Fayette Obstruct Sidewalk ordinance (§ 215.240)

No person shall place or erect or cause to be placed or erected on any public ground, or in any public street, lane, avenue, or alley of this City, any building or other obstruction, or pile any lumber or wood, or place any wagon, carriage, or other vehicle on any sidewalk or in any street, and allow it to remain more than ten (10) hours, the same shall be deemed a nuisance; and any person so offending shall be notified by the Street Commissioner, in writing, to remove the same on or before a time to be specified in said notice, and on failure to comply with the same, such person shall forfeit and pay for the use of said City the sum of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00); and the Street Commissioner shall forthwith cause such building or other obstruction to be removed at the expense of such person so offending, which fine and expense shall be collected as in other cases; provided that any person engaged in erecting a building or fence, or improving any lot on any such street, land, avenue, or alley, may receive a written permission from the Street Commissioner to deposit materials thereon, and contiguous to such lot, for such length of time as said Street Commissioner may deem necessary for such erection and improvement; and provided, furthermore, that such permission shall not be extended to more than one-half (1/2) of the street adjacent to said sidewalk, the gutter always being left free and unobstructed.