Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-22
ORDINANCE NO. II.

| OllDlIt ANVIL 1sOs L'i
Relative to the obstruction of Streets
ANA Alleys and encrOachmentS theron,
and the removal of the same.
The Village of Alma ordains:
SEC. |. No person or persons shall
leave or cause to be left amy wagon,
cart, carriage, sleigh, or other venice
standing or remaining IN any OF the
public streets or alleys III said village,
the same not being IN use ut the Tune.
SEC. IL. No person or persons snail
leave any horse, horses, or mules IN any
of the public streets OF alleys in SAID
village, without being sufficiently tied.
SEC. III. No person OF persons shall
place, or cause TO be placed, any stone,
brick. timber, lumber, planks, boards
or other material in or upon amy OF tie
public streets or alleys OF sald village
unless for the purpose of building, ana
for that purpose only for period OF
time not exceeding thirty days, With
out leave obtained from the common
council of said village.
SEC. ". No person or persons build
ing shall, without the permission OF the
common council, obstruct or cause TO
be oDstucted more than One-fourth OF
any public street or alley opposite the
lot owned by such person, OF persons on
Oh which he is building.
SEC. V. All persons after the COM
pletion of any building, or within the
period of thirty days aforesaid If such
building be not completed, unless
otherwise permitted by the common
council of said village shall remove
from such street or alley all building
material and rubbish arriving there
from,
SEC. VI. No person orpersons shall
place. or thoW, or cause To bc placed or
thrown, any straw, shavings, wood,
stone, brick or any other filth, or sub
stance into any public street OF alley of
said village.
SEC. VII No person or persons
shall in any manner obstruct or cause TO
be INSTRUCTED the free flow of water IN
the guttor of amy public street or alley
in said village.
SEC. VIII The owner or occupant
of any lot or lots, or premises in said
village shall at all times keep the gut
ter of the pnblic streets in front Of
their premises, or the premises occu-
pied by them. clear and fee from any
obstruction that may hinder the free
passage of water.
SEC. N. 1t shall be the duty of the
street commissioner. whenever 1t shall
come to his knowledge that the fore
going section of this ordinance have
been or are being violated, To forth
with notify the person OF persons,
whose duty it is 10 remove such oD-
StructiOn. in writing. to forthwith re-
move the same. and in case any such
person or persons neglect OF refuse to
remove any such obstruction within
twenty four hours after the service
upon him or them of such notice, then
the street commissioner shall remove
such obstruction mt the expense OF the
party OF parties SO notified.
SEC. y. No person or persons shall
obstruct or encrOach upon amy pubic
street or alley in said village, by build
ing. placing or maintaining fence,
building or other distractions therein
or thereon, except temporary fences FOR
protecting hedges or other improve
ment.
SEC. II. Any person or persons Who
shall violate any of the provisions OF
this ordinance shall, upon CONVICTION
thereof before any court OF competent
jurisdiction. be punished by line
not exceeding twenty-five dollars or by
IMPRISONMENT not exceeding thirty
DAYS. or both. such fine and lmprlson-
ment i'm the discretion OF the court;
and i'm default of the payment OF such
fine. said person or persons may be so
imprisoned not exceeding thirty days,
unless payment thereof be sooner made.
or such person OF persons be discharged
by due course of law; and said person
or persons may be kept at labor during
such confinement.
SEC. XII. Whenever amy such OBJ
struction or encroachment. as is men
toned i'm section ten OF this ordinance.
shall be found i'm said village, 1t shall
be the duty of the street commissioner
to give such notice and to perform all
the duties required of township nigh
way commissioners by compllcrS sec
tons, from 1871 To 1876 both inclusive
of Towell's Annotated Statutes OF the
State of Michigan. and the same pro-
ceedings shall be thereuqon had rs
near as may be. and with like effect, rs
is provided i'm said section of Howell $
Annotated Statute in reference 10
public highways.
We hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was adopted ut regular
meeting of the common council OF the
Village of Alma. held March 18th 1883.
Dated Alma March 18th. 1859.
Nj. MONTIGEL. w. y. BAllLkE.
Act. President. CLERK,