[CC 2012 § 21.010; Ord. No. 186]
It shall be the duty of any and all property owners owning land
abutting on any street within the limits of the City to construct
and maintain sidewalks abutting on and along such streets whenever
so required and ordered by the Board of Aldermen. Tax may be levied
on property owner per Section 88.710, RSMo. (cf. RSMo. 88.710)
[CC 2012 § 21.020; Ord. No. 188]
The Board of Aldermen may, by ordinance or resolution, condemn
wooden and defective sidewalks, and may remove walks so condemned,
and may provide for the construction of new sidewalks so condemned
and removed.
[CC 2012 § 21.025; Ord. No. 189a]
Immediately upon the passage of any ordinance calling for the
construction of any sidewalk, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent
of Public Works and Utilities, or other person designated by the Board
of Aldermen, to serve written notice upon the owner of the land in
front of which said sidewalk is to be constructed if such owner is
a resident of the City. If such owner is not a resident of the City,
such notice shall be served upon his/her tenant or agent, but if such
owner has no tenant or agent in the City, then such notice shall be
mailed by registered mail to his/her post office address. Such notice
shall contain a statement declaring the passage of the ordinance ordering
the construction of said sidewalk within thirty (30) days from the
passage of said ordinance.
[CC 2012 § 21.030; Ord. No. 190]
If any person owning property abutting on any street within the City shall fail or refuse to construct any sidewalk, within thirty (30) days from the date of the passage of the ordinance ordering the same, and in strict conformity with the provisions, plans, specifications therefor, upon proper notice as provided by Section 510.160 of this Article, the Board of Aldermen may then by ordinance provide for the construction of such sidewalk by contract and payment for the construction thereof by the issuing of special tax bills against the property abutting thereon, including the grading therefor, and with or without curbing as may be provided in the original ordinance ordering the construction of such sidewalk.
[CC 2012 § 21.035; Ord. No. 191; See also Sec. 21.060]
Before any ordinance shall be passed ordering the construction
of any sidewalk by contract, the City Engineer or other proper party
designated by the Board of Aldermen shall make and file with the City
Clerk plans and specifications and an estimate of costs therefor;
and no contract shall be entered into for such construction for a
price exceeding such estimate.
[CC 2012 § 21.040; Ord. No. 192]
When the Board of Aldermen shall have passed an ordinance providing
for the construction of a sidewalk by contract, said Board shall advertise
for bids to be filed with the City Clerk for furnishing that material
and labor and constructing said sidewalk, and such advertisement shall
be published in a weekly newspaper within the City for two (2) consecutive
weeks or more. Said advertisement shall state that the City reserves
the right to reject any and all bids. All bids received by the City
Clerk shall be opened at the first meeting of the Board of Aldermen
after the period prescribed for receiving bids has expired, and the
contract shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder unless for
any reason all bids are rejected. If no bids are received, or if all
bids are rejected, the Board of Aldermen in its discretion may readvertise
for bids.
[CC 2012 § 21.045; Ord. No. 193; Ord. No. 194]
Whenever the Board of Aldermen shall advertise for bids for
the construction of any new sidewalk of any kind, or for the construction
of new sidewalks in the place of sidewalks condemned, and shall receive
no bids, or if all bids are rejected, the Board of Aldermen may proceed
to construct or reconstruct such sidewalks at the expense of the City,
and the Superintendent of Public Works and Utilities, or other person
designated by the Board of Aldermen, shall keep an accurate account
of the amount expended for labor and material, including grading and
filling, opposite each lot or piece of ground, and present the same
to the Board of Aldermen for assessment; and each lot or piece of
ground abutting on the sidewalk shall be liable for the costs thereof
as so reported to the Board of Aldermen, and special tax bills shall
be issued for the amount thereof, and such tax bills shall be valid
in all respects.
[CC 2012 § 21.050; Ord. No. 194]
Whenever any sidewalk shall have been constructed as herein
provided, either by contract or by the City at its own expense, and
the same shall have been approved and accepted by the Board of Aldermen,
the Board of Aldermen shall, by ordinance, assess the costs thereof
against the lots or pieces of ground abutting thereon. It shall then
be the duty of the City Clerk to issue special tax bills therefor
against the lots or pieces of ground abutting thereon and deliver
them to the contractor, if such work is done by the City without contract,
then such special tax bills shall be made out in the name of the City
and shall be collected by the City Collector.
[CC 2012 § 21.051; Ord. No. 194]
The special tax bills provided for herein shall contain a correct
description of the land against which they are issued, the name or
names of the owner or owners thereof, the number of the ordinance
ordering the sidewalk construction, the name of the street on which
the sidewalk was constructed, and shall provide that the City shall
be liable in no other manner than by the issuance and delivery of
such special tax bill.
[CC 2012 § 21.055; Ord. No. 194; Ord. No. 195]
The special tax bills provided for in this Chapter shall bear
interest after thirty (30) days from the date of issue at the rate
of eight percent (8%) per annum, and every such special tax bill shall
be a lien against the lot or piece of ground described in said bill
until the same is paid.
[CC 2012 § 21.060; Ord. No. 197]
No formality shall be required to authorize the repairing of
sidewalks. The Superintendent of Public Works and Utilities, or other
person designated by the Board of Aldermen, may without notice cause
such repairing to be done, keeping an account of the cost thereof
and reporting the same to the Board of Aldermen for assessment; and
each lot or piece of ground shall be liable for its part of the costs
of such repair done or made along or in front of such lot or piece
of ground and special tax bills shall be issued by the City Clerk
to defray the costs of said repairs.
[CC 2012 § 21.070]
Nothing herein contained shall preclude the authority of the
Board of Aldermen to pay the costs of any construction, reconstruction,
repair of maintenance of any public sidewalk or other public work,
out of the general revenue fund, provided that the proceedings of
said Board ordering or contracting for such work specify that payment
be made out of the general revenue funds.
