7.120 Permit Required for Privileges in Streets.

It shall be unlawful for any person, except upon a permit granted by the City Engineer:

(1) Excavate and Build Cellar, Vault, Coal Bin Under Sidewalk or Street. To excavate for and build, or cause to be excavated for and built, a cellar, vault, coal bin or other room under a sidewalk or street in front of any store or place of business.

(2) Excavate for Cellar, Cistern, Well, Hole Near Street, etc. To excavate or cause to be excavated a cellar, cistern, well, or other depression, on or so near the line of a street, sidewalk, alley or other public ground within the City of Manitowoc, so as to endanger the public use thereof or the life or limb of any person passing thereover.

(3) Excavate or Build Passageway, Trench, Drain, Sewer. To excavate for or build, or cause to be excavated for or built, a passageway, trench, drain or sewer, within, along or near such street, sidewalk, alley, park or other public ground.

(4) Erect, Construct, Place, Maintain Telegraph, Telephone or Electric Light Poles, etc. To erect, construct, place or maintain, or cause to be erected, constructed, placed or maintained, any telephone, telegraph or electric light pole or poles, any scaffold, platform, bay window, sign or canopy, any extension of a building, or any rope, wire or chain, within or over any street, alley, sidewalk, park, or other public ground within the City of Manitowoc or to place or remove any underground utility, service, pipe or equipment whether excavation is or is not required.

(5) Stairway or Entrance from Sidewalk or Street into Basement or Cellar. To build any stairway or entrance from a sidewalk or street into a basement or cellar adjoining or within any street, park or other public ground within the City of Manitowoc.

(6) Hole or Opening Within Sidewalk Space. To build or cause to be built, or suffer to exist, any area, hole or opening within any sidewalk space.

(7) Remove Building. To remove or cause to be removed any building upon, within, along, over or across any street, sidewalk, alley, park or other public grounds within the City of Manitowoc.

(8) Build or Repair Building Adjoining Where Material Is Placed. To build or repair any building next to and adjoining any street or sidewalk whereby material may be placed or work performed within such street or sidewalk.

(9) Use Street, etc., for Deposit of Building Materials. To use any street, sidewalk, park or other public ground for the deposit of building materials, or the doing of any work or labor within the same, in the moving, taking down, raising, erection and construction of any building.

Compliance with subsections (7), (8) and (9) of this section does not excuse a person from complying with all other applicable local, State and Federal permits as required.

(10) Break, Dig Up, Remove Any Pavement, Macadam, Earth within Street, etc. To break, dig up, remove, or in any way displace, or cause to be broken, dug up, removed or in any way displaced, any pavement, macadam, gravel or earth within any street, sidewalk, alley, park or other public grounds, which might otherwise not be lawfully done.

(11) Drive or Leave Standing Any Loads, etc., on Sidewalk. To drive or leave standing upon or within any sidewalk any wagon, sleigh or other loaded vehicle, loaded with coal, wood or any other freight, whether for the purpose of unloading, loading or other side-disposing of the same, without first having obtained a written permit from the City Engineer.

(12) Excavate on Improved Streets – Power Saw. For any person to excavate or open an improved paved street except with the use of a power saw.

(13) Remove Cover, Work Within or Enter Underground Structure. To remove, or cause to be removed, the cover of an underground structure or facility of any kind. To work within or enter, or cause to enter, any underground structure or facility of any kind.

(14) Place Dumpster in Right-of-Way. To place a dumpster, or cause a dumpster to be placed, in, along, or near any portion of the right-of-way of any street, avenue or road located within the City limits.

(15) Penalty. Failure to obtain a permit in violation of this section shall be punishable by a forfeiture of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 in addition to actual damages and costs incurred by the City of Manitowoc.

(16) Banners Prohibited. Notwithstanding anything hereunder to the contrary, the placing of banners over traveled portions of any streets in the City of Manitowoc is hereby prohibited. No permit may be issued for the placing of any such banner.

(17) Nontraffic Signs. The City Plan Commission is authorized to grant authority to service clubs, fraternal, nonprofit or similar organizations, at their own expense only, to install welcome or similar type signs at such locations and subject to such other conditions as may be established by the Plan Commission.

(18) Permanent Infrastructure or Equipment. Place permanent infrastructure or equipment within public right-of-way or property without maintaining records of such placement by way of maps or plans with sufficient notation as to allow determination of its location within two feet of its actual location. Said maps or plans shall be filed with the office of the City Engineer. Such persons shall also be required to mark such features utilizing the State of Wisconsin “Hotline” utility marking system.

[Prior code § 7.12]