On any street, alley or driveway in the City of Washington where
a sidewalk exists on any portion thereof at the time of enactment
of this article, the sidewalk width and line shall conform to the
average width and line of the existing sidewalks within that particular
block.
On any street, alley or driveway in the City of Washington where
no sidewalk exists at the time of enactment of this article and on
every new street, alley or driveway:
A. Where the street, alley or driveway is less than 50 feet side, the
sidewalk shall be not less than five feet wide, with a grass plot
of 18 inches.
B. Where the street is 50 feet or more in width, the sidewalk shall
be not less than six feet wide, with a grass plot of two feet in width.
The specifications for all sidewalks hereafter laid or relaid
in the City of Washington, except those for the handicapped, shall
be as follows:
A. The forms shall be placed firmly, set line and grade on a subgrade
that is firmly compacted and evenly graded.
B. The sidewalk shall be four inches in thickness and shall be reinforced
with 6-6-5-6 wire mesh and be placed 1 1/2 inches from the bottom
slab and/or utilize one-half-inch rebar rods to extend around the
entire perimeter of each section. The concrete mix shall be 1:2:3
properly graded cement concrete, and said surface shall be broom-finished.
C. The sidewalk shall have a fall of 1/4 inch for every five feet in
width. The sidewalk shall fall towards the street surface.
D. One-half-inch approved expansion shall be placed where needed within
said sidewalk.
E. The sidewalk shall be cut or marked to make even, uniform slabs.
Where a sidewalk is to be placed over a filled ditch, the specifications shall be the same as prescribed in §
310-15 of this article.
From the curbline in each sidewalk, there shall be a rise in
the grass plot of one inch to the lineal foot.
Curb reveal for any driveway shall be no less than one inch
and no greater than two inches. That portion of all concrete driveways
within the property lines of the street shall be six inches in thickness.
[Amended 1-10-2013 by Ord. No. 1854]
No person, utility company or corporation shall cause any excavation
to be made in a sidewalk area without first obtaining a permit as
covered by this article. All applications involving excavations of
sidewalks that total less than 150 square feet shall pay a permit
fee to the City of $50. All applications involving excavations of
sidewalks that total more than 150 square feet shall pay a permit
fee of $150. The application for permit will be needed to instruct
the contractor or property owner of the specifications needed to comply
with the implementation of constructing the sidewalks within this
City.
No sidewalk shall be laid when the temperature of the atmosphere
is less than 35° F. In the laying of sidewalks, proper and approved
measures shall be taken to keep the concrete from freezing. A solution
of 1% to 2% of calcium chloride shall be used in the aggregate when
there is danger of freezing, During hot weather, the concrete shall
be kept moistened for a period of 48 hours.
Whenever the City of Washington shall have given notice, in
the manner prescribed by § 38002 of the Third Class City
Code, to any property owner to construct, pave, curb, repave,
recurb or maintain any sidewalk abutting such property, such property
owner shall have 20 days in which to comply with such notice, and
if any property owner shall not have complied with such notice before
the end of such period of 20 days, such property owner shall be deemed
to have failed to comply with such notice, and the City may proceed
as authorized by § 38002 of the Third Class City Code to
cause the required work to be done, and may collect the cost of thereof,
with the penalty allowed by law, from the owner of such property,
as authorized by law.
The City of Washington or its authorized representatives reserve
the right to accept or reject any work performed under this article
and to enforce any violations associated therewith.