Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 State and Local governments are responsible for ensuring that public rights-of-way, including sidewalks, are accessible for people with disabilities? This includes maintaining a clear path and building accessible infrastructure.
The City of Sylvania and Sylvania Township offices receive calls annually about vehicles blocking sidewalks. Please help do your part and remember that sidewalks, just like roadways, need to be kept free and clear for all users.
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909.25 OBSTRUCTING WALKS OR ROADWAY WITH TRUCKS OR OTHER VEHICLES.
(a) No person shall so work or place a truck or other vehicle in any existing driveway or runway so that the walk is obstructed, or so that the truck or other vehicle extends into the street beyond the curb. Hereafter, no permits for curb cuts shall be issued when it is decided by the Director that insufficient space has been provided on private property to park or place an automobile, truck, a tractor-trailer combination or similar type vehicle. Curb openings for use by coal trucks serving a premises may be constructed providing there is a twenty foot clearance between the sidewalk and the nearest obstruction for the full width of the driveway, so that the coal truck will clear the sidewalk during the unloading of coal onto the premises.
(b) It is hereby made the duty of the Director of Public Safety and the officers of the police force to see that all provisions of this section as heretofore set forth are carried out in detail. (Ord. 35-69. Passed 8-4-69.)
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REPORTING VIOLATIONS
City of Sylvania
Director of Public Safety - 419-885-8967
Police Department - 419-885-8902
Sylvania Township
Police Department - 419-882-2055