[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.