[Amended 5-21-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-158]
No sidewalk shall be built, altered, repaired or discontinued,
nor shall any edgestone be placed or reset, on any of the public streets
except by and under the direction of the City Engineer.
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State law reference — Sidewalks generally,
MGL c. 83, §§ 25 to 29; MGL c. 85, § 4 et
seq.
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[Amended 5-21-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-158]
All sidewalks shall be constructed of artificial stone known
as "granolithic" or such other material as shall be recommended by
the City Engineer and shall have a granite edgestone set along the
gutter or outside edge, with sodding between the edgestone and outside
edge of the granolithic, unless the City Council shall specify that
either the sidewalk, edgestone or sodding be omitted in certain cases.
[Amended 5-21-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-158]
Any person wishing to have a sidewalk built, altered or repaired, or an edgestone placed or reset, in front of his/her premises shall first make and file in the office of the City Engineer a written application therefor and agreement to pay 1/2 of the cost thereof. Applications under this section shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 202-10 and 202-13.
[Amended 5-19-1997 by Ord. No. 97-315; 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2018-4]
The Councilors may, if in their judgment the safety and convenience
of the general public so require, order the reconstruction of a sidewalk
with materials of a more permanent character than that which may currently
exist. Assessments shall be levied against the various properties
which abut such sidewalks. Such assessments shall be calculated on
the basis of 1/2 the actual cost of work prorated over the frontage
of the properties involved. Assessments may be calculated a value
less than 1/2 the cost of work only in the case of roadways which
are designated by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and
the Federal Highway Administration as either a rural major collector
roadway, an urban minor artery or an urban other principal artery.
