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.
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.
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.
[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.