[Adopted 5-29-1928 by Ord. No. 140]
From and after the passage of this article, every person's ground fronting or abutting upon any street in said Borough, which is or shall be brought to the established grade, shall grade and pave the sidewalk in front of or adjoining such ground and construct curbs and gutters at the edge of sidewalks in accordance with the provisions of this article, and with the established lines and grades to be furnished by the Borough Engineer, within 30 days after receiving the notice provided for in § 213-7 of this article or after service of such notice as hereafter provided.
A. 
It shall be the duty of all owners of ground fronting or abutting any street in the Borough of Aldan to keep their sidewalks in good repair and passable condition, whether such sidewalks are at the established grade or not, and when notified to do so, they shall make all necessary repairs within 30 days after receipt of a notice as is required by § 213-7 of this article or after the service of such a notice as hereinafter provided. When sidewalks are in dangerous condition, they shall be temporarily repaired and rendered safe within 24 hours after the receipt of a notice to that effect or after the service of such a notice served as hereinafter provided, which notice shall be signed by any member of the Highway Committee of the Borough Council; and on failure of the owner or owners to comply with the notice, said Committee shall have the necessary temporary repairs made and the proper Borough authorities shall collect the cost of the work and materials from the owner or owners of such ground, as such claims are by law recoverable.
B. 
When any street is or shall be brought to the established grade and it is found that the sidewalks, curbs or gutters already constructed do not conform to the established grade or width or with the requirements of this article, it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of the ground fronting or abutting on such sidewalks to repave or correct such sidewalks, curbs and gutters in accordance with the proper lines and grades and with the provisions of this article within 30 days after the receipt of a notice to that effect or after the service of such notice served as hereinafter provided.
All notice directing and requiring the grading, paving, repaving, correcting or repairing of sidewalks or the construction, correcting or repairing of curbs and gutters at the edge of sidewalks shall be printed or written and shall specify the width to be paved and the location of such proposed sidewalk and shall be served upon the owner of ground and premises to which such notice refers, if said owner is a resident of said Borough, and if said owner is not a resident of the Borough of Aldan, then said notice shall be served on the agent or tenant of said owner or upon the occupant of said ground and premises, and if said owner has no agent or tenant or there is no occupant of said ground and premises, then by printed or written notice tacked upon the premises.
Said paving and repaving shall be constructed of either flag or cement concrete pavement. Curbs shall be of bluestone or its equal, not less than four inches in thickness and 18 inches in depth, and the length of each separate stone shall not be less than four feet; or of cement concrete not less than seven inches in thickness and 18 inches in depth. All corner curbs shall be circular and shall have a radius of 12 feet on streets 60 feet wide and a radius of 10 feet on all other streets.
A. 
Sidewalks.
(1) 
Cement shall meet the requirements of the standard specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials.
(2) 
Fine aggregate shall consist of natural sand or screenings from hard, tough, crushed rock, gravel or slag; must be clean and well-graded. All fine aggregate shall pass a four-inch screen, and 90% shall be retained on a one-hundred-mesh screen.
(3) 
Coarse aggregate may be pebbles, broken stone or blast furnace slag; must be clean, hard, durable and uncoated. All coarse aggregate shall pass a one-inch screen, and 95% shall be retained on a four-inch screen.
(4) 
Water shall be clean enough to drink.
(5) 
Joint filler shall be premolded strips of bitument filled fiber or mineral aggregate, four inches thick, as wide as the thickness of the sidewalk and at least three feet long.
(6) 
Forms shall be of lumber two inches thick or of steel of equal strength. Flexible strips may be used on curves. They shall be rigidly held to line and grade by stakes or braces.
(7) 
Division plates shall be of one-eighth-inch steel as wide as the depth of the slab and as long as the width of the walk.
(8) 
Subgrade shall be well-drained and compacted to a firm surface with a uniform bearing power.
(9) 
Drains. Where necessary, four-inch concrete tile drains shall be laid to protect the walk from damage by frost action.
(10) 
Subbase. On poorly drained soil, where drains are impractical, a five-inch subbase of cinders, gravel or other porous material shall be constructed. It shall be thoroughly tamped and drained into the street gutter.
(11) 
Thickness and proportions. The walk shall never be less than four inches thick. In business districts, it shall be five inches thick. Concrete shall be mixed in the proportions of one part cement, two parts fine aggregate and four parts coarse aggregate for walks in residence districts. For walks in business districts, use one part cement, two parts sand and three parts stone.
(12) 
Mixing. Concrete shall be mixed until each particle of fine aggregate is coated with cement and each particle of coarse aggregate is coated with mortar.
(13) 
Placing and finishing. Concrete shall be placed immediately after mixing. It shall be camped and struck off with a template and shall be floated with a wood float until the surface has a true contour. Care shall be taken to not bring to the surface an excess of water and fine sand by over-finishing.
