[CC 1989 §7-70]
Whenever any persons desire to build their own sidewalks, or curbs and gutters, or to have them constructed by private contract at a time before the City Council shall have taken any action toward having such work done by public contract, they shall first obtain from the City Clerk a permit to do so, and such sidewalks or curbs and gutters shall be constructed in accordance with specifications prescribed and adopted by the City Council and under the supervision of the City Engineer, provided that after the City Council shall have instructed the City Engineer to file an estimate on cost of contraction of sidewalks or curbs and gutters along a portion of any street in this City, any person owning property along or in front of which such work is contemplated to be done may only apply for and be granted a permit at any time previous to five (5) days before the date specified for such estimate to be filed, and no permit shall be granted thereafter.
[CC 1989 §7-71]
Whenever any person applies for a permit as provided for in this Article, he/she shall deposit with the City Clerk an inspection fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) and a permit fee in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each lineal foot of curb and gutter to be constructed as a guarantee that the work will be completed within sixty (60) days from the date of the permit; or, in lieu of a cash deposit, a performance bond of like amount in a form acceptable to the City; and upon such application and deposit being made, the City Clerk shall issue a permit for the work, which permit shall be in the following form:
No. ___________
Webb City, MO ___________, 20____
_______________________________________ having this day deposited with the City Clerk the sum of ___________________________________________ dollars, permission is hereby granted for the construction of _________________________________________________________ on the __________ side of ________________________________ Street along Lot No. ______ in _________________________________________ Addition to Webb City, Missouri. The conditions of this permit are: That if the City Engineer's certificate of acceptance of the work done under this permit, together with this permit, are presented to the City Clerk within sixty (60) days from date hereof, the said sum of ___________________________________________ dollars shall be returned to the depositor, otherwise the full amount of said deposit shall be forfeited to the City of Webb City, Missouri.
Issued under the provisions of Section 525.350 of the Code of the City of Webb City, Missouri.
, City Clerk
N. B. This permit expires _____________________, 20____, and the work for which same is granted must be completed in time for the City Engineer's certificate of acceptance to be presented and this permit returned on or before said date.
[CC 1989 §7-72]
When a permit under this Article is obtained, it shall be submitted to the City Engineer with a request for the grade to be given for the work specified in the permit. The City Engineer shall then proceed, without any unnecessary delay, to set the grade stakes at the established grade for such improvement, and he/she shall supervise the construction of the sidewalk or curbs and gutters, and when the construction is completed according to the specifications and grade given, he/she shall issue a certificate of acceptance thereof, which certificate shall be submitted to the City Clerk when the permit is presented for the return of the deposit; and no permit shall be accepted and cancelled by the City Clerk until the City Engineer's certificate of acceptance is submitted to him/her, as evidence of the completion of the work in a manner satisfactory to the City.
[CC 1989 §7-73]
The City Engineer shall not be required to set grade stakes for any sidewalk or curb and gutter to be constructed by private contract until a permit therefor shall have been first obtained nor shall he/she give a certificate of acceptance for any sidewalk or curb and gutter which shall have been heretofore or may hereafter be constructed contrary to the provisions of this Article; and all such sidewalks, curbs and gutters shall be subject to condemnation by the City Council, and the property along or in front of which such improvements are so constructed shall be liable for the cost of reconstruction thereof in accordance with the City's specifications and on the established grade.