Item 32 - Ordinance Adding Article XIV to Chapter 10 (Crimes and Miscellaneous Law Enforcement Provisions)

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 13 of 16 (a) No person shall place, maintain, store, abandon, affix, attach or otherwise cause the location of any obstructive matter on any street, sidewalk, alley or parkway within any part of the public right-of-way, including all of the following: (1) Or in a manner that obstructs or impedes passage, as provided by the American with Disabilities Act; (2) On or within twenty (20) feet of any operational or utilizable driveway, ramp, or loading dock; (3) On or within twenty (20) feet of any fire hydrant, fire plug or other connection used by the Fire Department; (4) Within twenty (20) feet of the entrance to a public restroom, public park, public trail or public path; (5) Within fifty (50) feet of an operational and utilizable entrance or exit to any building, establishment, retail store, restaurant, office building or other place into which the public is invited; (6) Within ten (10) feet of an automatic teller machine or any door that provides access to the automatic teller machine; (7) Within ten (10) feet of an electric vehicle charging station, parking pay station or parking meter; (8) Within ten (10) feet of a sidewalk ramp, or the corner where any street, roadway, highway, or alley intersect; (9) In a manner that unreasonably interferes with the use of the public right-of-way by motor vehicles, pedestrians or bicycles; or (10) Within five hundred (500) feet of a college, school, day care center, or cancer treatment center. (b) Except as excluded under paragraph (c) of this section, any object, material or substance which hinders or prevents the free passage of the public on that part of the public right-of-way where it is located shall constitute obstructive matter for purposes of this section. (c) The following shall not constitute obstructive matter for purposes of this section: (1) Legally parked vehicles;