[Ord. No. 69,
passed 7-5-1916]
All sidewalks in the public streets or highways in any town
or village of said Township shall be of the following width to the
outer edge of the curbline, viz: On streets or highways 70 feet wide,
or upwards, the sidewalk shall be 14 feet in width; on streets or
highways of the width of 60 feet, or more and less than 70 feet wide,
the sidewalk shall be 12 feet in width; on streets or highways of
the width of 50 feet, or more and less than 60 feet wide, the sidewalk
shall be 10 feet in width; on streets or highways of the width of
40 feet, or more and less than 50 feet wide, the sidewalk shall be
eight feet in width; on streets or highways of the width of 30 feet,
or more and less than 40 feet wide, the sidewalk shall be six feet
in width; and on streets or highways of a width less than 30 feet
no sidewalks shall be required. All sidewalks shall have an inclination
of 1/4 inch to the foot rise from the outer edge of the curbline to
the property line and which edge of the curbline shall have an elevation
of six inches above the grade line of said street or highway.
[Ord. No. 69,
passed 7-5-1916]
All said public streets or highways, when the roadway thereof
shall have been graded to an established grade all sidewalks shall
be paved with brick, flagstone or concrete of the width and constructed
in the following manner:
A.
The width of the said brick, flagstone or concrete sidewalk pavement
where the whole sidewalk is of the width of 14 feet shall be seven
feet; where the whole sidewalk is of the width of 12 feet shall be
six feet; where the whole sidewalk is of the width of 10 feet shall
be five feet; where the whole sidewalk is the width of eight feet
shall be four feet; and where the whole sidewalk is the width of six
feet shall be three feet; and that such sidewalk pavement shall be
laid equidistant from the outer edge of the curbline and the property
line.
B.
All sidewalk pavements, whether of brick, flagstone or concrete,
shall be constructed as follows. All sidewalks shall first be graded
to conform to the inclination and elevation hereinbefore specified
with respect to the established grade of the public street or highway.
All subsoil or other matter, whether earth, rock or other material,
shall be excavated and removed from the portion of the sidewalk to
be paved to the required depth of the subgrade as well as from the
places at which cross subdrains shall be constructed as hereinafter
specified. Should there be any spongy material or vegetable matter
in the bed thus prepared, all such material shall be removed and the
space filled with clean gravel or sand and carefully rammed so as
to make such filling compact and solid.
1.
Brick sidewalk. Upon such sub-foundation for brick sidewalks, which
brick shall be of a good quality of paving brick, there shall be laid
a layer of course cinder or gravel to a depth of four inches, which
cinder or gravel shall be free from foreign matter, shall contain
sufficient fine materials to fill the voids in the coarse material,
and shall be thoroughly compacted by tamping. Upon which cinder or
gravel foundation a layer or cushion of sand three inches in depth
shall be laid to bed the bricks and upon which the bricks shall be
laid in a good and workmanlike manner. As soon as the bricks have
been laid the joints shall be filled and the pavement covered with
clean, fine dry sand and the pavement shall then be rammed to a firm
bearing with uniform surface and brought to the inclination and elevation
as hereinbefore specified.
2.
Flagstone sidewalk. Upon such sub-foundation for a sawed flagstone
sidewalk, which flagstone shall be of the best quality of gray Cleveland
sandstone or stone equal in quality thereto, of uniform color, with
surface sawed to a plane, free from warps, depressions or projections
or defects of any kind, shall have a width equal to the width of the
sidewalk pavement, a length of not less than four feet and a thickness
of at least three inches, there shall be laid a layer of coarse cinder
or gravel to a depth of four inches, which cinder or gravel shall
be free from foreign matter, shall contain sufficient fine materials
to fill the voids in the coarse material, and shall be thoroughly
compacted by tamping. Upon which cinder or gravel foundation a layer
of cushion of sand three inches in depth shall be laid to bed the
flagstone and upon which the flagstone shall be compactly laid in
a good and workmanlike manner to a firm bearing with uniform surface
and brought to the inclination and elevation as hereinbefore specified.
3.
Concrete sidewalk. Upon such sub-foundation for a concrete sidewalk
there shall be laid a layer five inches in depth of clean coarse cinder,
gravel or broken stone, ranging in size from 2 1/2
inches to 3/8 inch, which shall be free from dust, dirt or other foreign
matter and shall be thoroughly rammed or rolled and then leveled off
so as to be parallel with the finished surface of the sidewalk. Upon
which foundation shall be laid concrete masonry forming a slab of
Portland cement concrete five inches in depth, not more than six feet
in length nor containing more than 36 square feet of surface area.
The concrete shall be mixed in the proportions of one volume of any
first class American Portland cement, two volumes of sand and four
volumes of gravel or broken stone which gravel or broken stone shall
be uniformly graded from fine to coarse and shall all pass a 1 1/4
mesh screen and be retained on a 1/4 inch mesh screen and which sand
shall be coarse and in no case shall more than 3% of the same pass
a sieve having 100 meshes per lineal inch, to which, after being thoroughly
mixed, sufficient water shall be added so as to produce concrete of
a consistency that can be readily worked and finished in the manner
hereinafter required. The forms for such slabs shall be smooth, free
from warp, of sufficient strength to resist springing out of line
and of a depth to conform to the depth of the finished sidewalk. Such
forms shall be well staked, thoroughly braced, properly and accurately
set to the established line with their upper edges conforming to the
proper finished surface of the sidewalk and the inclination and elevation
herein before specified. After mixing the concrete shall be handled
rapidly, properly tamped against the forms, the coarse material forced
to the bottom, and each slab finished in one continuous operation
in a good and workmanlike manner with the wearing surface, when finished,
having a moderately rough surface and the joints, after the concrete
has set sufficiently, cut to the depth of the slab and filled with
dry sand. Working the finished surface with a steel trowel as well
as the application of cement to hasten the hardening is prohibited.
Excess water shall be removed with a rag or mop. After completion
of each slab suitable means shall be used to prevent damage to the
finished surface and such surface shall be kept moistened with water
for at least four days.
C.
All sidewalk sub-foundations shall be provided with cross-subdrains
of broken stone 10 inches by 12 inches at intervals of 25 feet connecting
the sidewalk subfoundation with the broken stone curb drain.
