[Adopted as Ch. 12.04, sections 12.04.010 through 12.04.160,
of the 1997 Code]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public ways
shall be under the supervision of the Director of Public Works or
his/her designee. He shall have supervision over all work thereon,
and the cleaning thereof, and shall be charged with the enforcement
of all ordinance provisions relating to such public places (except
traffic ordinances) and is hereby authorized to enforce such ordinances.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It is unlawful to construct or lay any pavement, curbing or
guttering on any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public way,
or to repair the same without having first secured a permit therefor.
Applications for such permits shall be made to the City Clerk on appropriate
application forms furnished by the City, and shall state the location
of the intended pavement or repair, the extent thereof, and the person
or firm who or which is to do the actual construction work. No such
permit shall be issued, except by the Building Official.
Each applicant may be required to file a bond, in an amount
specified by the City Council, with sureties to be approved by the
City Council, conditioned to indemnify the City from any loss or damage
resulting from the work undertaken or the manner of doing the same.
All street and sidewalk pavement shall be made in conformity
with the City's standard specifications approved from time to time
by the City Council.
It is unlawful to walk upon or drive any vehicle or animal upon,
or injure any newly laid street or alley pavement while the same is
guarded by a warning sign or barricade; or to knowingly injure any
street, sidewalk or alley pavement.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All public streets, alley and sidewalk pavement shall be in
good repair. All repair work to public streets, alleys, and sidewalk
pavement, whether done by the City or a property owner, shall be in
good repair. Such repair work, whether done by the City or the abutting
owner, shall be under the supervision of the Director of Public Works
or his/her designee.
It is unlawful to erect any poles or wires or to maintain any
poles or wires over any public place, street, alley or other public
way without having secured permission from the City Council.
It is unlawful to maintain or erect any gasoline pump or tank
in any public street, alley or sidewalk.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It is unlawful to construct or maintain any opening or stairway
in any public street or alley or sidewalk or other public place without
a permit from the City Council. All such lawfully maintained openings
shall be guarded by a suitable strong cover or railing, to the approval
of the Director of Public Works or his/her designee.
It is unlawful to maintain or construct any fence composed in
whole or part of barbed wire, or with any similar materials, designed
to cause injury to persons, or any wire charged with electrical current
anywhere within the City, except in zoned agricultural areas; provided,
however, barbed wire used as protection for industrial property shall
be at least six feet above the sidewalk and extend inward of the property.
It is unlawful to deposit on any street any material which may
be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, or any
glass, or other articles which may cause injury to any person, animal
or property.
A. It is unlawful to deposit on any public sidewalk any material which
may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, or
any glass or other article which might cause injury to persons, animals
or property.
B. Merchandise or other articles may be deposited on sidewalks preparatory
to delivery; provided that the usable width of the sidewalk is not
thereby reduced to less than four feet; and provided that no such
article shall remain on such walk for more than 1/2 hour.
No person (as defined in 625 ILCS 5/1-159 to include every natural
person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation) shall stand
on a highway in the City (as defined in 625 ILCS 5/1-126 to include
the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel) for the purpose of soliciting contributions
from the occupants of any vehicle, except as follows:
A. Solicitation on highways within the City shall be allowed only at
intersections where all traffic is required to come to a full stop.
B. The soliciting agent shall be:
(1)
Registered with the Attorney General as a charitable organization
as provided by the Solicitation for Charity Act (225 ILCS 460/1 et
seq.);
(2)
Engaged in a statewide fund-raising activity; and
(3)
Liable for any injuries to any person or property during the
solicitation which is causally related to an act of ordinary negligence
of the soliciting agent.
C. Any natural person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16
years of age or more and shall be wearing a highly visible vest.
D. The City shall allow all such fund-raising activities found to be
in compliance with 65 ILCS 5/11-80-9.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All corner lots shall maintain a clear sight triangle, as regulated
and defined according to the City of Columbia Zoning Code.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use any
street or alley for travel by vehicles unless such street or alley
is improved for the purpose of such travel or is otherwise declared
open for such purposes by the City Council.
[Amended 7-7-2008 by Ord.
No. 2668; 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 2807; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A property owner desiring to replace the sidewalk adjoining
his/her property may apply for funding of the work through the sidewalk
replacement program as follows:
A. The property owner should contact the City Engineer in the Department
of Public Works for a program application.
B. The property owner should return the completed application to the
City Engineer.
C. The City Engineer will review the application for completeness and
conduct a site inspection to verify that the proposed project is eligible
for program funding and that program funding is available.
D. Once it is determined that the proposed project is eligible and funding
is available, the completed application will be returned to the property
owner.
E. The property owner shall submit three qualified bids of estimated
project costs from contractors, along with the application, to the
City Engineer.
F. The application, and the three bids, will then be referred to the
City Council for review and Council approval of one of the bids.
G. The property owner shall submit a deposit to the City in the amount
of 1/2 of the approved bid and notify the City Engineer when work
will begin.
H. The property owner shall coordinate project construction with the
contractor submitting the approved bid in conjunction with the City's
Department of Public Works.
I. After construction has been completed and it has been inspected and
accepted by the City's Department of Public Works, an invoice can
be submitted for the amount of the approved bid along with any adjustments
due to estimated versus actual quantities used during project construction.
J. The City shall refund the property owner their 1/2 of the approved bid amount (submitted as a deposit pursuant to subsection
G herein), and the balance of the project construction costs, but no more than 1/2 of the total of the project construction costs (including any adjustments due to estimated versus actual project construction quantities) will be paid to the property owner from the City's sidewalk replacement program funds.
K. Sidewalk replacement program funds can be used to replace preexisting
sidewalk(s), curb(s) and/or driveway entrances or to construct new
sidewalk(s), curb(s) and/or driveway entrances in areas of the City
that have already been developed.