All curbs and sidewalks hereafter set, reset, laid, relaid,
altered, repaired or constructed shall be done in compliance with
the regulations of the Chairman of the Public Works Committee of the
Borough Council and under the supervision of such employees of the
Borough as the Chairman of the Public Works Committee may designate.
Whenever any curb and/or sidewalk is required to be set, reset,
laid, relaid, repaired or constructed in the Borough of Somerdale,
application by the owner of the abutting lands or his contractor for
a permit shall first be made to the Chairman of the Public Works Committee
of the Borough Council, specifying grade, dimensions, mix materials
and the method of construction or repair to be used. The Chairman
of the Public Works Committee of the Borough Council or such officer
or agent as he shall designate shall examine such specifications and
register his approval or disapproval thereof. Upon approval thereof,
a permit shall be issued to the applicant for such construction and/or
repairs.
The owner of lots, tracts and parcels of land fronting or abutting
on any public street, highway, avenue or alley in the Borough of Somerdale
shall, at his, her or their own cost and expense, set, reset, lay,
relay, alter, repair, construct and maintain curbs and sidewalks in
front of or adjoining the same when notified so to do by the Chairman
of the Public Works Committee of the Borough Council of the Borough
of Somerdale.
Service of such notice upon owners or occupiers of said lands
shall be made as follows:
A. If residents in the Borough of Somerdale, either personally or by
leaving the same at their usual place of residence with a member of
the family above the age of 14 years.
B. If such lands are occupied, a copy of such notice shall be attached
to the improvements thereon in a conspicuous place.
C. If such lands are occupied and the owners are not residents of the
Borough of Somerdale, said notice shall not be mailed, postage prepaid,
to his, her or their last known post office address.
D. If the owners are nonresidents of the Borough of Somerdale and his,
her or their post office address cannot be ascertained with reasonable
certainty, then said notice shall be published in a newspaper circulating
in the Borough of Somerdale, at least twice and not less than 40 days
before the improvements and/or repairs are made by the Borough.
E. Each such notice shall contain a description of the property affected
thereby sufficiently definite to identify the same; the plate, block
and lot by which said property is designated on the Official Tax Map
of the Borough, the name or names of the owner and/or owners as recorded
in the tax records of the Borough; and a brief description of the
required improvements and/or repairs.
F. Proof of service of any such notice shall be filed within 10 days
thereafter with the Collector of Taxes of the Borough of Somerdale.
The Mayor and Council may each year include in its annual budget
or tax ordinance an appropriation for curb and/or sidewalk repairs
in addition to any existing maintenance fund, out of which appropriation
all cost of construction and/or repairs of curbs and sidewalks during
the year may be charged when it becomes necessary for the Chairman
of the Public Works Committee of the Borough Council to make such
repairs and/or construction pursuant hereto. All moneys recovered
or paid to the Borough under the provisions of this article, other
than penalties as hereinafter set forth, shall be credited to the
account out of which such work was paid.