[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.10; Code 1994, § 50-1]
No person shall obstruct, encroach upon or occupy any street,
alley or other public place or any portion thereof or erect any building,
stairway or other structure therein, either temporary or permanent,
without a permit from the Village Council.
[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.12; Code 1994, § 50-2]
All obstructions and encroachments in or upon any public street,
alley or other public place; all buildings or other structures placed
therein or thereon; and all devices or objects erected or placed in,
upon or over any public street, alley or other public place in violation
of the terms of this chapter, and all unauthorized changes in the
grade, line or surface thereof, are hereby declared to be public nuisances
and law enforcement officers shall have power and authority to remove
and abate all such nuisances without notice and without liability
for damages.
[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.11; Code 1994, § 50-3]
No person shall make any opening or excavation in or under any
street, alley or public place or remove any earth from any street,
alley or public place or erect any barricade therein without a permit
from the Village Council or its agent. Prior to issuance of such permit,
the council may require a bond conditioned upon proper performance
of any contemplated work in, under or upon any street, alley or public
place and also conditioned upon saving the Village harmless from any
claims which may be made as a result of such work.
[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.20; Code 1994, § 50-36]
No person shall obstruct or encroach upon any public sidewalk
or excavate under any public sidewalk or place any signs, awnings,
awning posts and other things upon or over public sidewalks without
a permit from the Village Council.
[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.21; Code 1994, § 50-37]
No person shall construct, lay or reconstruct any public sidewalk
without a permit from the Village Council.
[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.22; Code 1994, § 50-38]
The council shall have power to build, maintain and keep in
repair sidewalks and crosswalks in the public streets and alleys and
to charge the expense of constructing and maintaining such sidewalks
upon lots and premises adjacent to and abutting upon such walks. The
council shall also have the authority to require the owners and occupants
of lots and premises to build, rebuild and maintain sidewalks in the
public streets adjacent to and abutting upon such lots and premises
and to keep them in repair at all times, and to construct and lay
the sidewalks upon such lines and grades and of such width, materials
and manner of construction and within such time as the council shall
by resolution prescribe, the expense thereof to be paid by such owner
or occupant, or the council may by a two-thirds vote of all the trustees
elect to pay such part of the expense of building or rebuilding such
walk as they may deem proper from the general street fund or from
the street district fund of any street district in which such walk
may be located.
[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.23; Code 1994, § 50-39]
The owner or occupant of any lot or premises abutting upon any
public sidewalk shall keep the same free of all sand, dirt, rubbish,
litter and filth and shall remove promptly all snow and ice from such
sidewalk.
[Comp. Ords. Rev. 1986, § 4.24; Code 1994, § 50-40]
If the owner or occupant of any lot or premises shall fail to
construct or maintain any particular sidewalk as prescribed in this
article or shall fail to keep the sidewalk in repair or to remove
the snow, ice and filth therefrom or to remove and keep the sidewalk
free from obstructions, encroachments, encumbrances or other nuisances
or shall fail to perform any other duty required by the council in
respect to such sidewalks within such time and in such manner as the
council shall require, the council may cause the same to be done.
Such sidewalk shall be constructed or repaired at the expense of such
owner or occupant, and the council may cause the amount of all expenses
incurred thereby, together with a penalty of 10% in addition thereto,
to be reported to the board of special assessors, to be levied by
them as a special tax or assessment upon the lot or premises adjacent
to and abutting upon such sidewalk. Such special tax or assessment
shall be collected according to the laws of the state, or the Village
may collect such amount, together with the penalty aforesaid, from
the owner or occupant of such premises in an action of assumpsit,
together with the costs of suit.
[Ord. of 1-3-2002]
(a)
Specifications for concrete sidewalks are as follows:
(1)
All sidewalks shall be five feet in width and a minimum
of four inches thick.
(2)
Sidewalks shall be constructed of Portland Cement
Concrete (PCC) according to ASTM C 94 and state department of transportation
(MDOT) grade 35 inches or the latest similar mix.
(3)
Concrete shall have a six bag cement content and
minimum twenty-eight-day compressive strength of 3,500 psi, and air
content of 6.5% plus or minus 1.5% and a maximum three-inch slump.
(4)
Placement and finishing of concrete shall conform
to the latest specifications of the state department of transportation.
(5)
A medium broomed finish shall be applied.
(6)
After texturing, the surface shall be covered with
a white-pigmented curing compound complying with ASTM C309 at a rate
of one gallon per 200 square foot or by seven-day coverage with white
polyethylene or waterproofed paper.
(7)
Contraction joints to a depth of one inch shall be
placed at five-foot intervals, made by sawing, tooling or installing
an acceptable insert.
(8)
Full depth expansion joints of an acceptable material
shall be placed at fifty-foot intervals, longitudinally and wherever
a sidewalk abuts any fixed objects, curb or other sidewalk.
(9)
Full depth expansion joints shall also be located
at spring points or curves in the sidewalk or at the beginning and
end of the curves.
(10)
Expansion joint material shall be placed on both
sides of the sidewalk where driveways and walks are contiguous with
each other.
(11)
Expansion joint material shall be set one inch below
the top of the sidewalk.
(12)
The sidewalk shall slope 1/4 inch to the foot toward
the roadway, to allow water to drain away.
