(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, reconstruct, alter, remove and/or replace any sidewalk, curb, gutter, street, street curb or street gutter on any public property within the city without first having obtained from the code enforcement officer a permit to do so. All such construction, reconstruction, alteration, removal or replacement shall be under the supervision of the code enforcement officer and in accordance with the plans hereinafter provided.
(b) 
Before a permit required by subsection (a) of this section shall be issued, an application therefor shall be made in writing with a plan made a part of such application showing the location, design and layout of the proposed improvements by the abutting property owner or his duly authorized agent.
(c) 
When the written application and plan required by subsection (b) of this section has been duly submitted and the fee hereinafter required is paid, the code enforcement officer shall issue a permit for such improvements, provided the plan showing the location, design and layout shall conform with the basic standards, details and designs hereinafter made and provided.
(d) 
A fee shall be charged by the code enforcement officer at the time an application for a permit as herein required is made, and such sum shall be paid into the general fund of the city.
(e) 
Whenever the term “inner curbing” is used in this division, it shall mean only that portion of the curbing required herein along driveways and not constituting the curbing, which borders and marks the margin of the street designated and constructed for vehicular traffic. Whenever the term “street curb” or “combination street curb and gutter” is used, it shall mean the portion of concrete curbing and structure which borders and marks the margin of the street designated and constructed for vehicular traffic.
(f) 
In those cases where the street curb and gutter have not been constructed in place when application for a permit as provided in subsection (a) of this section is made and the code enforcement officer has established or can establish the location and grade of such street curb and gutter, then the person making such application shall have the option of constructing such street curb and gutter according to the provisions of this division, or of omitting the construction of such street curb and gutter until such time as the street curb and gutter along such block is constructed by or at the instance of the city. If the applicant decides not to construct that portion of the street curb and gutter abutting his property, then all of the inner curbing required by this division which lies between the outer edge of the sidewalk and the location of the street curb shall also be omitted.
(g) 
In those cases where the grade and location of the street curb and gutter cannot be established because of existing conditions, then the street curb and gutter and that portion of the inner curbing lying between the outer edge of the sidewalk and the street curb must be omitted until such time as the remaining street curb and gutter along such block is constructed by or at the insistence of the city.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.26)
The design, layout and plans for the construction, reconstruction, alteration and/or replacement of all curbs, driveways, both private and commercial, and street curb and gutter shall conform and be constructed according to the design, layout, plans and details shown and provided by the Standard Details for Construction of Driveways, Curbs and Gutters in the city.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.27)
Where sidewalks are to be adjacent to an off-street parking area, a concrete inner curb must be built to separate the parking area from the sidewalks. This inner curb must be at least four (4) inches in width and extend a minimum of four (4) inches above the driving surface and a minimum of six (6) inches below the driving surface. The sidewalk may be used as this curb, provided the sidewalk extends a minimum of four (4) inches above the driving surface.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.28(A))
No contractor or other person shall construct any step or offset in any sidewalk outside property lines, except where certain conditions necessitate such step or offset and then only at the instance of written instructions from the code enforcement officer. Where such step or offset is likely to occur, the contractor shall notify the code enforcement officer before constructing same.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.28(B))
All driveways into private property must be paved from the street curb line to the property line. They shall be constructed as shown on the Standard Details for Construction of Driveways, Curbs and Gutters adopted by section 3.06.032.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.28(C))
The authority of the code enforcement officer is as follows:
(1) 
The code enforcement officer shall be authorized to suspend any such work for any period whenever he may deem such suspension to be necessary to insure good work or in the public interest, but no such suspension shall ordinarily extend longer than one (1) week.
(2) 
The code enforcement officer shall be authorized to give all notices and instructions with reference to the work either to the contractor or his agent or to any person in charge of the work on the ground.
(3) 
The decision of the code enforcement officer with reference to such work and with reference to all materials, whether free or incorporated in the work, shall be fully binding on all parties at interest, and such decision shall be in all cases strictly in keeping with the intent and purpose of this division and free from all bias and unfairness.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.28(D))
The contractor or other person in charge of work within the scope of this division shall familiarize himself with all provisions of this division covering such work and may, upon request, receive explanations and instructions pertaining to the provisions of this division from the code enforcement officer.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.28(E))
At all the times and period during which any work under this division is being performed and until such work is completed and accepted and approved by the code enforcement officer, the contractor shall place and maintain all necessary and proper barriers and other safeguards, including watchmen if necessary, upon and around the work for the prevention of accidents, and at night he shall place, maintain and keep suitable and sufficient lights and flares to warn of the obstructions and hazards; and the person doing such work under such permit shall and will indemnify and save harmless the city from and against any and all actions and claims and against all costs, damages and expense to which the city may be put by reason of any injury or alleged injury to any person or property resulting or occasioned by any act, negligence, carelessness or want of skill in connection with or in the conduct of any of such work, or in guarding the same, or from any improper methods, tools, implements or materials used in its prosecution or by or on account of any alleged act or omission whatever of the contractor or his agents, employees or servants; and the contractor and the person doing such work under the permit as herein provided for shall well and truly make payment of any and all sums so recovered against the city in any suit or suits on account of such alleged injuries to which the city may be made a party, together with all such costs, damages and expenses as may be suffered by the city, all in such manner as to save the city whole and harmless from all such actions or claims.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.29)
(a) 
Construction of public works or construction by city.
The provisions of this division shall not apply to the construction of any public works by or at the instance of the city on any public property. But it shall be the policy of the city to construct all public works consistent with the provisions of this division except in those cases where the Code of Ordinances board or the city council should find it necessary in the public interest to vary therefrom.
(b) 
Unplatted property.
The provisions of this division shall apply to the street area abutting the lot or lots on which the improvements or set of improvements comprising the component unit or units of a separate individual house, apartment or business [are located] with and including all appurtenant structures and areas used in connection therewith and as a part thereof, and in those cases where an application for a permit is made for improvements on land, or addition or alteration to improvements already situated on land, not subdivided or platted into the desired ultimate divisible units or lots hereof, then the applicant shall show on the plan submitted with the application hereinabove required the proposed boundaries of the individual tract of land on which such improvements with all appurtenant structures and areas comprise the whole of the separate house, apartment or business, and such tract as shown on the plan shall constitute the “abutting property” within the meaning and scope of this division.
(2003 Code, sec. 18.30)