Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-26
Attest:
ORDINANCE NO. A25.


An Ordinance to Prohibit the Plac-
ing Of Rubbish in Streets, Regulating
the Placing Of Material in Streets,
Excavating Under Sidewalks or near
Streets, Placing Buildings in Streets;
and Prohibiting the Obstruction of
Sidewalks and Regulating Stair Rail
ings, Fave Pipes over Sidewalks and
Prohibiting Animals from Sidewalk or
Being Picketed Across Roadways; and
Providing and Protecting Trees and
Grass Plats; and Providing Penalty
for Violation.
Be it Ordained by the Board Of Com
missioners of the City ofsWater-
town, South Dakota:
| Section /. materials III Streets
Permits.) The City Engineer is au-
! thorized to grant permission in writ
ing to any person to deposit and keep
lumber, stone, brick, or other mater
ials for building. in any pubic street,
road, or alley, adjacent to a building
ito be erected or repaired, for a space.
of time not exceeding sig consecutive
months; but such permission shall
not excuse the obstruction or occus
pancy with such material of more than
one-third III width of any sidewalk, or
more than one-third in width of the
carriage way Of any street or road
or the placing of such material in
such a way as to impede the free flow
I of water in the side gutter.
Section 2. tCleaning Streets of'
Rubbish.) Every person to whom
permission shall he granted as in the
last section provided, to place and
keep building matrial in any street,
road or alley, shall cause all such
material and the rubbish resulting
therefrom to be removed from such
street, road or alley at the expiration
of the time limited in the permit, UNI
less the time shall, for good excuse
be extended by the City Enginesr;;a
and any person depositfng and keep
| ing any building material in any street
road or alley, under a permit from the
City Engineer, shall during every
might while the same shall there re-
main. keep one or more lighted Ian
terms so placed that such material
may be easily seen by persons pass
Ling along such street road or alley.
Section 8. Excavations under
Sidewalks.l Any person, company or
Iscorporation having or erecting any
building abntting upon any street,
avenue or alley IN tile City of Water
town, may excavate under the side.
walk to the curb for the purpose OF
constructing a cellar or basement UNI.
der the sidewalk, in front of or adj.
Joining said building.
Provided, that said excavation shah
fbe surrounded upon the outer side
and ends thereof with substantial
brick or stone wall, to be- approved
Eby the building inspector, suficiensI
to maintain the said sidewalk, and
that the plan o. said sidewalk, Ii not
ordered BY the City Council shall also
pc approved by The Building inspect,
or; and
Provided further. that permission
to make said excavation and con
struct said sidewalk shall be flrst obs
tanned from the CITY Engineer, aiid
said excavation shah be securely
guarded BY q Sbarricade At ali times;
and by one q more lighted liant rnsi)
IN the might time. So long al tSys'
same shall remaia open sssI
Section lions Neas
Streets. . II shall ba unlawful for aily
persolas owner pr occupant of anya
TT, hi parcsl q 1and Within lie city
of IN atert0 ma % canae IA
Be made any exc axation on said l1ta