[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Whenever the Department of Public Services shall deem it for
the interest of the City to construct any sidewalk, it shall ascertain
as nearly as may be the probable cost of the same, together with the
general description of location, width, material to be used, etc.,
and present the same to the Council.
A.
The City Engineer, acting under the authority of the Mayor, shall,
after the construction of a sidewalk, prepare a plan showing all lots
benefited by such sidewalk, the size of each lot, and the name of
the owner, if known, shall be plainly marked on such plan.
B.
He shall also prepare a schedule of the betterments upon such lots
as hereinafter provided in this article, and the Mayor shall present
such plan with the accompanying schedule, cost of sidewalk, etc.,
to the Council as soon thereafter as practicable.
The amount to be assessed upon lots abutting any newly constructed
sidewalk, or sidewalk hereafter constructed, shall be 20% of the cost
of such sidewalk, meaning by this the cost of the material and expense
of construction inclusive of the grading.
The municipal officers shall, after giving a public hearing in respect to the provisions of the preceding section, proceed to levy the assessments upon the lots benefited, and such assessments shall be plainly marked upon the City Engineer's plan required by § 281-28. The assessments shall be certified to the collector of taxes by the Council, and after such certification, the plan shall be placed in the collector's custody, and he shall proceed to collect the same according to the provisions of the charter.
When an assessment required by the preceding section is paid,
the collector shall enter such payment, the date thereof and the name
of the person making such payment on the plan of the lot on which
such assessment is made, as well as in a book kept for the purpose.
Such plan shall form a part of the records of the City.
The Mayor, through his subordinates, including a competent City
Engineer, shall lay out, construct and repair all sidewalks that may
be authorized by the Council.
The Mayor shall keep or cause to be kept an accurate account
of the expense of the construction of each sidewalk built, and report
the same to the Council as soon after the completion of such sidewalk
as practicable.
The Mayor, through his subordinates, may make repairs on sidewalks
to the extent not to exceed $100 on any one sidewalk without reference
to the Council.
After a sidewalk is built, it shall be maintained at the expense
of the City, provided that when any sidewalk shall require repairs
in consequence of any defect in the cellar door, cellar windows, coal
hole, cellar wall, or from any other cause within the control of the
owner or occupant of the estate to which such sidewalk adjoins, then
and in that case repairs shall be made at the expense of the owner
or occupant of such estate.
A.
All curbings for sidewalks shall be of first quality granite, and
be at least six feet long and of a uniform depth of not less than
18 inches, and not less than six inches in width on the upper edge.
B.
This section shall be enforced unless otherwise ordered by the Council
in any particular instance.
No person shall make any alteration in any sidewalk, or set
any posts or trees on any of the sidewalks, or in any part of the
street, without the consent of the Mayor.
No person shall, without a license or permit, pile, deposit
or place any rubbish, wood, coal, merchandise or obstruction of any
kind upon any sidewalk, nor so occupy or obstruct any sidewalk as
to prevent the convenient use of the same by all passengers.
