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Editor's Note: Original § 8-201 of the 1976 Code, Overhanging Branches, was repealed 6-1-1982 by Ord. No. 12-82.
[Amended 10-19-1993 by Ord. No. 40-93[1]]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any lot or lots, or the owner of any vacant lot or lots within the corporate limits to allow snow, sleet, mud, ice, or other substance to accumulate on the sidewalks or to permit any snow, sleet, ice, mud, or other substance to remain upon said sidewalk. All sidewalks within the Central Business District shall be cleaned within five hours after the cessation of a storm, unless the storm or fall of snow takes place during the night, in which case the sidewalk shall be cleaned before 8:30 a.m. the following day. All sidewalks within the residential district shall be cleaned within 24 hours after the cessation of a storm or fall of snow. (Neb. RS 16-207, 16-663)
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Amended 10-19-1993 by Ord. No. 41-93]
If the requirements of § 340-2.1 are not complied with, notice to remove snow, sleet, mud, ice or other substance from any lot(s) or vacant lot(s) within the corporate limits shall be made to the occupant or owner. The notice shall be made by the Street Superintendent or his/her agent either verbally, by telephone, posting, or mail service, and complete documentation on the notice given shall be maintained. The notice shall contain the location of the violation and the occupant or owner shall be allowed 24 hours in which to comply. If the notice is not complied with, the Street Superintendent or his/her agent shall order the substance removed from the sidewalks, and the cost, as adopted by City policy, will be assessed to the property. If the costs are not paid and are deemed delinquent, the municipality may file a lien against the property, which shall be collected in the manner provided by law. (Neb. RS 16-207, 16-663)
Every owner of any lot, lots, or piece of land within the corporate limits shall at all times keep and maintain the sidewalk along and contiguous to said lot, lots, or pieces of land, as the case may be, in good and proper repair, and in a condition reasonably safe for travel for all travelers thereon. In the event that the owner or owners of any lot, lots, or lands abutting on any street, avenue, or part thereof shall fail to construct or repair any sidewalk in front of his, her, or their lot, lots, or lands, within the time and in the manner as directed and required herein after having received due notice to do so, they shall be liable for all damages or injury occasioned by reason of the defective or dangerous condition of any sidewalk, and the governing body shall have power to cause any such sidewalks to be constructed or repaired and assess the costs thereof against such property. (Neb. RS 16-661, 16-662)
The City Administrator may require sidewalks of the municipality to be repaired. Notice to the owners of property upon which such sidewalks in disrepair are located shall require, within five days from issuance of the notice, said owners to make arrangements to have the sidewalk repaired. Said repairs shall be completed within 30 days after issuance of said notice. No special assessment shall be levied against the property unless said owner shall neglect or refuse to repair within the time prescribed. In the event that such owner fails to repair, the municipality shall cause the repairs to be made and assess the property owner the expense of such repairs. In the event the property owner is a nonresident of the county in which the property lies, the municipality shall, before levying any special assessment against that property, send a copy of any notice required by law to be published by means of certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the nonresident property owner. The last known address shall be that address listed on the current tax rolls at the time such required notice was first published. (Neb. RS 16-661, 16-662)
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Any person desiring to construct, or cause to be constructed, any sidewalk shall do so only as herein provided. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct any sidewalk without first having obtained a permit.
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Said owner shall make application in writing for a permit and file such application in the office of the Street Superintendent. The permit shall give a description of the lot or piece of land along which the sidewalk is to be constructed. The Street Superintendent shall issue the desired permit unless good cause shall appear why said permit should be denied; provided that if it is desired to construct the sidewalk at any other than the regularly prescribed location, grade, or elevation, the Street Superintendent shall submit the application to the governing body, which shall determine whether the permit should be granted or denied. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or cause to be constructed said sidewalk at any other location, grade, or elevation than so designated by the municipality. All sidewalks shall be built and constructed on the established grade, or elevation, and if there is no established grade, then on the grade or elevation indicated by the Street Superintendent.[1]
(Neb. RS 16-250)
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
All sidewalks, on either side of the streets and avenues of this City, in front of or along any lot, lots or lands abutting upon the same, which shall be hereinafter constructed, reconstructed or replaced, shall be of concrete. No person shall construct, reconstruct or replace any sidewalk of any other material within the limits of this City without the written permission of the Mayor and Council.
All sidewalks shall be of such width as the Mayor and Council in each case by resolution shall fix. Sidewalks shall be located at a distance of 18 inches from the lot line, unless otherwise authorized by the Mayor and Council. Whenever possible, they shall correspond in width to sidewalks already built to which they are adjacent or adjoin.
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All concrete sidewalks shall be constructed according to the following specifications:
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Cement. The cement shall be a standard Portland cement.
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Water. The water shall be clean, free from oil, acid, strong alkalies or vegetable matter.
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Sand. The sand shall be clean, coarse, hard, durable, free from loam, vegetable or other deleterious matter.
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Subbase. The subbase shall consist of a layer of sand one inch thick, well tamped.
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Subgrade. All soft or spongy places shall be removed, and all depressions filled with suitable material, which shall be thoroughly compacted by flooding and tamping in layers not exceeding six inches in thickness.
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Deep fills. When a fill exceeding one foot in thickness is required to bring the walk to grade, it shall be made in a manner satisfactory to the Superintendent. The top of all fills shall extend beyond the walk on each side at least one foot, and the sides shall have a slope of not less than one to 1 1/2.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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Proportions of materials. The proportions shall not exceed one part cement and four parts of gravel and sand. All sidewalks shall be float-finished.
