Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-11-12
NO. ITO.
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE
THE CARE AND USE OF
STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS,
CUTTERS, DRAINS, VACANT
LOTS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS,
IN THE CITY OF BISMARCK,
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City Of Bismarck, North DakOta.
Sec. . No person shall place. deposit
or cast. or cause to be placed. deposited
or cast, upon or in any street, sidewalk,
alley, gutter, drain, vacant lot or other
public place within the city Of Bismarck,
earth or anything or substance whatever,
which may obstruct, or impede, hinder or
endanger travel thereon, or which may
injure, disfigure, or tend to render the same
unclean or u nuisance; nor shall any per-
son cause or suffer any wagon, carriage,
cart or other vehicle or any box. crate,
bale. package. merchandise, or other thing
to stand up, Or be in, or upon such street,
alley, sidewalk or public ground longer
than may be actually necessary.
Sec. z. No person shall place or main
tain Oh any vacant lot any rubbish, ashes,
offal, paper. waste material, earth or 9TH
err mat. rial or substance that shall or may
injure or uisfigure, or tend to render the
same unclean or Il nuisance.
Sec. 5. No Ierson shall cast or throw,
or cause TO he east or thrown into any gut
ter. drain or ditch within the city, any
filthy OF Offensive substance or any sub
stance or material calculated to cause any
obstruction. nuisance or injury in OF to the
same,
sec, 1. No person shall injure or tear up
any sidewalk, cross walk, gutter or ditch,
or dig any hole. excavate or make an!
ditch or sewer in any street. al
ley or public grounds. or remove any earth
gravel, sand or sod from any street or al.
lev, without a permit from the street
commissioner or city engineer and the
street commissioner or city engineer may
require that persons requesting such per-
mits give bonds or security to restore
the streets, alleys and public grounds to
as good a condition as before. said bond
any damage therefrom.
Sec. s. No person shall construct, or
cause to be constructed, any sewer, vault,
cesspool. cellar. cistern, or well in any
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without a permit from the city council.
Sec. &. Any person or persons digging
holes or making any excavations In the
streets, alleys and public grounds of the
city shall be required to carefully guard
such excavations during the day and keep
sufficient red lights burning from sunset
to sunrise, to warn people OF danger ana
prevent accidents.
Sec. I. No stone, brick, sand. lime. lum-
her or other material to be used for build
ing or repair purposes, shall be placed or
maintained on any street, sidewalk or
alley, of the city, without a permit from
the street commissioners and where such
material occupies or obstrIcts more than
walk a temporary plank walk. Of at least
three feet in width. must be laid around
the ohstructing material and kept clear a!
waste material and rubbish left after
building operations, must be removed and
any damage to the sidewalk or street re-
paired by the person or persons having the
contract for the Work.
Sec 8. Any person or persons having lie
contract for or charge Of moving buildings
must, before moving the building on to OIL
in anyway obstructing or impeding traye
on the streets or alleys of the c:t.. make
application to the city 3ld.7or for = permit
granting the pri, iiegs Of the use of ms
must designate ihs %t'.ii!,ng TO lc moved
where it Is to be novel to: the rolte I,
be taken and the length of time necessary
to move 1t.
The application must be accompanied
with a 5onS ID be approved by tn,
auditor. for the sum of one hundred dol
lars, or a certified check. payable to thu
city treasurer. for the same amount, sale
bond being conditional that the party ap
plying for the permit shall do no unnec
essary damage to the streets and shall
leave them in as good condition as before
he begins operations; that there shall b.
no unnecessary delay in the work and thai
possible; and that the applicant shall holt
the city free from any and all claims TO
damages due to or arising from the acts o
the moving Of the building. The rout,
chosen must be approved Of by the cit,
engineer or street commissioner and tn
return the check until he receives a certlfi
cate that the work has been done In
satisfactory manner.
Sec. 3. Any person or persons engage
in any moving or building operations o
other business, requiring the use of an.
portion of any street. sidewalk or alley
shall guard any obstruction by the use O
red signal lights. from sunset to sunrise
to warn people and prevent accidents.
Sec. 10. No person or persons shall plac
or stop any wagon. cart, carriage or othe
vehicle upon any crosswalk or sidewalk. $
as to obstruct the same. nor shall at an
time hitch or fasten any horse. or othe
animal, in such a way that such horse
animal or vehicle. reins or lines shall b
an obstruction to the free use Of the cross
walk or sidewalk.
Sec. II. No occupant of any store O
other building shall fix. put up or erect. Q
suffer to remain fixed. put up. hung O
erected any sign. show bill. show case
canvas or other obstruction projecting frOI
such building or store, or hanging over til
sidewalk more than three feet from tn
front of the building or less than eight fee
In height from the sidewalk: but this sec
ton shall not apply to folding awnings ex
tending not farther han eight feet frol
the building and at least eight feet fror
the sidewalk.
Sec. II. No person shall at any tim
fasten any horse or other animal to an
ornamental or shade tree or to any fenc
or railing around such tree. without tn
consent Of the owner of the property o
which the tree is or abuts.
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