REVISED ORDINANCES

OF THE

CITY OF ANN ARBOR.

TITLE I.

OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

CHAPTER I.

AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO SIDEWALKS.

[Passed June 17th, 1851.]

Be it Ordained by the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the City of Ann Arbor

SECTION I. The sidewalks in the several streets in the city of Ann Arbor shall be and the same are hereby established of the following width, to-wit: On the west side of Main street, between Ann and Washington streets, the sidewalk shall be fourteen feet in width; on the east side of Main street, between Huron and Washington streets-on the north side of Ann street, between Main and Fourth streets-on the south side of Huron street, between Main and Fourth streets, and on the east side of Fourth street, between Ann and Huron streets, the sidewalks shall be respectively twelve feet in width, and in all other streets in said city the sidewalks shall be ten feet in width.

SEC. 2. A space in front of the established line of all streets, not exceeding one-third the width of the sidewalk in such streets as established by section one of this ordinance, shall be allowed for projections, and it shall not be lawful for any person to place or cause to be placed upon any sidewalk, lying outside the line allowed for projections as aforesaid, any box, barrel, article of merchandise or other obstruction or incumbrance

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whatever, or suffer or permit any obstruction to a free passage over such sidewalk to exist, by leaving open any passage way to cellars, or otherwise, excepting so far as the same may be necessary and unavoidable in transporting articles across the side walk.

SEC. 3. No person shall place, put up, erect or suspend, or suffer to remain placed, put up, erected or suspended, from any building or upon any lot within the limits of this city, any sign, show board or show bills which shall extend from the front of such building or lot over the sidewalk more than three feet, nor shall such sign or show board be less than eight feet in height above the sidewalk.

SEC. 4. All posts or railings put up in any street for the support of awnings, shall be placed on the established line between the sidewalk and street; nor shall any awning, or the rails or boards used for connecting the awning posts with the buildings, be less than eight feet in height above the sidewalk.

SEC. 5. And to the end that there shall be and remain a free passage for all persons over and across the sidewalks of the city, for at least two-thirds the established width thereof from the outer line of the street, free from all obstructions thereon, or passage ways to cellars, or awnings or rails less than eight feet in height above the sidewalk, it shall be the duty of the marshal, upon knowledge or information that any of the sidewalks lying outside the line allowed for projections as aforesaid are in any manner obstructed or encumbered, to require the occupant or owner of the premises in front of which such obstruction or incumbrance exists, to remove the same; and if such occupant or owner shall neglect for the space of twenty-four hours to comply with such requisition, the marshal shall forthwith cause such obstruction or incumbrance to be removed: Provided, That the provisions of this ordinance shall not be construed to apply to posts for awnings which are now standing, nor to shade trees or the boxes to protect them, nor to obstructions necessarily occasioned by the erection or repairing of buildings; but in such case no person shall obstruct more than one-half of the stree

and one-half of the sidewalk opposite the premises occupied by such person, without leave first obtained from the common council.

SEC. 6. Excepting for the purpose of ingress and egress to and from yards across the sidewalks, no person shall drive, ride or lead, or suffer to remain, any horse, cart, carriage or team of any kind, on any of the sidewalks within the city; nor shall he leave any horse, team or vehicle standing on any of the cross walks in said city.

SEC. 7. That whenever the marshal shall, by virtue of any ordinance, have removed any timber, wood, stone or other encumbrance from any of the streets, lanes, alleys, or sidewalks of said city, he shall immediately give notice to the owner thereof, if to be found, that he can have the same by paying the expense of removing together with the legal charges therefor, and if no owner can be found he shall put up a notice as near as may be to the place from whence said obstruction was removed, and if no claimant shall appear and pay said expenses within three days from the date of said notice, the marshal shall proceed to sell the same at public auction to the highest bidder, first giving four days' notice of said sale by posting up five or more written or printed notices in conspicuous places, and shall immediately make return of the sale to the city treasurer and pay the money over to him, taking duplicate receipts for the same, one of which he shall immediately file in the recorder's office.*

SEC. 8. Any person who shall wilfully offend against any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

* As amended by Ordinance passed June 3d, 1861.

CHAPTER II.

AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO REPAIRING AND RENEWING OF SIDE WALKS.

[Passed December 6th, 1875.]

Be it Ordained by the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the City of Ann Arbor

SECTION I. Whenever, in the opinion of the common council of the city of Ann Arbor, any of the sidewalks which are, or may hereafter be made, planked or paved, within said city, shall be so dilapidated, injured or impaired as to make it necessary to renew such sidewalk, by renewing or rebuilding the same, said common council shall establish the grade of said sidewalk, and shall prescribe the width of the same, and the material of which the same shall be composed in renewing the same, and it shall be the duty of the chairman of the sidewalk committee, or such other person as the common council may designate to superintend the renewing thereof, and the said chairman of the sidewalk committee, or such other person as the common council may designate, shall forthwith notify, in writing, the several owners or occupants of the lots or premises in front of and adjoining to which such sidewalk or any portion thereof shall be by delivering said written notice to said owner or occupant personally, or by leaving the same at his, or her or their usual place of residence, or if their be no occupant, and the owner thereof does not reside in said city, then by posting up such written notice in some conspicuous place on such lot or premises, and upon such notice being given, such several owners or occupant, shall within such time as the common council shall direct, which time shall be specified in said notice, renew the portion of such sidewalk which is in front of and adjoining his, her or their lots or premises in the manner, at the grade, of the material and of the width so established and prescribed by said common council, and to the acceptance of the chairman of the sidewalk committee or other person designated by the common council, and

in case any such owner or occupant shall refrain or shall neglect for the space of time fixed by said common council and specified in said notice, to renew his, her or their portion of said sidewalk in the manner, at the grade, of the materials and width so designated in said notice, it shall be the duty of the chairman of the sidewalk committee or other person designated by the common council forthwith to cause the same to be renewed, and he shall make and return to the common council a written report describing the lots and premises in front of which he shall have caused such sidewalk to be renewed, specifying the width of the same on the street, and the notice given as aforesaid, and the name or names of the owners or occupants thereof, and he shall set down opposite to each the cost of renewing the sidewalks in front of and adjoining the same.

SEC. 2. When any such report shall be made and shall be approved by the common council, the same shall have the force and effect of an assessment roll, and it shall be the duty of the recorder to make out from and according to such report a tax roll, including all the property described, as above required in said report, the owners or occupants of which have so refused or neglected to renew such sidewalks, with the amount of costs therein specified as aforesaid, and he shall submit the same to the common council, and the common council shall cause a warrant to be attached to such tax roll, directed to the treasurer of said city, and authorizing and commanding him to collect from the several persons named in such tax roll, the several sums of money therein set opposite their respective names in the same manner as is provided for the collection of State, county or township taxes, and with three per cent. charges, and such warrant shall require the treasurer to make returns to the common council of his doings therein in thirty days, and shall be signed by the mayor and recorder, and may be renewed from time to time if the common council shall deem necessary, and the treasurer shall have the same power to levy and collect the said several sums of money by distress and sale of goods and chattels, which township treasurers have, under the laws to collect State, county and township