintain, or cause to be placed, erected or maintained, over such sidewalk, or over any portion of such sidewalk, any structure, sign or other object at such height or in such manner as to prevent or interfere with the free and unobstructed use of all of such sidewalk by pedestrians. (1957 code § 8.18.020.)
12.32.030 Prohibition exemptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit the placing or maintaining of signs, notices or orders of the city council or the police department of the city, or the placing and maintaining of flags of the United States of America or the state, or the placing and maintaining of ornamental tree planters on sidewalks near the curb by or under the direction of the chief of police or the city council, nor shall the provisions of this chapter prohibit the expeditious moving of freight and merchandise in the loading or unloading thereof, across sidewalks, if such is done with the least possible obstruction to the free use of such sidewalks by pedestrians; provided, further, that the city council may by resolution allow certain designated persons, firms or corporations to utilize the public sidewalks of the city for additional purposes for specified periods of time, pursuant to a franchise or permit, after review and recommendation thereon by the public works department and after approval thereof by a majority of the city council; provided further, that such use will not substantially interfere with the use of such sidewalk by pedestrians. (1957 code § 8.18.030.)
12.32.040 Building code provisions apply.
This chapter is subject to the provisions of Part IX, Sections 4401 through 4406 of the Uniform Building Code, 1973 Edition, pertaining to regulations for use of public streets and projections over public property, and more particularly pertaining to protection of pedestrians during construction or demolition. It is the intent of the city council in passing the ordinance codified in this section that the latter portions of the 1973 Edition of the Uniform Building Code shall prevail in case of any conflict with the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 2984 § 1, 1976; 1957 code § 8.18.050.)
12.32.050 Violation – Penalty.
Any violation of this chapter shall be enforced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1.25 ACC. (Ord. 4502 § 5, 1991; 1957 code § 8.18.040.)
For statutory provisions authorizing third-class cities to manage and control sidewalks and to remove obstructions therefrom, see RCW 35.24.290(3); for provisions granting a code city all powers of any city of any class, see RCW 35A.21.160.