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Measuring. The method of measuring the materials for the concrete, including water, shall be one which will ensure separate uniform proportions at all times.
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Mixing. The ingredients of the concrete shall be thoroughly mixed dry, sufficient water added to obtain the desired consistency, and mixing continued until the materials are uniformly distributed and the mass is uniform in color and homogeneous.
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Slabs. The slabs shall be four feet square, except in the Central Business District, where the size of the slabs shall be determined by the Street Superintendent before the construction of the walk.[2]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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Thickness. The thickness of the slabs for the Residential District shall not be less than four inches and for the Central Business District not less than five inches.[3]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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Sidewalks shall be laid upon a grade of 1/4 of an inch to the foot above the curb grade, unless otherwise authorized by the Mayor and Council. All sidewalks shall conform to the specifications adopted by the City as to the quality of work and materials. The whole work of grading and laying of said sidewalk, whether done by the City or by the owner of the respective lot, lots, or parcels of land abutting upon the same, shall be under the supervision of the Street Superintendent, and subject to his approval. All sidewalks shall conform to the grade where established, and on streets where no grade is yet established, then on a grade established by the Engineer or Street Superintendent with relation to the particular points between which said sidewalk is to be built. The Street Superintendent shall assist the Engineer in establishing grades on streets where the same have not yet been run.[4]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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Sidewalks shall be built on a grade or level with the surface of the ground as near as can be. When ordered by the Council, any property owner shall rebuild or reconstruct his sidewalk to conform to the grade thus established. It shall be the duty of the Engineer to furnish sidewalk grade when requested by the Street Superintendent.[5]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
All concrete sidewalks and driveways hereafter constructed, reconstructed or repaired within the limits of the City that shall abut on City streets with concrete curbing or pavement shall be constructed with a minimum expansion joint, of approved design and materials, of one inch between sidewalk and concrete curbing, or pavement, and a minimum expansion joint, of approved design and materials, of one inch between driveway and curb or apron, which shall be located a minimum distance of four feet from the edge of pavement or street and a maximum distance from edge of pavement or street of 10 feet, or at the edge of existing sidewalk, where such exists at a lesser distance from the edge of pavement or street.
In case any lot owner or the owners of a piece of land within the corporate limits of this City, under notice given or otherwise, shall construct a sidewalk in violation of this article, the Street Superintendent may stop the work of such construction and order the same to be constructed in accordance with said article and the work already done to be changed; and on the failure of such owner to change any such work, the Street Superintendent or other officer shall forthwith change said work, and the expense of the same shall be assessed on said lot and collected as a special assessment, as provided by law.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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The governing body may, by resolution, order the construction of a sidewalk on any lot or piece of ground within the municipality. Notice of the governing body's intention to construct said sidewalk shall be given by the Municipal Clerk by publication of notice one time in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
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A copy of said notice shall be personally served upon the occupant in possession of such property, or, when personal service is not possible, said notice shall be posted upon such premises 10 days prior to the commencement of construction. The notice required in this section shall be prepared by the Municipal Attorney in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such service shall include a form of return evidencing personal service or posting as herein required.
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Said notice shall notify the owner of the premises of the passage of the resolution ordering him to construct or cause to be constructed a sidewalk within 30 days after the date of publication and further that if he fails to construct the sidewalk or cause the same to be done within the time allowed, the municipality will cause the sidewalk to be constructed and the cost thereof shall be levied and assessed as a special assessment against the premises; provided that the notice shall contain the official estimate of the cost of said construction and no special assessment in excess of this estimate shall be assessed against the property. In the event the property owner is a nonresident of the county in which the property lies, the municipality shall, before levying any special assessment against that property, send a copy of any notice required by law to be published by means of certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the nonresident property owner. The last known address shall be that address listed on the current tax rolls at the time such required notice was first published.[1]
(Neb. RS 16-250, 16-664, 16-666)
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
In the case of corner lots, such lots shall not be charged with the costs of so much additional walk between the outer edge of the sidewalk line and the curbline as was required to be laid for the intersections of the walks abutting the frontage of such lots, but such work of construction shall be done by the City, unless otherwise ordered by the Mayor and Council. The City shall construct all crossings and crosswalks from curbline to curbline in all streets. The cost of the construction, widening or rebuilding of any sidewalks shall be levied upon the lot or lots or parcel of ground fronting and adjoining which such sidewalks are laid, widened or rebuilt by resolution, which resolution shall specify the street upon which such walk has been so constructed, widened or rebuilt, the length and width of each walk constructed, widened or rebuilt fronting on any lot or piece of ground. Such assessment shall be made by the Council at a special meeting by resolution, fixing the valuation of the lots assessed, taking into account the benefits derived, or injuries sustained, in consequence of such improvements, and the amount charged against the same, which, with the vote thereon, by "yeas" and "nays," shall be spread upon the minutes. Notice of the time and place of holding such meeting and the purpose for which it is to be held shall be published in a legal newspaper published and in general circulation in the City, at least four weeks before the same shall be held, or in lieu thereof, personal service may be made upon the person owning the property to be assessed. All such assessments shall be known as "Special Assessments for Improvement" and shall be levied and collected as a separate tax in addition to the tax for general purposes to be placed upon the tax roll for collection, subject to the same penalties and collected in like manner as other City taxes. Whenever any such special tax is levied, the Clerk shall forthwith deliver a certified copy of such resolution to the County Clerk, who shall place the same on the tax list to be collected by law as in such cases made and provided.