No owner or occupant shall allow the sidewalk abutting on his
premises to be littered with rubbish or dirt. If such owner or occupant
shall refuse or fail to remove any such rubbish or dirt when notified
to do so by the Village Board or its designee, the Village Board or
its designee may cause the same to be done and report the cost thereof
to the Village Clerk-Treasurer who shall spread the cost on the tax
roll as a special tax against the premises, pursuant to § 66.0703,
Wis. Stats., or such cost may be recovered in an action against the
owner or occupant.
[Amended 3-24-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]
A. Board may order. The Village Board may determine that sidewalks or
curb and gutter may be constructed, laid, rebuilt or repaired along
or upon any public street, right-of-way or highway within the Village.
The Village Board will determine where sidewalks will be constructed.
The Village Board may determine or change the width or grade of any
street or sidewalk.
B. Apportionment of sidewalk and curb and gutter costs. Any time the Village rebuilds or reconstructs a street, sidewalks shall be installed at the property owner's expense. Sidewalks and curb and gutter in new subdivisions shall be installed by the developer pursuant to Chapter
377, Subdivision of Land, of the Code of the Village of Clyman. When a street is repaired or reconstructed and curb and gutter already exists, the Village shall pay for the replacement curb and gutter.
C. Permit required. No person shall hereafter lay, remove, replace or
repair any public sidewalk within the Village of Clyman unless he
is under contract with the Village to do such work or has obtained
a permit therefor from the Village Clerk-Treasurer at least three
days before work is proposed to be undertaken. No fee shall be charged
for such permits.
D. Standard specifications for sidewalk.
(1) General. Concrete sidewalk construction shall meet the specifications
and provisions set forth in this section and shall be constructed
in locations and to line and grade as established by the Village.
(2) Grading. Prior to construction, ground on which sidewalks are to
be placed shall be brought to within three inches of subgrade by the
contractor.
(3) Subgrades: remove all dirt below the grade line; and the space shall
be filled with crushed stone, sand, or gravel. The base shall be left
four inches thick after being tamped, with the stone or gravel to
be not larger than 1 1/2 inches in diameter and to be free from
dirt, dust and foreign matter. Soft, porous and unsuitable subgrade
material shall be removed and replaced with sand, gravel, or other
satisfactory materials, and the subgrade shall be thoroughly and uniformly
compacted and moistened immediately before the concrete is placed.
On embankments, the upgrade shall extend to at least allow room for
form work beyond each edge of the sidewalk.
(4) Concrete. The minimum quantity of cement per cubic yard shall be
no less than five ninety-four-pound sacks. Concrete shall be mixed
for at least one minute. Gravel shall be of good quality and washed.
Concrete shall test 3,000 pounds of compression in 28 days. Bituminous
sidewalks are prohibited.
(5) Jointing. Expansion joints 1/2 inch thick and four feet wide shall
be placed at fifty-foot maximum intervals. At all places where a walk
intersects another walk or curbline, a one-half-inch expansion joint
shall be placed.
(6) Slope. To provide adequate drainage, the sidewalk shall slope toward
the curb at a minimum rate of 1/4 inch per foot of width of sidewalk.
All joints and edges shall be finished with a one-fourths-inch radius
edging tool. Sidewalks shall be constructed within the limits of the
street, and unless otherwise specifically indicated, there shall be
a six-inch strip of street property left between the property line
and the edge of the sidewalk. At its discretion, the Village has a
right to inspect/approve form work prior to pouring.
(7) Width and thickness.
(a)
All residential sidewalks in the Village shall be four feet
in width.
(b)
The width of sidewalks in commercial areas shall be as determined
by the Village Board.
(c)
Residential walks shall be not less than four inches thick except
within driveway approaches where the minimum thickness shall be six
inches. Sidewalks in front of commercial or industrial establishments
shall be not less than five inches in thickness except within driveway
approaches where the minimum thickness shall be seven inches.
(d)
One-half-inch reinforcement rod shall be used when replacing
or repairing sidewalks over alley entrances.
(8) Curing and drying. As soon as any of the concrete work hereinbefore
mentioned has been finished and hardened sufficiently to prevent excessive
marring of the surface, it shall be cured and protected against rapid
drying. Failure to comply with this requirement shall be deemed sufficient
cause for suspension of the work. Curing shall be accomplished by
the impervious coating, wet fabric, or paper methods. For imperious
coating or membrane curing, only those materials meeting requirements
of ASTM Specification C156-44-T, "Method of Test for Efficiency of
Materials for Curing Concrete," shall be used. Said specifications
are hereby adopted by reference as if fully set forth herein.
(9) Finishing. The concrete shall be struck off true to grade, finished
smooth and given a broom finish. All edges shall be rounded. No tool
marks shall be left on exposed surfaces. In case of rain, the walk
shall be covered to protect the surface from being damaged. Walks
shall be kept free from all traffic at normal temperatures for 48
hours and in cold weather (below 50° F.) for 96 hours. No concrete
shall be poured when the temperature may be expected to fall below
35° F. in any seventy-two-hour period or upon frozen subgrade.
(10)
Higher standards. Where deemed necessary by the Village, higher
sidewalk standards may be required by the Village Board.
E. Repair or replacement of defective sidewalks.
(1) The Village Board may determine that any sidewalk which is unsafe,
defective, or insufficient be repaired or removed and replaced with
a sidewalk in accordance with this section. The existence of any one
or more of the hereinafter enumerated characteristics shall determine
whether a sidewalk is defective or insufficient:
(a)
Three-fourths-inch or more vertical differential between adjacent
sharp edged individual sidewalk blocks (crack in slab) and between
adjacent round edged individual sidewalk blocks (joint).
(b)
One-and one-fourth-inch horizontal distance between adjacent
individual sidewalk blocks.
(c)
Deterioration of the surface to a vertical depth of 1/2 inch
or more within each individual sidewalk block.
(2) If 80% of a property owner's sidewalk blocks are determined
to be defective or insufficient, the entire sidewalk shall be replaced.
F. Curb cut. Driveway curb cuts must be performed by concrete cutting
equipment specifically designed for this use. In lieu of cutting the
curb, the entire curb and gutter section may be removed and replaced.
Any pavement damages as a result of this work must be repaired by
the owner or his agent.
G. Illegal sidewalks. No sidewalk which shall be constructed contrary
to the provisions of this section shall be considered a legal sidewalk
and the same may be ordered to be replaced with a legal sidewalk and
with one that is in conformity with this section, the same as if no
sidewalk whatever had been build or constructed in the place where
any such sidewalk is located.
All vaults and cisterns under sidewalks shall be prohibited.
Requests or petitions by Village property owners for new streets,
street resurfacing, curb and gutter, storm sewers, utility work and
sidewalks shall be presented to the Village Board on or before September
15 to be considered for installation in the following year.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be
deposited, dump, sort, scatter or leave any rubbish, stone, wire,
earth, ashes, cinders, sawdust, hay, glass, manure, filth, paper,
snow, ice, dirt, grass, leaves, construction waste, garbage or other
offensive or noxious material in any public street, sidewalk, alley,
or upon any public property or upon any property of another, without
the express permission of the owner of occupant thereof.
No person shall in any manner obstruct or cause to be obstructed
the free passage of water in any public gutter, ditch, culvert, swale
or drain or place or cause to be placed any rubbish, dirt, sand, gravel
or any other matter or thing so that the same is likely to be carried
by the elements into any public gutter, ditch, culvert, swale or drain.