State law reference — Powers of Council to establish sidewalks, MGL c. 83, § 25.
[Gen. Ords. 1962, § 17-13]
All applications for the establishing, grading and construction of sidewalks and the assessment of abutting property owners shall be in writing and shall be addressed to the Council and shall state the names of all abutting property owners on such proposed sidewalk and the manner in which the petitioners desire such sidewalk to be constructed.
State law reference — Sidewalk amusements, MGL c. 83, §§ 26—29.
[Gen. Ords. 1962, §§ 17-14, 17-15]
(a) 
The Council shall, by an order, appoint a time and place for hearing all persons interested in the establishing, grading and construction of sidewalks as referred to in the preceding section and shall give notice thereof, in writing, to all abutters on such proposed sidewalk, at least seven days before the time of the hearing. The notice shall be given by causing an attested copy of such order to be left at the usual place of abode of each of such abutters or by delivering the same to such abutters or their tenants or agents in hand. If such abutter has no known place of abode in the City and no agent or tenant within the City known to the Council, such notice shall be posted in some public place in the City at least seven days before the time of hearing. Such notice shall be served by mail.
(b) 
The Council shall hear all parties referred to in this article interested, at the time appointed, and, if the Council is of the opinion that public convenience requires that a sidewalk should be established, graded and constructed and the abutters assessed substantially as prayed for, it shall so adjudge by a resolution to that effect, and thereupon the Council may order that a sidewalk be established and graded and that a proportional part of the expense thereof be assessed upon the abutters, and shall, by such order, prescribe the width and manner of construction of the same.
[Gen. Ords. 1962, § 17-16]
All sidewalks ordered pursuant hereto to be established and graded shall be constructed with a granite curbing at the corners of the intersecting streets, and the expense of all such curbing as lien within the line of the street named in the order shall be included in the cost of the work and assessed upon the abutting property owners as a part of such sidewalk.
[Gen. Ords. 1962, § 17-17]
Every sidewalk shall be constructed, graded and completed by the Director of Public Works and Forestry. The Director of Public Works and Forestry shall cause to be kept an exact account of the expense thereof, and shall report the same to the Council forthwith, after the same is finished and whenever ordered so to do, with the names of all abutting property owners assessable therefor and the estates benefited thereby, with a brief description thereof.
[Gen. Ords. 1962, §§ 17-18, 17-19]
(a) 
After receiving the report under the provisions of Section 17-44, the Council may, by an order, assess the several abutters on a sidewalk constructed, graded and completed by the Director of Public Works and Forestry, a sum not exceeding the sum authorized by statute, and fix a time for payment thereof The City Clerk shall, immediately after the passage and approval of such order, transmit a certified copy thereof to the auditor, who shall take account of and deliver the same to the City Treasurer for collection.
(b) 
The Treasurer, upon receiving the assessment certified to him under the provisions of Subsection (a), shall forthwith proceed to make collection of the various sums so assessed and shall enforce the payment thereof as provided by statute.