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REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
Obstructions on Streets.
Obstructions on Streets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit in or up-
obstructlous
on any of the struts, alleys, or sidewalks, pavements or
forbidden
wharfs in Paducah any truck, wood, boxes; barrels, wagons,
carts, drays, or vch'.cles of any kind, ashes, coal, filth, or
any other article or substance whatever. Provided: Thal
the removing and depositing of freight, goods or commer-
cial commodities in the usual manner of carrying on trade is
lawful. Provided further, that all mechanics or other per-
sons building or repairing in good faith, may rue one-half
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of the street for de oaitin building material but the shall
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pavement
not build mortar bed; across the gutters in any way be as'
to obstruct the free passage of water, and at the completio•-1
of such building or repairing they shall have the street
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cleaned and cleared of all litter, dirt and refuse material.
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Provided further, that business men may occupy two feet.
Business
next to their buildings for the purpose of exhibiting their
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goods. Any person who shall violate any of the provis•
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ions of this sect.on of this ordinance or permit or author-
ize the same to be done, shall be fined ,not less than $2.00
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nor more than $to 0o for every five hours the deposits ,or
obstructions are suffered to, remain.
Sec. 2. It shall be un!awfttl for any railroad company
. Ballroads
to keep or suffer any car to remain in or across any street
most not
obstruct
crossing in the City of Paducah for any period of time more
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than five minutes so a-, to obstruct any street. And it is
hereby made the duty of any railroad company operating
a railroad across any of the streets in the city of Paducah,
to put and keep in good order and condition, the street �•
streets crossed by such railroad to the extent of its right
of way across such street.
Sec. 3. Any railroad company which shall violate any Penalties
provision of the second section of this ordinance shall be
fined not less than $2o nor more than $go for each offense,
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802 REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
Obstruct ons on Streets.
drlvn tttO► Sec. 4. When pwsons on horseback or in vehicles meet
and ►lAtof on any street of alley in the city of Paducah each penin"
shabi turn his animal to the right side of the street or alley
and thus make room for each to pass, the other. And when
any person on horseback or in a vehic'e shall overt k d
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desire to pass another person on horseback or in any ve-
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hicle,it shall be the duty of the latter to turn his animal to
the right side of the street or alley and let the other. pass
on the left side.
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Sec. S. It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct
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streets or street 'crossings by stopping his horse, wag-
on cart, dray or other vehicle thereon, so as to prevent the
free passage of same: And it shall be for any per -
sidewalks
'unlawful
son to lead, ride or' drive any horse or other animal, or
drive any wagon, cart, dray or other vehicle on any pave-
ment or sidewalk in the city of Paducah; provided, however.
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that persons may drive across any pavement or sidewalk for
the purpose of removing from or carrying to their premises
any necessary article. Any person violating this section
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shall be fined not less than $2 nor -more than $g for each
offense.
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Pee. 6. No person shall, build or erect on any side-
wslk, alley, street or wharf in the city of Paducah any
building fence, shed or obstruction of any kind. All persons
now having any such r bstructions in any, such place are
hereby required to remove same at once The city mar-
shal is hereby required to notify all persons so obstructing
any such public place to remove such obstruction at once
and any person failing for ten days after such notice to re-
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move such obstruction shall be fined $to for each day said
obstructions shall remain in such public place.
Awnings
Sec. 7. No persor shall erect or keep any shed, awn-
ing, sign or other thing over any sidewalk in the city o'
Paducah which shall t e at less height than nine feet above
the pavement and any person violating this section shall be
fined not less than $g nor more than $to'for each offense.
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Obstructions on Streets. Obstruction of Sidewallks—Broadway.
Sec, 8. All railr•_ad companies and street railway Railroad and.
street car
companies operating 1'nes of railway in the present or fu- tracks
1 titre corporate limits of the City of Paducah, shall hereafter
keep their respective tracks reasonably even and smooth
with the surface of the grades and gravel of the streets and
alleys of the city when improved, along or across which '
their tracks are now or may be hereafter. laid and shall at
all times so lay and readjust their tracks if necessary so
as to make the same to conform to the grades of the
streets and a1eys of the city as the same are now or may
be hereafter fixed by the City Engineer of Paducah.
Sec. 9. If any such company as named in the preced- Penalties
ing section shall violate any of the provisions thereof, such
company- shall be fined not less than $to nor more than
$2o•for each and ever;, day of such violation. But no pros-
ecution shall be commenced under said section until the
mayor or prosecuting attorney of the city shall give to such
recusant company ten days notice to relay or readjust its
track, describing the place and the defect complained of and '
then only' upon the failure of said company to comply
with such requirement.
Obstruction of Sidewalks—Broadway.
An ordinance regulating obstruction of sidewalks on
Broadway from First street to Seventh street as pertain-
ing to the placing of posts, poles, awnings, and signs with
the sizes and height of same above the walks, and penalties
thereunder.
,Be it ordained by the Common Council of- the City of
Paducah:
Section r. That all wooden posts, iron plats and iron Posts and
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rods or posts of another material supporting signs or awn- ewovca
ings and which rest u;on the sidewalks or curbing along
Broadway from First street to Seventh street in the city of
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