[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
A. 
It shall be the responsibility of each owner of real property within the City of Hermann to construct, maintain, repair, and replace the public sidewalks, curbs, and gutters adjacent to such property in good repair and a safe condition and in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to construct, maintain, repair, remove, or replace any sidewalk, curb, or gutter within the City except in strict conformity to the requirements of this Chapter.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 10, §1]
The City of Hermann reserves to itself the exclusive control of all streets, avenues, alleys, public highways, thoroughfares, and sidewalks within the City, and may by ordinance open, improve or vacate such streets, alleys, public highways and sidewalks, and may build sidewalks, bridges, culverts, drains, and sewers within the City; and may establish grades for all such improvements, provided, however, that in all instances the said City shall follow such procedure as is set out under the laws of Missouri.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 10, §6]
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to create, open and improve any public square, public park, street, avenue, alley or other highway, old or new, and also to vacate or discontinue the same whenever deemed necessary or expedient; provided that all damages sustained by the citizens of the City or the owners of the property therein shall be ascertained as prescribed in that portion of this Article relating to the condemnation of private property for public use; and provided further that whenever any public square, street, avenue or alley, or other highway shall be vacated, the same shall revert to the owners of the adjacent lots in proportion as it was taken from them; and when the grade of any street or alley shall have been once established by ordinance, it shall not be lawful to change such grade without making compensation to all persons owning real estate on such street or square, avenue, alley or other highway who may be damaged by such change of grade, to be determined and governed in all respects, with reference to benefit and damages, as is provided in this Article.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
All maintenance and repair of public streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and other public ways shall be under the supervision of the City Administrator, or, in his absence, the Street Superintendent. Such official shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinance provisions relating to such public places (except traffic ordinances) and is hereby authorized to enforce this Chapter by appropriate proceedings.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
The Board of Aldermen may by ordinance, when deemed necessary or expedient, divide the City, or any portion thereof, into sidewalk districts, and award contracts for the construction of all sidewalks, curbs, or gutters which may be ordered built by the Board within each district for the next ensuing year. Such contracts shall be let after observing the same preliminaries and upon the same terms and conditions as hereinafter provided for other sidewalk contracts.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 1539 §1 adopted October 24, 2005, repealed section 510.040 "shade trees and awning posts" and section 510.050 "trees, shrubs, similar plants — minimum overhead clearance — restructions" and enacted new provisions set out in ch. 245 of this Code. Former sections 510.040 — 510.050 derived from ord. no. 244 §§1 — 4, 6-5-1944; ord. no. 903 §11, 6-27-1983; ord. no. 985 §1, 6-9-1986.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
The Board of Aldermen may cause sidewalks and curbs and gutters, as well as other city-owned rights-of-way within the City, to be periodically inspected by such person as may be designated from time to time by the City Administrator. A written report of the results shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen for its consideration.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
It shall be the duty of every City Officer and employee becoming cognizant of any defect in any street, alley, or sidewalk, or any obstruction thereof, to report the same to the City Administrator or Street Superintendent as soon as possible.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
It shall be unlawful to cause, create, construct, or maintain any obstruction of any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public way, including any building or structure which encroaches upon any sidewalk, public street or other public property, and also including any opening or stairway in any sidewalk or other public area, without a permit therefor from the Board of Aldermen, except as may be permitted specifically by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986; Ord. No. 1384 §1, 8-12-2002]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to deposit on any public sidewalk, curb, gutter or any portion thereof between the curb and the adjoining property line any material which may be harmful to the pavement, or any waste material, or any glass or other article which presents a hazard of injury to persons, animals, or property.
B. 
The owner and occupant of any lot or tract within the City shall be jointly and severally responsible and obligated to keep the public sidewalk, curb, gutter and any portion thereof between the curb and the adjoining property line in front of such lot or tract clear of mud, dirt, snow, ice, trash, and any other object which presents a hazard of injury to persons, animals, or property; and also free of weeds and other vegetation or plant growth, except for lawn grass kept mowed to a height of no more than four (4) inches and trees otherwise lawful under this Code.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
A. 
The public streets in the City of Hermann, when not otherwise specifically provided for, are hereby dedicated to the uses as follows:
1. 
A strip of twelve (12) feet in width on each curb side of every street is reserved for use as a sidewalk.
2. 
A strip of two and one-half (2.5) feet in width within that twelve (12) foot wide section on the curb side of the sidewalk is reserved for guttering and storm sewers.
3. 
The remaining portion of the street is reserved for vehicular traffic.
4. 
The Board of Aldermen may dedicate or order certain parts of streets to be used for park purposes.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 6-9-1986]
It shall be unlawful to walk upon or drive any vehicle or animal upon or injure any newly laid street or sidewalk pavement while the same is guarded by a warning sign or barricade, or knowingly to injure any soft or newly laid pavement.