§ 10-06 — Boulevards

10-06. Boulevards.

1. AUTHORIZED. Any city within this state of the first or second class as defined by chapter 40a of Sanborn and Berryman's annotated statutes of this state and the acts amendatory thereof, whether operating under said chapter or under special charter is hereby authorized to set aside certain streets therein in the manner hereinafter designated to be known as boulevards or pleasure ways and may regulate the use of the same. (S. 1, Ch. 167, L. 1895.) 2. TO DESIGNATE BOULEVARDS. Any of the cities defined in Section 1, of this act, having a board of park commissioners or commissioners of public parks may, by a majority vote of the common council of such city, upon recommendation of said park commissioners or commissioners of public parks designate any street within such city and declare the same to be a boulevard or pleasure way and may provide for the use thereof and designate what character of vehicles may travel thereon; provided, that no such city shall be authorized to prohibit the ordinary use of any or all parts of such boulevard or pleasure way for the purpose of obtaining orders for, and the carrying of supplies or any other necessary things to, or from any place or residence fronting on said boulevard. (S. 2, Ch. 167, L. 1895.) 3. BY COUNCIL. Any of the cities designated in Section 1, of this act, which have no board of park commissioners or commissioners of public parks may, upon the recommendation of the mayor and a majority of such common council, adopt and prescribe rules and designate and declare certain streets to be boulevards or pleasure ways and regulate the use of the same in the same manner and with the same effect as if such cities had a board of park commissioners or commissioners of public parks. (S. 3, Ch. 167, L. 1895.) 4. VIOLATIONS. Any such city by its common council may prescribe penalties for the violation of any rule or regulation it may prescribe for the use of any such boulevard or pleasure way. (S. 4, Ch. 167, L. 1895.)