It is unlawful for any person to travel or operate any vehicle on any street or alley temporarily closed by barricades, lights, signs, or flares placed thereon by the authority or permission of any City official, police officer or member of the fire department. It is unlawful to park, store or place, temporarily or permanently, any machinery or junk or any other goods, wares, and merchandise of any kind upon any street or alley for the purpose of storage, exhibition, sale or offering same for sale, without permission of the Council. It is unlawful for any person to use any public sidewalk, street or alley for the purpose of washing or cleaning any automobile, truck equipment, or any vehicle of any kind when such work is done for hire or as a business. This does not prevent any person from washing or cleaning his or her own vehicle or equipment when it is lawfully parked in the street or alley. No person shall burn any trash, leaves, rubbish or other combustible material in any curb and gutter or on any paved or surfaced street or alley.
Maintenance includes timely mowing, trimming trees and shrubs and picking up litter.
If the abutting property owner does not perform an action required under the above section within a reasonable time, the City may perform the required action and assess the cost against the abutting property for collection in the same manner as a property tax. Arrangements for the prompt removal of such accumulations shall be made prior to moving the snow. The City Engineer shall not authorize any public or private access to a public street, except in accordance with the provisions of the Cedar Rapids Metro Area Engineering Design Standards. Variances and appeals from the access standards referenced in this section may be taken to the Council. Variances may be granted where the exercise of sound and reasonable judgment indicates that the literal enforcement of the criteria would cause an undue hardship to any interested party.