[Code 1971, § 26-12.1]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
PEDESTRIANS
All persons making use of public streets for foot passage.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street outside of the roadway used, or
set aside, for the use of pedestrians.
STREET
The entire area conveyed, acquired, or dedicated to public
use and passage. The word "street" shall include in its meaning the
words "avenue," "alley," "drive," "place," or any other words used
to designate the public thoroughfare as defined in this subsection.
[Code 1971, § 26-10]
It shall be unlawful for any person hereafter to construct any
sidewalk in any of the streets of the City, or to replace or reconstruct
any sidewalk or any portion thereof within the streets of the City,
until such person shall have first obtained a written permit from
the director of public works approving of the materials, the grade,
width, and other filed specifications, as required by this article.
[Code 1971, § 26-11]
All sidewalks hereafter constructed in the City shall be laid upon the grade and line to be established by the director of public works. The permit provided for in section
21-32 shall specify that such grade and line have been established and shall require such walk to be built upon the grade and line so fixed by the director of public works.
[Code 1971, § 26-12)
It shall be unlawful for any person to lay or construct in or
along any of the streets in the City any sidewalk other than that
composed of such materials as may be specified as suitable for sidewalks
by the director of public works on a set of specifications to be filed
in his office.
[Res. No. 168-92, 10-27-1992]
The director of public works or his designee shall have the
power to close or restrict through traffic on all streets of the City
or to establish detours when necessary for water, sewer, or street
maintenance, construction, snow removal, leaf removal, or other similar
work.
[Res. No. 114-93, § 1-3, 8-24-1993]
(a) It is the policy of the City to install ramps or sloping walks at
pedestrian crosswalks at walkways serving state and local government
offices and facilities, transportation, places of public accommodation,
and employers.
(b) It is the policy of the City to install, throughout the City, ramps
or sloping walks at pedestrian crosswalks whenever curb slabs are
replaced.
(c) In order to achieve the policy of the common council, the director
of public works shall permit no sidewalk intersection work or undertake
any such intersection sidewalk work within the City without providing
curb ramps or other sloped areas where pedestrian's walks cross curbs.
For the purpose of this provision, sidewalk intersection work shall
be any work undertaken on any concrete block which adjoins the curb
or if not concrete block any work undertaken within the right-of-way.