[Code 1992, § 8.11; Ord. No. 95-18, § 8.11, 9-11-1995]
(a) 
Regulated. No person, whether owner, builder or contractor, shall build any new sidewalk or rebuild, repair or renew or cause to be rebuilt, repaired or renewed any existing sidewalk contrary to the provisions of this section.
(b) 
State law adopted. In addition to the provisions of this section, W.S.A., §§ 66.615 and 66.616, and Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) 14.0, public rights-of-way, relating to the construction and repair of sidewalks and curb ramps, so far as applicable to the City, is adopted by reference.
(c) 
Sidewalk requirements. The City Council may, from time to time, require that sidewalks be laid, and this requirement may vary from street to street as conditions and circumstances require, and may order by resolution sidewalks to be laid in the manner provided in this article. Unless otherwise ordered by the Council, the width of all sidewalks shall not be narrower than those now constructed or laid, except as otherwise provided in the construction manual as provided herein.
(d) 
Permit required. No person shall build any sidewalk within the City without first obtaining a permit from the City. Application for such permit shall be to the Department of Public Works on a form provided by the City and shall contain a full statement of the materials to be used in construction and the width thereof and shall also request the line and grade for the construction of such walk be furnished by the City.
(e) 
Sidewalk standards. All sidewalks shall be constructed to standard specifications established by the City and as stated in the State of Wisconsin Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, plus Supplemental Specifications, Section 602. Unless otherwise permitted, sidewalks shall be not less than four feet in width and constructed of concrete not less than four inches thick except where crossing a driveway, where a six-inch minimum thickness is required. Cross slopes on sidewalks shall, in general, be 2%, or as allowed by ADAAG.
(f) 
Protection to the public. The public shall be afforded protection during construction or repair of sidewalks as follows:
1. 
City may repair. Any sidewalk which is unsafe, defective or insufficient shall be repaired or removed and replaced with a sidewalk in accordance with the standard fixed by this section, and the City Council may by resolution, order such sidewalk so repaired or removed and replaced.
2. 
Procedure where City makes repairs. The City shall make repairs as follows:
a. 
Notice. A copy of the resolution or order directing such laying, removal, replacement or repair shall be served upon the owner of each lot or parcel of land in front of which such work shall have been ordered by the City after personally delivering the resolution or order to the owners or his agent or, if such owner or agent cannot be found, by publishing the resolution or order in the official newspaper.
b. 
Failure to obey notice. Whenever any such owner shall neglect, for 20 days after such service, to lay, remove, replace or repair any such sidewalk, the City may cause such work to be done at the expense of such owner. All work for the construction of sidewalks shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder unless otherwise provided by the Council pursuant to W.S.A., § 62.15(1).
c. 
Costs assessed. The City shall keep an accurate account of the expenses of laying, removing and repairing sidewalks in front of each lot or parcel of land whether the work is done by contract or otherwise, and shall annually prepare a statement of the expense so incurred in front of each lot or parcel of land, the expense to be on file with the City Clerk. The amount therein charged to each lot or parcel of land shall be entered by the Clerk on the tax roll as a special tax against the lot or parcel of land, and the amount shall be collected in all respects as other taxes upon real estate.