[R.O. 2010 §535.140; C.O. 1948 c. 7 §3-1; CC 1970 §28-14; Ord. No. 10-90 §1, 8-6-1990]
A. 
The City of Glendale standards and procedures for construction of new sidewalks shall require each step of this policy to be met as herein described.
B. 
The Board of Aldermen shall have the power, upon the petition of any citizens of the City, to make contracts for the construction of sidewalks, including grading, with or without curbing, along any street, avenue or public place, or highway. Such contracts shall be let to the lowest and best bidder filed with and approved by the City Administrator and Board of Aldermen or the work shall be performed by the City, whichever is preferable. Each lot or piece of ground abutting the sidewalk constructed shall be liable for its proportionate share of the cost, as reported to the Board of Aldermen, and special tax bills to abutting property owners shall be issued for the amount thereof as set out in this Section. All tax bills shall bear an annual interest rate at the highest rate allowed by State Statute (currently eight percent (8%)), for a maximum of ten (10) years.
C. 
The owners of property benefitted by these improvements shall, to the extent deemed proper by the Board of Aldermen also provide all required and necessary easements and dedications before work on the sidewalk improvements shall begin. They shall assume responsibility for relandscaping. This responsibility extends to the replacement of trees, shrubs, and other plants removed to complete the requested improvements. They shall assume responsibility for the removal and reinstallation of fences removed to complete the improvements, unless a fence is disturbed on private property instead of the public right-of-way.
D. 
The City's participation in said improvements shall to the extent authorized by the Board of Aldermen provide the required and necessary engineering and design of the improvements, assistance in the preparation of documents required for necessary easements and the preparation of bids and specifications.
E. 
The City's participation in sidewalk construction shall be limited to the items listed in Subsection (B) and Subsection (D) of this Section and shall not include materials and other labor not specifically identified above which shall be the sole responsibility of the participating property owners.
F. 
If an abutting property owner should determine not to participate in the construction cost of a sidewalk, the other participating property owners may determine a method by which that property owner's share can be reapportioned and paid among all the participating property owners.
G. 
The City shall not let any bids and specifications for a sidewalk construction project until a petition as described in Subsection (B) is received along with support documentation of a willingness to undertake the cost of the sidewalk improvement project as outlined in the policy. If the participants shall desire an estimate of the construction cost, a deposit of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be made with the City prior to an engineer's estimate. The petitioners shall agree to forfeit the deposit if the project is not pursued otherwise it shall be returned to the depositors following completion of the project.
H. 
Sidewalks shall be built according to the construction standard established in Section 520.210 of this Chapter.
I. 
No provisions of this policy shall apply to the construction of sidewalks along private rights-of-way not dedicated to the City.
[R.O. 2010 §535.150; Ord. No. 10-90 §1, 8-6-1990]
A. 
The City of Glendale standards and procedures for maintaining existing sidewalks shall require each step of this policy to be met as herein described.
B. 
The Board of Aldermen shall have the power to repair or reconstruct sidewalks (condemnation) to keep a record of the costs, and to subsequently issue a tax bill against the property which benefitted from the improvement as set out in Section 520.150 of this Chapter. All tax bills shall bear an annual interest rate at the highest rate allowed by State Statute (currently eight percent (8%)), for a maximum of ten (10) years.
C. 
All responsibility to repair or reconstruct sidewalks is assigned to private property owners per Section 520.200 of this Chapter. Upon change of occupancy or altering of a public safety hazard, the requirements of the Minimum Housing Code must also be met.
D. 
The Board of Aldermen shall have the power as outlined in Section 520.200 of this Chapter to condemn defective sidewalks. The Board of Aldermen shall also have the power to cause new sidewalks to be constructed thereat at the City's own expense in certain instances. These powers shall be extended to sidewalk sections which are in need of repair whenever the City has caused the damage, repairs were necessary in coordination with street repair or other public works improvement projects, and all sidewalk sections directly abut a major arterial road maintained by the City of Glendale. These sidewalks shall receive preferential treatment due to their location which renders more exposure to excessive vehicular and foot traffic, and to undue hardship from heavy salting and heavy vehicular traffic along the curb-line.
E. 
Except for condemnation by the City of Glendale, until a petition for removal has been submitted to and approved by the Board of Aldermen, no sidewalk sections shall be permanently removed.
F. 
The City shall establish an annual program for replacing defective sidewalk sections for the benefit of property owner participation. Requests for replacement shall be taken by the City until the end of April each year. An approximate replacement cost will be provided to each resident. Each resident shall provide their name, address, phone number, and a non-refundable fifty dollar ($50.00) deposit. Once all requests have been received the City shall bid the replacement work or determine whether or not the City shall bid the replacement work or determine whether or not the City shall provide the work. Once the exact amount of cost has been determined, residents shall be required to deposit the full amount of the repair work by June first (1st) each year.
G. 
