Chapter 12.04
PROTECTION

Sections:

12.04.010    Depositing loose advertising matter.

12.04.020    Vehicles used in transporting matter.

12.04.030    Fire or building materials.

12.04.040    Responsibility to clean walks.

12.04.050    Snow and ice removal.

12.04.060    Penalty for violation.

12.04.010 Depositing loose advertising matter.

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to distribute, throw or deposit upon any street, alley or public place, or in or upon any vehicle thereon, or upon any private yard, lawn, driveway, sidewalk, porch or steps of any residence, or upon or in any part of any structure or upon any vacant property in the city any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, paper or loose advertising matter of any kind or description; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the distribution and delivery of any newspaper which is capable of being entered as second class matter under the provisions of the United States Post Office regulations of March 3, 1879, and other United States statutes. (Ord. 18 § 1, 1949).

12.04.020 Vehicles used in transporting matter.

It is unlawful for any person to transport or cause to be transported over or along any public street in said city any of the materials above named or any gravel, fuel or building materials, unless conveyed in vehicles so constructed that the same cannot fall or be scattered upon the streets. (Ord. 18 § 2, 1949).

12.04.030 Fire or building materials.

It is unlawful for any person to build a fire, slack lime, mix mortar, or place any sand or gravel, building material or other substance upon any sidewalk, street or alley in said city without first obtaining a permit to do so from the chief of police. And whenever a fire is built or lime is slacked, or mortar is mixed, or sand or gravel or other like building material is deposited upon any sidewalk or paved street, the same shall be done in such a manner as to prevent injury to such sidewalk or pavement and to prevent the materials from coming in contact therewith or being scattered thereon. (Ord. 18 § 3, 1949).

12.04.040 Responsibility to clean walks.

It is the duty of the person having charge or control of any premises within the city to keep the walk or walks along said property in the street or streets adjacent thereto in a cleanly condition. (Ord. 18 § 4, 1949).

12.04.050 Snow and ice removal.

It is the duty of every person having charge or control of any premises located within the city to remove or cause to be removed from the public walks along the side or in front of said premises all snow or ice which may have formed or been deposited therein within 24 hours after the same has fallen or been formed, and shall also cause such snow or ice to be removed from the gutter in front of such walk for a sufficient width to allow the water to run freely therein. (Ord. 18 § 5, 1949).

12.04.060 Penalty for violation.

Any person violating any of the provisions hereof shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty as provided in GHMC 1.16.010D.3 and for any costs incurred by the city relative to any violation. (Ord. 460 § 17, 1985; Ord. 184 § 2, 1974; Ord. 18 § 6, 1949).