[Adopted 5-21-1966 by Ord. No. 72-66 as Art. 903 of the 1966 Code]
The Director of Streets and Public Improvements shall have charge of and supervise the construction and repair of all curbing and sidewalks within the City. All grades, width of sidewalks and other engineering work in connection therewith shall be furnished by the City Engineer. The matter of the determination of a need of any repairs to curbing and sidewalks shall at all times be within the province of the Director of Streets and Public Improvements.
No person shall set any curbstone or pave any gutters or construct any sidewalks in any street where the grade has been fixed by the City Engineer until the grade and location thereof shall have been given by the City Engineer. Any work contrary to the provisions of this section shall, upon notice from the Director of Streets and Public Improvements, be removed and remedied within 30 days of service of such notice.
[Amended 11-11-1996 by Ord. No. 559]
A. 
All new sidewalks on all streets or parts of streets in the City, the roadways of which are curbed or paved or which shall hereafter be curbed or paved prior to the date of notice for the construction of such sidewalks, shall be constructed of portland cement concrete. The concrete shall be made and the sidewalk shall be laid in accordance with the latest standard formula for work of that class. In some instances, and with prior approval of the Code Enforcement Officer, brick may be used for decorative purposes. All sidewalks presently consisting of asphaltic concrete will be allowed to remain until such time as they are to be repaired or replaced. At that time, concrete will be required. However, in cases where a section in the middle of an existing asphaltic concrete sidewalk is excavated, that section may be replaced with asphaltic concrete, as approved by the City's Department of Streets.
[Amended 1-12-1998 by Ord. No. 590]
B. 
The sidewalk shall be constructed on a foundation of cinder, stones, slag or such other material as the character of the soil and drainage may render necessary.
C. 
With prior approval from the Code Enforcement Officer, patching of existing sidewalks may be made with asphaltic cement on a temporary basis. Plans must also be approved for this temporary patching by the Code Enforcement Officer.
D. 
New or replacement portland cement concrete sidewalks must meet existing sidewalk at the nearest expansion or construction joint.
E. 
Any valve boxes, curb boxes, manhole covers, etc., encountered or to be located in the sidewalk area shall be adjusted so that the top surface is flush with the top surface of the sidewalk. All valve boxes, curb boxes, etc., shall be left in such a way that the covers are easily removed and the boxes shall function in the manner in which they were intended.
[Amended 11-11-1996 by Ord. No. 559]
No person shall construct or cause to be constructed any new sidewalks except in compliance with specifications for portland cement concrete walks to be furnished by the City Engineer. All such work shall at all times be done under the supervision of and subject to the direction of the City Engineer.
A. 
Any person who shall construct or lay any sidewalk not in conformity with the provisions of this Article shall, upon notice from the Director of Streets and Public Improvements, be required to comply with the provisions thereof within 30 days from the date of service of such notice.
B. 
Upon failure, neglect or refusal to comply therewith, the City is hereby authorized to have such sidewalks made, constructed and laid, and the cost thereof shall be collected from such person with a penalty of 10% of such cost added thereto. Such amount shall be a lien upon such premises from the time of the completion of the work, which date shall be fixed by certificate of the City Engineer filed with the City Clerk, and may be collected by action in assumpsit, or such lien may be filed and proceeded in as in the case of municipal liens.
The width of the pavements or sidewalks, including the curbstones, of all that part of Market Street in the City which is west of Twentieth Street is hereby fixed at 10 feet on each side of such street, measuring from the true line of the street, wherever such street is 60 feet in width, leaving 40 feet for the clear roadway width of such street.
In the front of lots not actually built upon, the sidewalks shall not be required to be paved to a greater width than five feet, commencing not less than two feet from the outside curbline where the sidewalk is seven feet or more in width. The balance of the sidewalk shall be filled with gravel or grass to the same level as the pavement.
A. 
The outside line of curbstones shall correspond with the lines for the width of the sidewalks in the streets of the City. All curbstones shall be at least four feet long and two feet deep for the entire length thereof and six inches thick at the top.
B. 
All curbs shall be dressed smooth on the top to conform with the grade of the pavement. The fronts and ends of all curbs shall be dressed smooth for a depth of nine inches from the top and shall be rounded at the corners of all streets, lanes and alleys. The curbs shall be set so that the front shall lean toward the pavement one inch per foot of the height, and the side of the curb toward the pavement shall be dressed at least four inches from the top.
C. 
Wherever the grade line of gutter is more than eight inches below the top curbs, the curbstone shall be of such additional depth that at all times two-thirds (2/3) of the depth of curb shall be below the grade line of gutter.
Whenever new curbs are set or old curbs replaced by new ones at the intersection of streets, such curbs shall be circular and of such radius as the City Engineer shall direct and approve.
A. 
All gutters shall be paved outside of the curbline for a width of two feet six inches with suitable material approved by the City Engineer. All gutters shall be laid in accordance with plans filed with and approved by the City Engineer. Whenever streets are paved, the gutters shall be paved with the same material.
B. 
Whenever it is deemed necessary by the City Engineer to have a wider or deeper gutter, he shall have the power to order its construction.
A. 
No owner, tenant or occupant of any premises in front of which any curbs, gutters or pavements are or may become out of repair shall neglect or refuse to repair the same within 10 days of service of notice to that effect to be given by the City Engineer, in the case of gutters, and by the Director of Streets and Public Improvements, in the case of curbs and sidewalks, if, in their opinion, the condition shall be liable to cause injury to pedestrians.
B. 
Where the owner, tenant or occupant of lots in front of which the footways are not curbed, guttered and paved shall neglect or refuse to curb, gutter and pave the same within 30 days after notice to do so, the Council may have such curbs, gutters and sidewalks constructed.
C. 
Any repair or construction cost incurred by the City shall be collected from the owner, tenant or occupant of such property, with a penalty of 10% of such cost added thereto. Such amount shall be a lien upon such premises from the time of the completion of the work, which date shall be fixed by certificate of the City Engineer filed with the City Clerk, and may be collected by action in assumpsit, or such lien may be filed and proceeded in as in the case of municipal liens.
[Amended 12-12-1994 by Ord. No. 526]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be fined not more than $600 and, in default of payment of fine and costs, be imprisoned not more than 90 days.
[Added 11-11-1996 by Ord. No. 559]
Any person constructing, replacing or repairing any curb, gutter or sidewalk must first obtain the necessary building permits from the Code Enforcement Office prior to commencement of any construction, replacement or repair.