[CC 1976 §24-1; Ord. No. 1045 §1, 2-26-1968]
All public roads and streets in the City which hereafter may be established, and all public roads and streets and private roads and streets hereafter mapped or platted in subdivisions hereafter created in the City shall not be less than fifty (50) feet in width, and the central portion thereof shall be paved with portland cement concrete, having a thickness of not less than six (6) inches and a paved width of not less than thirty (30) feet as measured from back to back of curbs.
[CC 1976 §24-2; Ord. No. 953 §§1 — 2, 2-28-1966; Ord. No. 1773 §1, 11-24-1980]
A. 
Preliminary and final plats of residential subdivisions shall provide for sidewalks. The City Council, by majority vote, may waive this provision on application from the subdivision developer, provided:
1. 
The subdivision does not contain more than three (3) buildable lots; and
2. 
The waiver of this provision would not have an adverse affect on the character or welfare of the neighborhood in which the proposed subdivision is located.
B. 
Unless the provisions of this Section have been waived by the City Council pursuant to Subsection (A) hereof, the Director of Public Works shall not issue building permits for any structure on a lot in a residential subdivision unless and until the person seeking such permit places in escrow with the City an amount deemed sufficient by the Director of Public Works to construct sidewalks, as set out in the preliminary and final plat of the proposed residential subdivision.
[CC 1976 §24-3; Ord. No. 1290 §1, 3-26-1973; Ord. No. 1333 §1, 2-11-1974]
The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the City such affidavits as may from time to time be required by law with regard to the use and application by the City of funds received from the county road and bridge tax refund. Such use and application of said refund shall be in accordance with the laws of the State.
[Code 1961 §7-18; CC 1976 §24-4]
The Director of Public Works may grant permits for the erection of street lights and poles on public rights-of-way, and shall establish general regulations and conditions for the same.
[CC 1976 §24-8; Ord. No. 1463 §§1 — 5, 4-12-1976]
A. 
No person, firm or corporation engaged in the provisioning or servicing of utilities within, for the use of, or through the City of Overland shall construct or repair any utility equipment, structure, accessory, appurtenance, system or any part thereof, including but not limited to, pipelines, pipes, wires, cables, coaxial cables, conduits, valves, or culverts, which traverse, enter, or lie upon, over or under any of the streets or rights-of-way of the City of Overland without first having applied in writing to the Director of Public Works, for a construction or repair permit and without having first received said construction or repair permit from the Director of Public Works.
B. 
The Director of Public Works shall not issue any such construction or repair permit to any utility unless and until said director is satisfied that he/she has received an adequate description of the construction or repair to be done and that said construction and repair work includes the replacement and restoration of the public streets or rights-of-way in as good or better condition as they were prior to the construction or repair. The Director of Public Works shall not issue any permit for construction or repair to any utility if the work contemplated includes the breaking of the surface of any street or right-of-way belonging to the City of Overland unless the Director of Public Works finds that the breaking of the surface of said street or right-of-way is the only reasonable, practicable, and workmanlike manner in which to perform such construction or repair and that the contemplated breaking of the surface is restricted to the minimum amount of surface disruption consistent with the aforementioned criteria.
C. 
In all cases where the Director of Public Works finds, in his/her sole discretion, that the plans submitted for repair and restoration of the street or right-of-way are inadequate to insure the return of said street or right-of-way to the condition in which it is prior to the requested construction or repair, the Director may direct the applicant or permittee to take such measures as may be necessary in the discretion of the Director to correct such inadequacies in the return or restoration of the prior condition of the street or right-of-way.
D. 
All applications for permits pursuant to this Section shall be filed in the office of the Director of Public Works not later than fourteen (14) days prior to the date contemplated for the start of construction or repair.
E. 
The provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to prohibit or restrict in any way the ability of persons, firms or corporations engaged in provisioning or servicing utilities for making emergency repairs to utility property within the City of Overland when such property, whether due to wear and tear, accident, natural disaster or other cause, is in a condition which is dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of persons or property. However, in such cases, the person, firm or corporation performing said emergency repairs or construction shall, as soon as it is reasonably practical after the commencement of such emergency construction or repair, provided said construction or repairs affects the streets or rights-of-way of the City of Overland, notify the Director of Public Works of the performance of said construction or repairs and submit to said Director of Public Works the plans for the restoration of the prior condition of said streets or rights-of-way. The Director of Public Works shall thereupon issue such directives as he/she may deem necessary and appropriate under the circumstances to insure the proper restoration of the street or right-of-way involved to its prior condition.