Sidewalks shall be built according to the construction standards established in Section 520.210 of this Chapter unless modifications should be accepted so as to integrate any new sidewalk sections with existing sections.
H. 
No provisions of this policy shall apply to the maintenance of sidewalks along private rights-of-way not dedicated to the City.
[R.O. 2010 §535.160; CC 1970 §28-15; Ord. No. 36-87 §1, 12-7-1987]
If upon inspection, the Enforcement Official of the City shall determine that a sidewalk needs repair or reconstruction, the affected property owner shall be notified and given ninety (90) days to make such repair or reconstruction according to City specifications. If repair or reconstruction of the sidewalk is not made following ninety (90) days, the officer or department may, without notice, cause such work to be done, keeping accurate account of the cost thereof, and reporting the same to the Board of Aldermen for assessment, and each lot or piece of ground abutting on such sidewalk or part thereof, shall be liable for its share of the cost of such sidewalk as reported to the Board of Aldermen, and special tax bills shall constitute a lien on the property liable therefore until paid.
[R.O. 2010 §535.170; CC 1970 §28-16; Ord. No. 36-87 §2, 12-7-1987]
All special tax bills under the provision of this Article shall bear interest after thirty (30) days from the date issued at the highest rate authorized by State Statute for a period of ten (10) years until paid.
[R.O. 2010 §535.180; C.O. 1948 c. 7 §3-4; CC 1970 §28-17]
All costs of building and constructing sidewalks shall be paid to the contractor, when the work is done under a contract, in special tax bills assessed against the abutting property liable therefor, but in no event, and in no manner whatever, shall the City be liable to the contractor, or to any person, for or on account of any work done which is not paid for in the manner provided in this Section.
[R.O. 2010 §535.190; CC 1970 §28-18; Ord. No. 36-87 §3, 12-7-1987]
Whenever the Board of Aldermen shall assess special taxes against any lot of ground for the construction or reconstruction or repair of sidewalks, it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to make out a separate special tax bill against each lot or piece of ground showing the name of the owner, the number or description of the lot in front of, or along which, the sidewalk was built, the number of feet abutting the sidewalk, the cost of materials and labor per foot for new construction, the cost of materials for reconstruction, the total amount due, the number of the ordinance under which the work was done and if done by contract, the number of the contract. The tax bill shall be issued in favor of the City and the City Clerk shall deliver the same to the City Finance Officer and charge him/her therewith. It shall be the duty of the City Finance Officer to promptly collect all such tax bills placed in his/her hand, and pay the money into the City Treasury. If for any cause, he/she cannot collect any tax bill, he/she shall report the same to the City Clerk and the Board of Aldermen and upon all such uncollected bills, suits shall be brought by the City Attorney, in the name of the City as plaintiff, when the Board of Aldermen shall so order.
[R.O. 2010 §535.200; C.O. 1948 c. 7 §3-6; CC 1970 §28-19]
All sidewalks constructed in the City shall conform to the established grade of graded and macadamized streets, and if on a graded or macadamized street, shall not be less than four (4) feet in width, unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Aldermen, upon the recommendation of the City Administrator. They shall be constructed in a workmanlike manner, subject to the approval of the City Administrator or other person having charge thereof under this Code or other ordinances of the City.
[R.O. 2010 §535.210; CC 1970 §28-20; Ord. No. 36-87 §4, 12-7-1987, Ord. No. 8-90 §1, 8-6-1990]
It shall be the duty of each and every owner of lands in the City to keep up sidewalks in front of his/her property in good repair at all times, with the same material and construction in the same manner as originally built, but the Board of Aldermen shall have the power, whenever deemed necessary, to condemn defective sidewalks and to remove or have removed sidewalks so condemned and cause new sidewalks to be constructed in lieu thereof with the costs to be levied as a special assessment on all lots or pieces of ground abutting on such new sidewalk in proportion to the front foot thereof. Except for condemnation by the City pursuant to this Section, no existing sidewalk section in the City shall be permanently removed unless a petition for removal has been submitted to and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2010 §535.220; CC 1970 §28-22]
A. 
The following are hereby approved and adopted as specifications for the building of all concrete sidewalks in the City:
1. 
Width and thickness. Sidewalks shall be of one (1) course type construction and shall be four (4) feet wide, unless otherwise approved by the Board of Aldermen, and shall be a minimum thickness of five (5) inches except in driveways where the minimum thickness shall be six (6) inches. Slope shall be one-fourth (¼) inch per foot of width from the back of the walk toward the center line of the street.
2. 
Cement. All cement used for Portland cement concrete sidewalks shall conform to the latest A.S.T.M. Designation for High-Early-Strength Cement. If concrete is mixed on the site of the work, cement shall be delivered to the job in full sacks only, and each sack shall bear a legible label of the manufacturer.
3. 
