[CC 1990 §16-20; CC 1978 §911.003]
The Board of Aldermen may, by ordinance, require any sidewalk to be constructed on any street or other place within the corporate limits of the City, and shall, as soon as practicable, cause a written notice of said ordinance to be served upon the owner of the property, premises or lot adjacent to or abutting upon the street or place whereon said sidewalk is to be built. Said notice shall require such person to build such sidewalk within thirty (30) days from the date of the service thereof.
[CC 1990 §16-21; CC 1978 §911.005]
The notice required in Section 510.200 shall be in writing and signed by the City Clerk, and shall contain a verbatim copy of the ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen requiring such sidewalk to be built. The said notice shall be served by the City Marshal either by delivering a copy of the original notice to the owner of the abutting property or if the owner be a non-resident, notice may be served on him/her by delivering a copy thereof to his/her agent or tenant, if he/she have any in the City; if he/she have none, then by publication in some newspaper published in the City or if no newspaper is published in the City, then said notice shall be published in the next nearest newspaper published in the County.
[CC 1990 §16-22; CC 1978 §911.007]
It shall be the duty of the owner of said abutting property, after being served with such notice, to construct said sidewalk, and to have the same completed within thirty (30) days after the service of said notice. In case the owner fails to construct said sidewalk as required by ordinance, the City may cause the same to be built and charge such owner or owners with the cost thereof by special tax bill against the property, and may proceed to collect the same as hereinafter directed. Provided that the corner lots and intersections shall be liable for and shall be assessed for the extension of sidewalks to the curb line each way, and, provided further, that no notice whatever shall be required to authorize the repairing of sidewalks, curbing or guttering or reconstructing the same and making assessments therefor. Such repairing or reconstructing may be done by the proper officers of the City, without notice, and each piece or parcel of abutting property shall be liable for such repairs made along or adjoining the same, to be assessed and collected as in case of the construction of new sidewalks.
[CC 1990 §16-23; CC 1978 §911.009]
In case the owner of such abutting property shall fail or refuse after being notified to construct such sidewalks, the City Engineer shall prepare specifications for said work, with or without curbing, as the ordinance may specify, and shall also make an estimate of the cost thereof. Such specifications and estimate shall be filed with the City Clerk and submitted to the Board of Aldermen for approval. Provided that no specification or estimate shall be required for the making of any local or special repairs.
[CC 1990 §16-24; CC 1978 §911.011]
After the estimate of the City Engineer is approved by the Board of Aldermen, the City Engineer shall advertise for bids for the construction of such new sidewalk or any portion thereof remaining unconstructed, which advertisement shall be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the City of Belle, or if no newspaper is published in the City, then said notice shall be published in the next nearest newspaper published in the County. The Board of Aldermen shall open such bids and shall let such contract to the lowest and best bidder, provided however, the City may reject any or all bids submitted, and, provided further, that no contract shall be let on any bid exceeding the estimate made by the City Engineer.
[CC 1990 §16-25; CC 1978 §911.013]
Whenever the City Engineer has advertised for bids for the construction of any sidewalk of any kind and receives no suitable bids therefor, the Board of Aldermen may order the City Engineer to construct or reconstruct such sidewalk at the expense of the City, in which event the City Engineer shall keep an accurate account of the amount expended for labor and materials, including grading and filling, opposite each lot or piece of ground, and present the same to the Board of Aldermen for assessment, and each lot or piece of ground abutting on the sidewalk constructed or reconstructed shall be liable for the costs thereof, and special tax bills shall be issued for the amount thereof.
[CC 1990 §16-26; CC 1978 §911.015]
As soon as such sidewalks are completed and accepted by the Board of Aldermen, the City Engineer shall compute the cost thereof and return such computation to the Board of Aldermen who shall, by ordinance, assess a special tax against the lots or tracts of land as herein provided, and the City Clerk shall make out a certified bill of such assessment against each lot or tract of land in the name of the owner thereof and such certified tax bill shall be delivered to the contractor who shall receive and receipt for the same in full of all claims against the City of Belle for all work done or materials furnished under his/her contract. Provided that in the event said sidewalk shall have been constructed, repaired or reconstructed by the City as provided for in this Chapter, such bill, when made out and certified by the City Clerk, shall be recorded in the book kept for that purpose and then delivered to the City Collector who shall be charged with the amount thereof by the City Clerk, and the City Collector shall immediately proceed to collect the same, and if it is not paid within thirty (30) days after demand is made therefor, he/she shall institute suit thereon.
[CC 1990 §16-27; CC 1978 §911.017]
Any person taking any contract with the City of Belle for work under this or any special ordinance shall be paid in special tax bills made in conformity to the Chapter and the Statutes of Missouri.
[CC 1990 §16-28; CC 1978 §911.019]
The Board of Aldermen may by ordinance condemn wooden or defective sidewalks and may remove walks so condemned, and may provide for the construction of new sidewalks in the place of those so condemned and removed, or for the repair of such sidewalks. Provided that the construction of such condemned sidewalks shall proceed in every way as is provided in this Chapter for the construction of new sidewalks.
[CC 1990 §16-29; CC 1978 §911.021]
No contractor or property owner or other persons shall lay, rebuild or repair, or cause to be laid, built or repaired, any sidewalk within the City of Belle without first having written permission from the Street Committee to do so.
[CC 1990 §16-30; CC 1978 §911.023]
No sidewalk shall be erected at a grade other than that established by the City of Belle and set forth in the specifications as prescribed by the City Engineer.
[CC 1990 §16-31; CC 1978 §911.025]
All sidewalks must be accepted by the Board of Aldermen before they become permanent.
[CC 1990 §16-32; CC 1978 §911.027]
All sidewalks shall be composed of six (6) parts of fine gravel and one (1) part of cement, shall be of the width of not less than four (4) feet and built in blocks not to exceed six (6) feet in length, with one-half (½) inch space between each block filled with sand, shall be not less than four (4) inches thick with an additional top dressing one-half (½) inch thick, said top dressing composed of one (1) part sand and one (1) part cement.