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.
A.
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.
B.
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.
A.
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.
B.
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.
C.
Any material or coal shall be guarded by lights if the same remains
upon any street after dark.
A.
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.
B.
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.
A.
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.
B.
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]
A.
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.
B.
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.
C.
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.
