All sidewalk construction and repair on any street, avenue or alley in the City of Weatherford, shall be done subject to and shall strictly conform in all respects to all provisions set forth in Sections 21-21 to 21-28. No person shall build, construct or repair any sidewalk on any street, avenue or alley in the city, without first having obtained a written permit from the City Clerk. The permit shall show the name of the property owner, the contractor or person who is to do the work, and the lot and block numbers on which the work is to be done, and the addition or part of the city in which it is located.
All permits issued for sidewalk construction or repair shall
be issued on the condition that the work will be done strictly in
accord with the city ordinances relating to the same, and all persons
having any part or interest in any sidewalk construction or repair
are charged with and bound by the provisions of this section, notwithstanding
the same may not be specifically set forth in the permit.
All sidewalk construction and repair work shall be under the
direct supervision of the City Engineer, and it shall be his duty
when any construction or repair work has been completely finished
in accordance with the ordinances relating to the same, to issue a
certificate of approval, a copy of which shall be filed with the City
Clerk. A copy of the certificate shall be given to the contractor
and a copy to the owner of the property. No right of action for work
done or labor or materials supplied on any contract for sidewalk construction
or repair shall arise nor shall any material, mans or laborers lien
be held to be established until the Inspector has approved the work
and issued and delivered his certificate of approval to the person
claiming such rights or lien. The certificate herein mentioned shall
be issued only after the completion of the work and shall certify
that the work and materials in all respects comply with the city ordinances.
Any person who shall build or repair any sidewalk in the city,
without first having secured the permit required by ordinance, shall
be guilty of an offense and punished accordingly.
Sidewalks constructed in any street, avenue, alley or public
ground in the city shall be constructed either of concrete or other
material subject to the approval of the City Engineer. All materials
shall be as follows:
1.Â
No aggregate, either fine or coarse shall be used containing frost
or lumps of frozen material.
2.Â
Fine aggregate shall consist of natural sand with coarse grains predominating.
Fine aggregate, when dry shall pass a screen having four meshes per
lineal inch; not more than 25% shall pass a sieve having 50 meshes
per lineal inches and not more than 5% shall pass a sieve having 100
meshes per lineal inch. Fine aggregate shall not contain vegetable
or other deleterious matter, nor more that 3% by weight of clay or
loam.
3.Â
Coarse aggregate shall consist of clean, durable crushed rock or
pebbles graded in size, free from vegetable or other deleterious matter,
and shall contain no soft, flat or elongated particles. The size of
the coarse aggregate shall be such as to pass a 1.5 inch round opening
and shall range from 1.5 inches down, not more than 5% passing a screen
having four meshes per lineal inch.
4.Â
The Portland cement used in sidewalk construction shall conform to
the standard specifications of the American Society for testing materials.
All sidewalks shall be built by the following specifications
and none other:
1.Â
Width in residential sections shall be five feet and wider where
required by the City Inspector, provided that in residential sections
when an adjoining concrete walk is less than five feet wide, a lessor
width may be allowed by the City Inspector, provided that in exercising
his discretion in such cases, he shall be governed by the population
density of the immediate vicinity and the future demands to be made
by the public on such walk.
2.Â
Base. All bases shall be five inches except where the City Inspector
requires additional depths for driveways.
3.Â
Mixtures. All concrete mixtures shall be 1-2-4 proportion, well mixed.
4.Â
Kind. All walks shall be of concrete and nothing else; made in one
course, properly troweled and tramped to bring to a smooth mortar
surface.
5.Â
Sub-grades. Places which are low and continuously damp or soaked
shall have a five inch sub-base of gravel or cinders with tiling added
for drainage as specified by the City Inspector.
6.Â
Expansion Joints. Expansion joints one-half inch wide and filled
with bituminous material shall be placed in all walks, and joints
not be more than 48 feet apart. Expansion joints shall be placed on
all sides of intersecting blocks, at all curb connections, on both
sides of driveway crossing blocks, at all junctions of walks with
the curbs, there shall be one inch expansion joints filled with bituminous
material.
7.Â
Slopes. All walks shall slope one way toward the curb with a fall
of 1/4 inch to each foot.
8.Â
Grades and Levels. The City Inspector shall supply all grades and
levels and none other shall be used.
9.Â
Finish. Sidewalks shall have a wooden float finish, true to line
and grade, and shall bear thereon the imprint of the person, firm,
or corporation constructing the same. The wooden float finish may
be waived by the City Inspector in the exercise of his discretion.
All sidewalks out of repair shall be repaired with good material
of the same kind and dimensions, and of a quality equal to that originally
used in the construction of the sidewalk, and well laid so as to correspond
with the rest of the sidewalk; and such of the sidewalk, or parts,
as have settled so as to make depression or have become raised above
the grade of the sidewalk shall be replaced on the same grade as the
rest of the sidewalk.
The Board of Commissioners may at any time by resolution, condemn
any portion of sidewalk whenever in their judgment it shall be deemed
necessary, and provide for the construction of a new sidewalk in accordance
with this and other ordinances of the city.
