This article shall constitute and be known as
the "Sidewalk Code" and may be cited as such and presumptively provides
for all matters concerning, affecting or relating to the construction,
repair or maintenance of all curbs, gutters, sidewalks and driveways
or any other construction in any street between the property lines
thereof.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CONTRACTOR
The party contracting for or doing any work described herein,
or the authorized representative of such party.
ENGINEER
The Village Engineer or his authorized representative.
All work shall be done in conformity with the
specifications prepared by the Superintendent of Buildings as set
forth herein and approved by the Board of Trustees.
All curbs, gutters, sidewalks or driveways shall
be laid in accordance with the lines and grades furnished by a licensed
professional engineer. The cost of establishing the lines and grades
shall be paid for by the property owner, the contractor or the agent
of the owner to said engineer.
All work done and materials used under this
article shall be under the supervision and approval of the Superintendent
of Buildings or his representative.
Work under this article shall be completed within
30 days of the date of application therefor, except that when the
application is made between November 15 and the following March 15,
the work shall be completed before April 15 next succeeding.
All sidewalks, curbe, gutters, driveways or
pavement laid, installed or constructed on any private street or on
the streets of any new development not dedicated to the Village shall
be subject to the same regulations and must comply in all respects
with the regulations governing public streets, the title of which
is vested in the Village. Failure to comply with the above will be
cause for the Village to reject any proffered dedication of such streets.
[Amended 3-16-1981 by L.L. No. 2-1981]
Violations of this article shall commence after
written notice is served, either personally or by mail, to the last
known address of the owner, agent, builder, contractor or lessee,
and such notice may be served or sent by any person designated by
the Mayor and Board of Trustees.
Before delivery on the job, and at such other
times as the Superintendent of Buildings reasonably deems necessary,
the contractor shall furnish any required samples of the materials
hereafter mentioned. The materials used shall pass the following requirements:
A. Cement. Cement shall meet the requirements of the
current Standard Specifications for Portland Cement of the American
Society for Testing Materials C150-53. A sack containing 94 pounds
of cement will be considered one cubic foot.
B. Fine aggregate. Fine aggregate shall consist of clean,
hard, durable uncoated particles of sand, free from organic material.
100% shall pass a one-fourth-inch mesh screen, 95% shall be retained
on a one-hundred-mesh screen. Not more than 25% shall pass a fifty-mesh
screen. It shall be well-graded from coarse to fine and shall not
contain more than 5% by weight of clay or loam, none of which shall
be in lumps. When fine aggregate is mixed with portland cement in
the proportion of one part cement to three parts fine aggregate by
weight, according to the standard method of making briquets, the resulting
mortar at the age of seven and 28 days shall have a tensile strength
at least equal to that developed in the same time by mortar of the
same proportions and consistency made of the same cement and standard
Ottawa sand.
C. Coarse aggregate. Coarse aggregate may be broken stone
or gravel. The broken stone or gravel shall be clean, hard, durable
uncoated rock. It shall contain no vegetable or other deleterious
matter and shall be free from soft, thin, elongated or laminated pieces.
100% of the coarse aggregate shall pass a one-inch screen and at least
95% shall be retained on a one-fourth-inch screen.
The specifications in this article concerning
terms, materials, forms, subgrades, drainage, subbase, mixing, placing,
jointing and curing shall govern the construction of curbs and gutters
and combined curbs and gutters, except as noted below:
A. Thickness.
(1) Curbs shall be six inches thick at the top and seven
inches at the bottom and at least 18 inches deep. Gutters shall have
aprons 18 inches wide and shall be at least six inches thick.
(2) The combined curb and gutter shall be at least six
inches thick, the curb 12 inches high and the apron at least 18 inches
wide and six inches thick.
(3) The cross section of the curbs, gutters or combined
curbs and gutters shall be of a design given by the Superintendent
of Buildings.
B. Expansion joints. Curbs, gutters and combined curbs
and gutters shall be cut into sections not longer than 20 feet and
shall be provided with one-half-inch expansion joints every 40 feet
and where curves start and end.