City of Las Vegas, NM Public Thoroughfares

§ 377-1 Specifications for construction of sidewalks.

Sidewalks shall be required in all subdivisions within the City limits. Sidewalks shall be installed next to the curb on all street sides. Sidewalks shall be constructed of concrete with a cement content that shall produce not less than 3,000 psi at 28 days. The minimum cement content shall be 5 1/2 sacks of cement per cubic yard. Sand and gravel shall be clean of unsuitable material and shall pass through a one-and-one-half-inch mesh screen. Sand content, maximum percentage of sand to total weight of sand and gravel, may not exceed 45%. Sand classification, sand passing through a three-eighths-inch opening screen. The maximum water, 6 1/2 gallons water, should be suitable for drinking. The City shall have the option of taking samples of concrete being poured and having tests run as to strength and consistency, with the cost of tests being paid for by the property owner.

§ 377-2 Duty of owner to maintain sidewalks.

It shall be the duty of each person owning a lot or parcel of land within the City of Las Vegas to maintain and keep in repair any sidewalks along such lots, at the expense of the owner of such lot or parcel of land.

§ 377-3 Notice to owner to repair; failure to repair.

[Amended 9-14-1995 by Ord. No. 84-6]

When any sidewalk shall be in disrepair, and that fact is made known to the City, it shall be the duty of the City to notify the owner of the lot or parcel of land abutting on said sidewalk that the same is out of repair and to request such owner to repair the same, designating the manner in which such repair shall be made; the notice shall be in writing and shall be served upon said owner or agent. Return of service shall be made to the City Clerk. The notice shall inform said owner that he is required to repair said sidewalk, in the manner aforesaid, within 10 days after service of notice, and in that in the event of his failure to do so, he will be subject to the penalties contained in this chapter.

§ 377-4 Violations and penalties.

Any person who shall permit any sidewalk to remain out of repair, after notice is herein provided, shall be in violation of this chapter, and shall be assessed a fine for each day that said person fails to comply with notice.