[Amended 10-8-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985; 11-27-2018 by L.L. No. 5-2018]
A. Unless otherwise provided in §
125-38 below, all sidewalks within the Village of Waverly hereafter constructed, repaired, replaced, improved or otherwise altered shall be constructed of cement concrete material or flagstone material of a quantity and quality approved by the Village Board of Trustees or individual appointed by the Board of Trustees. The use of any other materials for the purposes set forth above is prohibited and constitutes a violation of this article.
B. All such sidewalks hereafter constructed shall have a minimum width of five feet and a minimum depth of four inches for concrete and for flagstone a minimum width of five feet (or 59 inches for cut stone) and a minimum depth of 1 1/2 inches, (further specifications set forth below in §
125-38B) except sidewalks on Elizabeth Street, on Broad Street (between Loder Street and Pennsylvania Avenue), and on Fulton Street (between Elizabeth Street and the Pennsylvania State line), where such sidewalks shall be constructed under the supervision of the Village Board of Trustees or individual appointed by the Board of Trustees who shall be responsible for approval and laying of grade in accordance with specifications approved by the Board of Trustees of the Village.
[Added 10-8-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985;
amended 11-27-2018 by L.L. No.
5-2018]
A. Repairs made upon sidewalks by property owners may, in some situations,
be made with asphalt-type material, provided that each of the following
conditions is met:
(1) The sidewalk to be repaired consists of asphalt.
(2) The area of sidewalk to be repaired is smaller than the size of one
section of sidewalk five feet in width and five feet in length.
(3) The Village Board of Trustees or individual appointed by the Board
of Trustees approves the method of repair.
B. When using flagstone for sidewalk construction, repair, replacement,
or improvements, the material will be of a quantity and quality approved
by the Village Board of Trustees or an individual appointed by the
Board of Trustees. The construction of stone flagging shall be as
follows:
(1) The sidewalk shall be flagged with natural cleft stone or saw-cut
thermal stone not less than 1 1/2 inches thick, nor less than
two feet by two feet nominal cut. Said flagstone shall be well laid,
dry set in sand, gravel or crushed stone number 1 base of at least
six inches thick.
(2) Joints shall be no more than 1/2 inch and filled in with sand or
stone dust with the total combined thickness of the stone dust, setting
bed and bluestone being at least six inches in total thickness.
(3) Minimum sidewalk width for all new sidewalks to be five feet (or
59 inches due to nominal cut stone). Where the minimum recommended
five-foot width is not possible due to site conditions (example going
around a tree or tree roots), a minimum three-foot width section of
sidewalk may be installed with minimum five-foot square passing areas
spaced no more than 200 linear feet apart, as per ADA guidelines.
(4) Where the sidewalk joins the next property's sidewalk, the above
stone minimum width may be smaller depending on what is needed to
properly abut with the adjoining property's sidewalk. The thickness
of the flagstone must remain 1 1/2 inches thick.
(5) Variances to the above specifications will be considered on an individual
case-to-case basis, after a presentation to the village.
(6) Variances to existing stone sidewalks will be considered on an individual
case-to-case basis, after a presentation to the Village.
(7) At crosswalk ramps, a concrete section of sidewalk large enough for
"detectable warning" strips (detectable strips to be set by the Village)
is needed as approved by the Village Board of Trustees.
[Added 10-8-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985]
Prior to the construction, repair, replacement, improvement or other alteration of any sidewalk within the Village of Waverly, the property owner must obtain a sidewalk permit from the Village Clerk for the Village of Waverly, said permit being obtainable upon request at the Village Hall Annex, 362 Broad Street, Waverly, New York. Failure to obtain a sidewalk permit prior to any activity set forth in §
125-37 or
125-38 above is prohibited and constitutes a violation of this article.
[Added 10-8-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985]
The Superintendent of Streets for the Village
of Waverly shall have the authority to allow the construction of sidewalks
with a width of less than five feet if, in the opinion of the Superintendent,
after taking into consideration the widths of other sidewalks in the
area of the sidewalk to be constructed, a width of five feet would
be inconsistent with the other sidewalks in the area.