[CC 1974 §§28.010 — 28.040]
A.
The City
of Dexter, Missouri, is hereby divided into three (3) districts for
convenience in providing for the sprinkling, oiling, repairing, surfacing
and resurfacing of the streets, avenues, alleys and public places
within said districts.
1.
District Number One. All of the territory included in Ward
One north of the Missouri Pacific railway track within the City of
Dexter, Missouri, is hereby designated as District No. 1 for the purposes
mentioned in the preceding Section.
2.
District Number Two. All of the territory included in Ward
Two and that part of the territory in Ward One which is south of the
Missouri Pacific railway track within the City of Dexter is hereby
designated as District No. 2 for the purposes of this Chapter.
3.
District Number Three. All of the territory embraced in
Ward Three within the City of Dexter, Missouri, is hereby designated
as District No. 3 for the purposes of this Chapter.
[CC 1974 §28.050]
The Board of Aldermen shall from time to time by ordinance provide
for the sprinkling, oiling, repairing, surfacing and resurfacing of
streets, avenues, alleys and public places within said districts and
shall provide that the cost of the same shall be paid wholly or in
part by special tax bills assessed in favor of the City of Dexter,
or the contractor who performs such work and improvements, against
the lots and tracts of land fronting, bordering, abutting on the streets,
avenues, alleys and public places where such streets, avenues, alleys,
surfacing and resurfacing is done in proportion that the linear feet
of each lot fronting or bordering on the street, avenue, alley and
public place so to be sprinkled, oiled, repaired, surfaced and resurfaced
bears to the total number of linear feet of all the property chargeable
with a special tax aforesaid in the territory embraced by the contract
under which the same is to be done, all according to the provisions
contained in Section 88.811, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 3359 §1(28.060(D)), 9-1-1987]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
A secondary means of ingress and egress serving more than
one (1) tract of land and used primarily for vehicular service.
A street shall designated on the major street plan adopted
by the Board of Aldermen or otherwise designated and utilized primarily
for high vehicular speeds or for heavy volumes of traffic on a continuous
route with intersections at grade.
Streets which function as secondary land/service streets
in that they move traffic from the major streets, which distribute
traffic regionally, to local streets, which distribute the traffic
to individual lots, parcels and muses within a subdivision or neighborhood.
Collector streets also may serve individual lots, parcels and uses
a secondary or additional function.
A general term denoting a public or private thoroughfare
which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
The term includes all facilities which normally occur within the right-of-way;
it shall also include such other designations as highway, thoroughfare,
parkway, throughway, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, court,
drive but shall not include an alley or a pedestrianway.
[Ord. No. 3359 §1(28.060(A
— C)), 9-1-1987]
A.
Except as provided for in Chapter 410, Subdivision Regulations, in order for the City to accept the dedication of a street, the following minimum specifications shall be required:
1.
A residential
street shall have a right-of-way width of at least fifty (50) feet
and shall be put to grade with at least a six (6) inch compact gravel
base twenty-six (26) feet wide.
2.
A collector
street shall have a right-of-way width of at least sixty (60) feet
with the width and depth of the base to be decided by the Street Superintendent
at the time of the proposed dedication.
3.
An arterial
street shall have a right-of-way width of at least eighty (80) feet
with the width and depth of the base to be decided by the Street Superintendent
at the time of the proposed dedication.
[Ord. No. 3359 §2(28.070), 9-1-1987]
In order that an alleyway dedication be accepted by the City,
said alleyway shall have minimum twenty (20) foot right-of-way and
minimum six (6) inch compacted gravel base.
[Ord. No. 3359 §3(28.080), 9-1-1987; Ord. No. 4048 §§1 — 2(28.081(1), 7-3-2000]
A.
All driveways
which adjoin a public City street and/or alleyway must be approved
by the Street Superintendent prior to construction of such drives.
All utility poles to be installed on street or alleyway right-of-ways
must be approved by the Street Superintendent prior to such installation.
1.
No obstruction of water flow. No person, firm or corporation
shall construct or maintain a driveway which impedes or obstructs
the flow of surface water on a City or public right-of-way or easement.
B.
Penalty.
1.
Issue notice of non-compliance. If a driveway is constructed which does not comply with the requirements of Subsection (A)(1), the owner of the property shall be given written notice of non-compliance, either by personal service or by certified mail, and said owner shall have thirty (30) days to bring the driveway into compliance. The written notice shall contain the address/location of the non-compliance driveway, a statement of the particulars of non-compliance, and a directive requiring same be put into such condition as to comply with the terms of the notice and this Section within thirty (30) days.
2.
Issue summons to appear in Municipal Court. If more than
thirty (30) days after issuance of written notice the driveway remains
in non-compliance, the owner shall be issued a summons to appear in
Municipal Court for violating this Section.
3.
Municipal Court options. If the owner shall plead guilty
or be found guilty of violation of this Section, the Municipal Court
shall be authorized to:
a.
Notify
the Mayor to have removed the portion of driveway located in the street
or road right-of-way and the cost incurred in removing such portion
of the driveway shall be assessed as costs and be charged against
the land as a municipal lien or be added to the tax bill as an assessment;
and/or
b.
Impose
a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[Ord. No. 3359 §4(28.090), 9-1-1987]
No person shall construct or install a fence or other obstruction
on City property or street or alleyway right-of-way.
