7.100 Offenses.

It shall be unlawful, and it is hereby declared to be unlawful, for any person:

(1) Obstruct Pedestrian Ways. To set up scaffolding, occupy the sidewalk area, obstruct the sidewalk, place materials in the pedestrian way, or in any other way impede the pedestrian flow of traffic for the purposes of constructing or maintaining adjacent property or for any other purpose without first obtaining a right-of-way use permit. If fees are required for such a permit, the rate shall be set by a resolution of the Common Council.

(2) Materials Not to Be Dropped, Scattered or Deposited on Streets or Alleys. To scatter or deposit on the streets or alleys of the City of Manitowoc any ashes, sand, earth, clay, stone, leaves, brush, grass, yard waste, or other grading materials or material collected in cleaning streets or alleys or private premises and no person, in conveying any such material on or upon any street or alley in said City, shall permit or suffer any such material or any snow to be dropped or scattered upon any such street or alley. This section shall not apply to leaves during scheduled leaf pickup.

(3) No Open Hatchway Without Barrier. To permit any hatchway or opening in the sidewalk to remain open without a suitable barrier enclosing it on all sides as defined by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and/or by the City Engineer.

(4) Altering Grades of Streets, Sidewalks, etc. To alter, change, or cause to be altered or changed, the grade of any street, sidewalk, alley, park or other public grounds within the City of Manitowoc.

(5) Placing, Breaking or Removing Guard, Barricade at Street, Sidewalk or Public Place. To erect any barricade or traffic control device or to interfere with, break down or remove, or cause to be interfered with, broken down or removed, any guard, protection, barrier or barricade placed in any street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, as a protection of the City of Manitowoc against damages or the traveling public against injury, or any work or improvement against damages, except as duly authorized. All traffic control devices shall be constructed and placed such that they meet or exceed the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) standards and shall be reflective and in clean, good working order. Persons placing such traffic control devices must be duly authorized employees of the City of Manitowoc, Manitowoc County or the State of Wisconsin or must be specifically authorized by the Director of Public Works through contract or permit.

(6) Hand Carts on Sidewalks – Exception. To propel or place any cart or vehicle pushed or pulled by hand on any sidewalk in the City of Manitowoc, except only carriages, carts and sleighs for small children and wheelchairs occupied by such person unless a permit is granted by the Director of Public Works.

This section shall not apply to persons authorized by the Director of Public Works to perform such acts in the course of official City business.

(7) Obstruct Right-of-Way. To place items in the right-of-way, which shall include, but are not limited to, basketball hoops, nonmotorized items such as construction job trailers, boats, dumpsters, etc., piles of material such as gravel, dirt, stone, etc., and job site equipment such as cranes, lifts, booms, etc., unless allowed by the City of Manitowoc through a right-of-way use permit and shall only be authorized by the Director of Public Works or his/her representative.

[Ord. 15-1003 § 1, 2015; Ord. 08-622 § 1, 2009. Prior code § 7.10]