[Adopted 2-26-1985 by Ord. No. 2-85 (Ch.
176, Art. III, of the 1985 Code]
The owners of land fronting or bordering on
streets, roads and highways and other areas where the public traverses
in the Village of Ridgefield Park are required to keep the sidewalks
in front of such lands in good repair. Such owners of land fronting
or bordering on such streets, roads and highways in the Village shall
construct, reconstruct, pave, repave, improve or repair, at their
own proper cost and expense, the sidewalks fronting or bordering such
lands within 45 days following notice to do so, given in the manner
required by law. The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority
to notify any owner or occupant of a parcel who fails to keep such
property in good repair; and, after 45 days' notification, if such
repairs are not done by the property owner or occupant, the Board
of Commissioners shall have the authority, if it wishes, to have the
repairs made to the sidewalk or take such other steps as may be necessary;
and the expenses thereof, together with the interest and cost, shall
be assessed as a tax and collected as a lien. Notice of such repairs
and the fact that the repairs will be assessed as taxes against the
property shall be given by the Village Clerk or a representative of
the Building Department to the owner's or occupant's last known address,
postage prepaid.
The construction, reconstruction, paving, repaving,
improving and repairing of all sidewalks and driveways by the owners
of abutting lands or their agents shall be under the supervision and
to the satisfaction of the Building Department.
Sidewalks constructed, reconstructed, paved,
repaved, improved and repaired within the Village shall be as per
requirements of the Building Department. The owners of property fronting
or bordering any street, road or highway may, upon securing written
permission from the Construction Official, construct sidewalks of
concrete pavement or bluestone abutting their respective properties,
of a width equal to the space lying between the curbline and the property
line. All sidewalks in R-1 and R-2 Districts shall be at least three
feet wide. An allowance for a smaller width shall be made to accommodate
existing shade trees.
All concrete pavement or bluestone sidewalks
and driveways shall be barricaded or planked to prevent travel over
the sidewalk or driveway or any other disturbance until the concrete
is thoroughly set and hard.
All sidewalks and driveways shall be constructed,
reconstructed, paved, repaved, improved and repaired to the grade
of the streets, roads and highways established for that purpose by
the Village Engineer. Grades shall be furnished to any property owner
or to the owner's contractor upon application to the Building Department
assigned that function by the Board of Commissioners or to the Village
Engineer. No sidewalks or driveways shall be constructed, reconstructed,
paved, repaved, improved and repaired without 48 hours' notice in
writing to the Village Engineer in order that survey points or bench
marks may be properly transferred and replaced.
Any person owning or in control of any property
in which a sidewalk has to be constructed, reconstructed, paved, repaved,
improved or repaired may construct, reconstruct, pave, repave, improve
or repair that sidewalk with bluestone if he so desires. A request
or plan where appropriate providing for construction with bluestone
shall be prepared prior to the construction, paving, improving or
repairing and shall be submitted to the appropriate official of the
Village of Ridgefield Park for approval.
