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(6) Duty to Inspect. In order to accomplish the purpose of this Section it shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to inspect sidewalks within the City, or cause the same to be inspected under his/her direction. (D) Improvements; ownership. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the City Council from undertaking any public improvement with respect to the construction, maintenance, replacement, repair, relocation or removal of sidewalks in the city pursuant to M.S. Chapter 429, as amended, or any other applicable ordinance, statute or law. Further, this section shall not be construed as to empower the owner of any land adjacent to any public or municipal sidewalk to claim ownership thereof, to remove any sidewalk without the replacement thereof, or to place or permit any form of barricade, obstruction or other hindrance to the free passage of any pedestrian thereon without the express written consent of the City Council, (Ord. #50, adopted 12/26/1990, Ord, amended 1.0111/2006) § 93.02 DEPOSITS ON STREETS PROHIBITED. (A) No person shall sweep, shovel or otherwise deposit any leaves, grass, rubbish or other materials of any kind in any street or gutter within the city. (13) It is unlawful for any person not acting under a contract with the city to dump snow or ice on city property or on a street. (Ord, adopted 8/24/1994) Penalty, see § 93,99 § 93.03 MAILBOX PLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION. (A) Intent. The intent of this section is to reduce the number of mailbox and paper box locations on city streets. The reasons for this are to make snow removal a more efficient process and to enhance the looks of the city streets, (13) Grouping mailboxes and paper boxes. All mailboxes shall be clustered in groups of not less than four nor more than six. Paper boxes are in addition to the mailboxes and shall be installed on the same stand. Groups of less than four will be ,allowed if any mailbox is more than 250 feet from the property it serves. (C) Location. The Public Works Director shall produce a mailbox location plan for the city and designate group mailbox locations. Residents replacing existing mailboxes will check with City Hall for the new group box locations. (D) Handicapped and elderly persons. Any handicapped or elderly person who would have difficulty using a group box location shall be exempt from this section upon notification of handicap or physical condition to the City Hall, (E) Removal of paper boxes from the right-of-way. As of 8-1-1990, all paper boxes not in group locations will be removed from the city street right-of-way.