(14) 
Jointing. The walk shall be cut into separate rectangular slabs not greater than five feet on any one side. The surface edges of each slab shall be rounded to a one-fourth-inch radius. Markings shall be exactly at cuts between slabs.
(15) 
Expansion joints shall extend from the surface to the subgrade and shall be at right angles to the sidewalk surface. A one-half-inch expansion joint shall be made across the walk at approximately fifty-foot intervals. At all places where the walk intersects a curbline or another walk, a one-inch expansion joint shall be made.
(16) 
Curing. Finished concrete shall be kept wet for seven days.
(17) 
Pitch. All sidewalks shall have a lateral pitch of 1/4 inch per foot on paved portion and 1/2 inch per foot on the unpaved portion.
B. 
Curbing. Same as specified for sidewalks except the following: The curbing shall be 18 inches in depth, seven inches in width at the top, eight inches in width at bottom and lengths of 10 feet; it shall have a batter of one inch from the top of the curbing to the surface of the street pavement. Concrete shall be struck off and finished through to cross section; finish with a float or curb tool and brush. Round the corners and edges. Forms to remain in place at least 24 hours.
Unless the Borough Council shall hereafter by ordinance or resolution direct, or otherwise, the sidewalks on all streets of the Borough shall be paved and repaved to the width of four feet, the paved portion of the sidewalk to be placed where the Borough Council directs, and those parts not occupied by the paving shall be brought to the proper Borough grade and consist of a grass plot, the grass for the entire width to be maintained at a height not to exceed four inches.
No sidewalk shall be constructed or reconstructed or any grading, paving or repaving done to the same and no gutters or curbs shall be constructed or corrected until the owner or owners of the ground or the person having charge of the work shall first have obtained a permit for the same from the Secretary of the Borough Council. The permit shall have printed or written thereon or attached thereto a copy of this article and shall be placed, by the party applying for the same, in the hands of the Borough Engineer, who shall furnish said person with the established lines and grades, for which service he shall receive his proper charge from the party applying for the same. When the work set forth in the permit has been fully completed, a certificate that the work has been properly done, and the plans, regulations, requirements and ordinances of the Borough complied with, shall be procured from the Borough Engineer by the party applying for the above-mentioned permit, and endorsed on the permit and returned to the Secretary of Council, provided that if, in the judgment of the Borough Engineer, such construction, grading, paving, repairing or paving of any sidewalk shall be inexpedient or dangerous because of the existing grade of the street or the contiguous sidewalk, such permit shall not issue or, if issued, shall be canceled by the Borough Engineer and the cost thereof returned to the applicant. The cost of each permit shall be $0.50, which shall be paid into the Borough Treasury for the use of the Borough. No permit shall be valid after 60 days from the date of issue.
If any person or persons shall neglect or refuse to grade, pave, repave or repair any sidewalk or to construct, correct or repair any curb or gutter or to keep the same in repair, pursuant to notice given as above-mentioned, for the space of 30 days after the receipt of a notice as required by this article or service of the same as hereinbefore provided, the Borough Council shall forthwith cause such grading, paving, repaving and repairing of sidewalks and such constructing, correcting and repairing of curbs and gutters to be done by contract, and the proper Borough authorities shall collect the cost of the same from the owner or owners of such ground, as such claims are by law recoverable. All sidewalks laid or curbing, paving or guttering done by Borough authorities under this article shall be paid for by the owner or owners as follows: In cash within 30 days after the work is completed, and in case a lien is filed, in five equal semiannual payments, the first payment to be made within 30 days after the work is completed, and the remaining payments to be made semiannually thereafter, all deferred payments to bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum, provided that in case default shall be made in the payments of any such semiannual installments, for the space of 30 days after the same shall become due and payable, then and in such case, the full amount of the assessment bill or lien shall become due and payable immediately and may be collected, less any amount that may have been paid on account, together with interest and costs according to law.
Whenever any sidewalk, curbs or gutters shall be out of repair, like proceedings shall be in all respects, and like recovery of the cost of such repairs shall be had from the owner or owners of such ground abutting thereon and as hereinbefore provided for, in the case of grading, paving, repaving, repairing, curbing and guttering.
It shall not be lawful for the owner or owners of any property to place, allow or maintain any encroachment upon the sidewalk fronting or abutting upon such property, such as a porch, extension, steps, railings, fences, hedges or excavations for a basement, cellar windows or cellar doors, unless provided with protecting gratings, or to place or allow any awning, sign or branches of trees at less than a clear height of nine feet above any sidewalk, provided that in case of young trees, the branches thereof under nine feet shall be permitted to extend over the sidewalk a distance of not more than three feet from either the building or the curbline.
Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall forthwith forfeit and pay the sum of $5 for each offense and a further sum of $1 per day for each and every day such violation continues after notice thereof has been served, as hereinbefore provided for in § 213-7. Such penalty shall be for the use of the Borough of Aldan and shall be recoverable as debts of like amount and character are by law recoverable and when recovered shall be paid into the Borough Treasury.