[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Harrisburg
by Ord. No. 76-1959. Amendments noted where applicable.]
After the passage and approval of all ordinances for the opening
or widening of any public highway in the City, the City Engineer shall
prepare a map or plan showing the proposed improvement.
A.
The City Engineer shall, immediately after the completion of any
improvement, the cost and expense of which in whole or in part is
to be paid by the abutting property owner, complete a certificate
in which shall be stated the day or time at which the particular improvement
was completed, and the City Engineer shall file the same with the
City Clerk, who shall enter said day or time of completion in a book
to be kept by the City Engineer for said purposes; said day or time
mentioned in said certificate shall be conclusive on all parties as
to the time said work was completed. The time of completion of the
work referred to in this section and in other parts of the chapter
shall be taken to mean the time of the completion of the whole contract
for the improvement.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 27-1999]
B.
The City Engineer shall also furnish to the City Clerk a certificate
showing the time at which any such particular improvement was commenced,
and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the time when
said improvement was begun. An entry of such date shall be made by
said Clerk in the books aforesaid.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 27-1999[1]]
After the passage and approval of all ordinances for the grading
of any public highway in the City, the City Engineer shall prepare
the profile measurements, survey and map or plans necessary to grade
said highway to the grade established therefor. The City shall advertise,
as required by law, for bids for the grading of the highways and award
the work to the lowest responsible bidder. The Bureau of Purchasing
shall require the contractor or contractors to enter into a bond,
having as surety thereon one or more surety companies legally authorized
to do business in the commonwealth, in a sum equal to 100% of the
contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all the
terms and conditions of said contracts, and also to enter into an
additional bond with similar surety, for 100% of the contract price,
conditioned upon the prompt payment of all material furnished and
labor supplied or performed in the prosecution of the work. Said bonds
shall be approved by the City Solicitor.
After the passage and approval of all ordinances for the paving
and curbing of any public highway in the City, the costs and expenses
whereof shall be assessed according to the front-foot rule, the City
Engineer shall prepare specifications for such paving and curbing,
with the right to increase or diminish the width of the sidewalk wherever
necessary, and all other information, conditions and stipulations
necessary for the proper performance of the work authorized, which
specifications shall be exhibited in the Bureau of Purchasing during
the time prior to the bid opening. The Bureau of Purchasing shall
advertise, as required by law, for bids for the paving and curbing
of the highways and award the work to the lowest responsible bidder.
The Bureau of Purchasing shall require the contractor or contractors
to enter into a bond, having as surety thereon one or more surety
companies legally authorized to do business in this commonwealth,
in a sum equal to 100% of the contract price, conditioned upon the
faithful performance of all the terms and conditions of said contracts,
and also to enter into an additional bond with similar surety, for
100% of the contract price, conditioned upon the prompt payment of
all material furnished and labor supplied or performed in the prosecution
of the work. Said bonds shall be approved by the City Solicitor.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 27-1999]
The assessments for the paving and curbing of said highways
shall be made by the City Engineer upon the completion and acceptance
of the improvement in each highway by appropriating the entire cost
and expense of paving each highway separately, curbing in front of
nonassessable properties, among all properties fronting on both sides
of said highway between the points authorized to be paved, in proportion
to the number of feet each property fronts upon said highway, and
the actual cost of curbing or resetting curbing to the properties,
respectively, first giving at least five days' notice of the time
and place of making the assessments. The City Engineer shall certify
said assessments to the City Treasurer within 30 days after the completion
of the improvement, and the City Treasurer shall give at least 10
days' written notice to all the parties so assessed so that said assessments
shall be payable within four months from the date of completion of
the improvement.
Within five months after the completion of the work, the City
Treasurer shall certify to the City Solicitor the names of the owners,
if known, together with a full description of the properties against
which assessments have been made under any ordinance and which remain
unpaid, either in whole or in part, and the City Solicitor shall enter
liens for said unpaid assessments and shall from time to time proceed
to collect said assessments, or the part thereof remaining unpaid
according to law, and all accrued interest and penalties imposed by
law.
