From and after the passage and approval of this article, the
following regulations shall govern the width and construction of all
streets and highways in the City of DuBois, whether the same be built
and constructed by the City of DuBois or constructed by private persons,
firms or corporations within the limits of the City of DuBois.
A. Grades. The street grades shall be submitted to the City Engineer
for approval.
B. Preparation of streets for paving.
(1) Where slopes, fills, embankments, walls or culverts are necessary
and required, the same shall be presented to the City Engineer for
approval.
(2) Sanitary sewers shall not be constructed or laid until a permit shall
be secured from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and plans approved
by the City Engineer.
(3) Storm sewers shall be constructed under the supervision of the City
Engineer only after the plans, size of pipe, pipe material, etc.,
have been approved by him.
(4) All water, gas, steam pipes or conduits shall be laid prior to street
construction, and the laterals, branches or extensions of same shall
be extended to the inside lot line of the curb under the supervision
of the City Engineer.
C. Street construction.
(1) Where bituminous concrete shall be permitted for use as street surfacing,
it shall be in combination with reinforced cement concrete; and eighteen-inch
reinforced cement concrete gutter shall be laid on each side of said
street adjoining and inside the reinforced cement concrete box-type
curb.
(2) All newly constructed curbs shall be the box-type and constructed
of reinforced concrete or shall be the extruded-type constructed of
precast concrete and securely fastened to the ground.
(3) All streets shall be constructed with the materials, and in accordance
with the methods and requirements as set forth under current specifications
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation.
D. Bonds. A labor and material and a maintenance bond for a period of
two years shall be furnished by every contractor in favor of the City
of DuBois for all street construction.
Any assessment authorized under this article shall be paid either
in full, within 60 days after notice of such assessment shall have
been given to the party assessed, or in four equal semiannual installments,
the first of which shall be due and payable within 60 days after such
notice. All assessments, whether paid in full or in installments,
shall be payable to the City Treasurer.
If any assessment authorized under this article shall not have
been paid in full or if an installment payment of 1/4 the total amount
of such assessment shall not have been made within 60 days after notice
shall have been given to the party assessed, the entire assessment
shall be due, and it shall be the duty of the Solicitor to collect
the same, with interest, from the date of the completion of the improvement
in any manner provided by law.
In case the party against whom an assessment shall have been made under this article shall have paid an installment of 1/4 of the total amount thereof within 30 days after notice of such assessment, such party shall pay the remaining 3/4 of such assessment in three subsequent semiannual installments, the first of which shall be due within six months after the first installment became due and the remaining installments shall become due at six-month intervals thereafter. All such installments shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum, commencing 30 days after the notice of total assessment referred to in §
385-40 of this article.
Upon failure of the owners of property abutting streets to be
paved or improved or upon failure of the lessees of property owned
by the City of DuBois abutting streets to be paved or improved to
comply with the notice to make house connections with utility pipes,
the City of DuBois may do the same or cause the same to be done and
may levy the cost of its work, plus 10% of the total cost, on such
owner as a property lien or on such lessee as a property lien against
property owned by the lessee that abuts the land which is the subject
of the lease between the City of DuBois and lessee over which lessee
has rights of ingress, egress and regress to reach the street which
is the subject of the proposed improvement. Such lien shall be collected
in any manner provided by law.