[CC 1992 §535.010; Ord. No. 159 §§I — II, 10-28-1963]
A.
Whenever
the Board of Aldermen of the City of Charlack, St. Louis County, Missouri,
shall determine to have any sidewalk built or repaired, the Board
of Aldermen shall cause at least ten (10) days' notice in writing
to be served on the owner or owners of any such property or lot within
the City, which said notice shall require such owner or owner of such
property or lot to begin to build, repair and complete the building
or repairing of any such sidewalk in a reasonable time thereafter;
which said notice shall contain a description of each property or
lot aforesaid and a general description of the character of such sidewalk,
giving the length and breadth of such sidewalk and the material of
which all or any part thereof shall be composed; and if, at the expiration
of fifteen (15) days after the service of said notice, if in writing,
or if by publication, at the end of four (4) weeks after said publication,
said owner or owners as aforesaid shall not in good faith have commenced
to build and repair any such sidewalk as aforesaid and complete the
same in reasonable time thereafter in the judgment of the Board of
Aldermen, said Board of Aldermen shall cause such sidewalk to be built
or repaired at the expense of the City of Charlack, the cost and expense
of which shall constitute a lien on the property or lot along which
said sidewalk may be built or repaired as aforesaid, and the said
City may enforce the said lien against such property or lot in any
court of competent jurisdiction as provided by law and in such cases
a certified copy of any special tax bill for such work approved by
the Board of Aldermen shall in all cases be prima facie evidence that
the work therein stated was done along the property therein mentioned
and the amount thereof as stated therein is due and correct and the
provisions of the law and this Section have been carried out; provided,
the owner or owners of said property or lot may pay into the City
Treasurer the cost and expense of building or repairing said sidewalk
by the City at any time before the sale of said property or lot for
such cost and expense.
B.
If
the notice in writing as in this Section provided cannot be personally
served in the State of Missouri, or if the owner or owners are unknown
and cannot be personally served, the Board of Aldermen shall cause
four (4) weeks' notice to be published in some weekly newspaper published
in the County of St. Louis, Missouri, setting forth all the facts
required in the notice referred to in this Section.
[CC 1992 §535.020; Ord. No. 158 §§I — II, 7-8-1963]
A.
All
private driveway approaches to or from any public street or other
thoroughfare within the City of Charlack shall, after the effective
date of this Section, be constructed, reconstructed or repaired of
materials equivalent with that of the street to which same connects
and shall be effected under the supervision of the City Street Commissioner.
B.
Should
the improvement as herein referred to require an installation of drain
pipe, such shall only be of a type and dimension as designated by
the City Street Commissioner.
[CC 1992 §535.030; Ord. No. 594 §§1 — 2, 7-23-1990; Ord. No. 678 §1, 5-11-1998]
A.
Driveways — Parking Spaces.
1.
Residential driveways and parking areas. Residential
driveways and parking areas must be maintained in good repair and
free of safety hazards. Surface coating for residential use shall
not be less than two (2) inches of asphalt or four (4) inches of concrete
installed over a compacted rock base. Driveways and parking areas
in residential areas shall be a minimum width of eight (8) feet and
shall not exceed a maximum of twenty (20) feet in width extending
from the street to the building or may not exceed twenty-five percent
(25%) of the front yard as defined in Title IV, the Zoning Code. Any
existing driveway or parking area, which does not conform on July
23, 1990, may be continued; however, if any alterations are made to
the existing driveway, the entire driveway must be made to conform
to the new provision set out above. Upon a change of ownership or
occupancy requiring the application for an occupancy permit, then
an existing driveway must conform to this new provision.
2.
Commercial driveways and parking areas. Commercial
driveways and parking areas must be maintained in good repair and
free of safety hazards. Surface coating for commercial use shall not
be less than two (2) inches of asphalt or four (4) inches of concrete
installed over a compacted rock base. Any existing driveways or parking
areas, which do not conform on July 23, 1990, may be continued; however,
if any alterations are made to the existing driveway, the entire driveway
must be made to conform to the new provision set out above. Upon a
change of ownership or occupancy requiring the application for an
occupancy permit, then an existing driveway must conform to this new
provision.