Fine aggregate. Fine aggregate shall be natural sand. It shall consist of hard, strong, durable, uncoated particles and shall be free from mica in excess of five percent (5%). It shall be of graded sizes ranging from one-fourth (¼) inch down to that which will be retained in a No. 100 Standard Sieve and shall be free from injurious impurities.
4. 
Course aggregate. The course aggregate shall be sound, hard, tough, durable and uncoated particles. Crushed stone shall be obtained from rock of uniform quality and all course aggregate shall have a French coefficient of wear of not less than six (6). It shall be free from all foreign matter, uniformly graded and of sizes that will pass a two (2) inch screen and be retained on a one-fourth (¼) inch screen.
5. 
Water. The water used in mixing concrete shall be clean, free from acids, oils, alkali and vegetable matter.
6. 
Retempering. Retempering, that is the remixing with water after a mixture has partially hardened, will not be permitted.
7. 
Grading. Excavating or grading shall be to a depth below the top or surface of the intended pavement to the thickness of the finished walk and in exact conformity with the grade stakes approved by the City Engineer. Any and all filling required to bring the subgrade to the proper level shall be laid in thin layers and shall be thoroughly compacted. The embankment shall have a slope of not more than one (1) to one (1) (forty-five degrees (45°) and shall at the top extend at least twelve (12) inches beyond the side of the finished walk and reach a plane of not lower than one (1) inch below the surface of the finished walk. The subgrade shall be evenly and firmly rolled and compacted and all interstices filled with earth or approved granular fill and the subgrade moistened before the concrete shall be placed on same. If an earth fill has been made it shall be allowed a sufficient time to settle and become firm.
8. 
Forms. All forms shall be straight, free from warp and of sufficient strength, when staked, to resist the pressure of the concrete without springing. They shall be thoroughly cleaned and greased before the concrete is placed against them. Forms shall be neatly and tightly joined, securely staked to line and grade and expansion joints placed before any of the concrete is placed. Before placement of any concrete, all forms shall have the approval of the City Engineer and any concrete placed without such approval shall be removed at the contractor's expense.
9. 
Joints. The sidewalk shall be marked with dummy joints at not less than four (4) nor more than six (6) foot intervals and every sixth (6th) joint shall be made by placing between the forms, at right angles to the forms, one-half (½) inch premolded asphalt expansion joint, made to the cross-section of the walk. Where the walk is placed against the curb, a one-half (½) inch premolded expansion joint, the depth of the walk, shall be placed between the sidewalk and the curb. Where walks fill a space between a wall or building and a curb, a one-half (½) inch premolded expansion joint shall be placed between the sidewalk and the wall or building and the sidewalk and curb. Sidewalks placed against concrete curbs shall have joints matching those of the curb as nearly as practicable. One-half (½) inch expansion joints shall be placed on all sides of the squares formed by intersecting sidewalks or driveways.
10. 
Proportions for concrete. The concrete mixture for all sidewalks shall be proportioned by volume so that a cubic yard of finished concrete contains not less than six (6) bags of cement (ninety-four pounds (94 lbs.) each net). The proportion of fine and course aggregate shall be varied to produce the most dense concrete obtainable. The volume of water used in gauging the mix shall not exceed six and one-half (6½) gallons of water per bag of cement. The method employed to measure the water shall be such as to take into full account the amount of water contained in the fine and course aggregate. When the amount of walk to be constructed is so small as to make it impracticable to make the tests necessary to proportion the mix as above specified, the following arbitrary proportions shall be applied:
Bags of Cement
Cubic Feet of Sand
Cubic Feet of Coarse Aggregate
For 1 inch gravel aggregate
1
2.5
3.2
For 2 inch gravel aggregate
1
2.3
3.4
For 1 inch stone aggregate
1
3.0
2.9
For 2 inch stone aggregate
1
2.7
3.1
Measurements of aggregate are by damp loose volume.
11. 
Mixing and placing concrete. All concrete shall be thoroughly mixed in a rotary batch mixer. The period of mixing shall not be less than two (2) minutes after all ingredients have been placed in the mixer. Mixed concrete shall be of uniform consistency and the mixing period shall be increased if necessary to acquire thoroughly mixed concrete. Concrete shall be transported to the forms in clean wheelbarrows or troughs and placed in the forms by dumping, care being taken not to mix the concrete with the subgrade material.
12. 
Finish. The concrete shall be carefully tamped in place and finished without the addition of mortar. Joints shall be edged and the walk shall be finished by belting and floating. When necessary dry mortar mixed in the same proportion as the mortar in the concrete may be sprinkled on the surface to aid in the finishing.
13. 
Protection. When completed the walk shall be kept moist and protected from traffic and the elements for at least three (3) days. Forms shall remain in place for twenty-four (24) hours and immediately upon their removal the spaces on either side of the sidewalk shall be filled with suitable material. Chemical curing agents may be used provided it is applied according to the manufacture's specifications and the type selected by the contractor has been approved by the City Engineer.