All public streets, alleys, sidewalks, and other public ways in the Village shall be under the supervision of the Public Works Director. He or she shall have supervision over all work thereon, the cleaning thereof, and shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinance provisions relating to such public places (except traffic ordinances) and is authorized to enforce those ordinances.
No person shall construct or lay any pavement on any public street, sidewalk, alley, or other public way or repair the same without having secured a permit therefor. Applications for permits shall be made to the Village Clerk and shall state the location of the intended pavement or repair, the extent thereof, and the person or firm who or which is to do the actual construction work. No permit shall be issued except on order of the Village Board.
Each applicant shall file a bond in the amount of $10,000, with surety to be approved by the Village Board, conditioned to indemnify the Village for any loss or damage resulting from the work undertaken or the manner of doing the same.
All street and sidewalk pavements shall be made in conformity with specifications laid down or approved from time to time by the Village Board.
No person shall walk upon, drive any vehicle or animal upon, injure any newly laid street or sidewalk pavement while the same is guarded by a warning sign or barricade, or knowingly injure any soft newly laid pavement.
All public street, alley, and sidewalk pavement shall be in good repair. The repair work, whether done by the Village or by the abutting owner, shall be under the supervision of the Public Works Director.
It shall be the duty of every Village officer or employee becoming cognizant of any defect in any street, alley, or sidewalk, or any obstruction thereof, to report the same to the Public Works Director as soon as possible.
Transverse premolded bituminous expansion joints 3/4 inch thick shall be placed at right angles to the edges of the sidewalk at intervals of 30 feet throughout the length of the sidewalk. These joints shall be held in place perpendicular to the surface of the sidewalk and in proper alignment and grade by use of the metal cross forms. The length of the joints shall be the width of the sidewalk to the top surface of the finished sidewalk. The joint shall extend from one inch below the top of the foundation bed prepared for the sidewalk. Wherever a sidewalk is constructed adjacent to existing improvements, such as buildings, curbs, and sidewalks, a 3/4-inch premolded bituminous expansion joint shall be installed between the sidewalk and the existing improvement. One-half-inch round, smooth dowel bars two feet long shall extend across and through the expansion joints. The bars shall be spaced two feet apart center to center. The first bar on either edge of the sidewalk shall be six inches from the edge. The dowel bars shall be embedded in the concrete 1/2 the thickness of the sidewalk below the top surface of the sidewalk and shall extend into the concrete slabs equally on each side of the joint. Caps or sleeves of metal, or of a composition acceptable to the Village, shall be placed on the alternate opposite ends of the dowel bars after that portion of the bars has been coated with approved heavy grease. The cap or sleeve shall be approximately five inches long, shall fit the dowel bar tightly, shall be indented so that there is a stop for the dowel bar, and shall provide unobstructed expansion space of not less than one inch. The dowel bars shall comply with the requirements of the Standard Specifications for Rail-Street Concrete Reinforcement Bars, ASTM designation A-16. The dowel bars shall be held parallel to the surface of the sidewalk and at the right angles to the expansion joints by metal chains or by other methods acceptable to the Village.
No person shall cause, create, or maintain any obstruction of any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public way except as specifically authorized by ordinance or by the Public Works Director.
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Any person, firm, or corporation laying or repairing any pavement on a street, sidewalk, or other public place or making an excavation in any such place shall maintain suitable barricades to prevent injury to any person or vehicle by reason of the work. The barricades shall be protected by a light at night.
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Any defects in such pavement shall be barricaded to prevent any such injury; and any person, firm, or corporation properly maintaining any opening or excavation in any such place shall guard such opening or excavation while the same remains open, by proper barricades and lights.
No person shall disturb or interfere with any barricade or lights lawfully placed to protect or mark any new pavement or excavation or opening in any public street, alley or sidewalk.
No person shall use any street, sidewalk, or other public place as space for the display or sale of goods or merchandise; or write or make any signs or advertisements on any pavement.
No person shall erect or maintain any building or structure which encroaches upon any public street or property.
No person shall injure any sidewalk, street, or alley pavement.
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No person shall deposit on any street any material which may be harmful to the pavement, any waste material, glass, or other articles which may do injury to any person, animal, or property.
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Coal or other materials may be deposited in streets in preparation for delivery or use, provided the deposit does not reduce the usable width of the roadway to less than 18 feet. No material or coal, other than material to be used in actual building construction, shall be permitted to remain on the street for more than three hours.
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Any material or coal shall be guarded by lights if the same remains upon any street after dark.
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No person shall deposit on any public sidewalk any material which may be harmful to the pavement thereof, any waste materials, glass, or other articles which might cause injury to persons, animals or property.
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Merchandise or other articles may be deposited on sidewalks, in preparation for delivery, provided the usable width of the walk is not reduced to less than four feet. No such article shall remain on sidewalks for more than 1/2 hour.
No person shall obstruct any drain in any public street or alley.
No person shall erect or maintain any poles or wires on or over any public street, alley, or other public way without having secured permission from the Village Board.
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No person shall maintain or erect any gasoline pump or tank in any public street, alley, or sidewalk without having obtained a permit therefor from the Village Board.
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No permit shall be issued until the applicant furnishes a bond or indemnity policy with corporate surety to indemnify the Village against loss or liability in the sum of $10,000 occasioned by the tank or pump.
[Amended 12-22-2008 by Ord. No. 08-36]
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No person shall make any excavation in or tunnel under any public street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place in the Village without having secured a permit therefor. Applications for permits shall be made to the Village Clerk and shall specify the intended location and the purpose of the excavation.
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Any person making any excavation shall refill the same properly and shall, as soon as possible, restore the surface to the condition it was in before the excavation was made.
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As a condition of the permit identified in this section, the permittee shall request the Village office issuing this permit to identify sites in the right-of-way where a highway authority agreement governs access to soil that exceeds Tier 1 residential remediation objectives of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 742. The permittee shall take all measures necessary to protect human health (including worker safety) and the environment during and after any access to such soil.
No person shall play any games upon any street, alley, or sidewalk where the games cause unnecessary noise or interfere with traffic or pedestrians.
No person shall construct or maintain any opening or stairway in any public street or sidewalk or alley without a permit from the Village Board. All lawfully maintained openings shall be guarded by a suitable strong cover or a railing approved by the Public Works Director.
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Editor's Note: Former § 95-23, Barbed wire or electric fences, was repealed 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16.