A. 
Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, when the community development director or his or her designee issues an order to any property owner to construct, reconstruct or repair sidewalks, the order shall be in writing and shall specify the location, manner of construction, construction material, width and grade of such sidewalk or curb to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired.
B. 
Except as may otherwise be required by law, the specifications of the community development director or his or her designee shall not be such as to require any property owner to construct a sidewalk of different material or in a different manner than is required of the owners of other land in the same block fronting the same street, road, alley or other public way.
C. 
The community development director or his or her designee shall order the construction, reconstruction or repair of the sidewalks when in so doing safe and satisfactory walkways will be provided for children en route to or from school or when, because of existing conditions in any area of the city, the public safety, convenience and general welfare will be served by the construction, reconstruction or repair of such sidewalks.
D. 
The written order of the community development director or his or her designee provided for in subsection B of this section shall be served:
1. 
Personally upon the property owner by the chief of police or designee, if the owner resides within the city;
2. 
By registered or certified mail if the property owner lives outside the city and his or her address is known; and
3. 
By publication once in a newspaper of general circulation published within the city, if the property owner lives outside the city and his or her address is unknown.
(Prior code § 23-22.1; Ord. 18-002 § 3, 2018)
A. 
When an order has been served, mailed or published pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.08.010(D), the owner shall, not later than 30 days after the date of such service, mailing or publication, commence the construction, reconstruction or repair of such sidewalk and complete the same without delay.
B. 
If an owner fails to proceed as required in subsection B of this section, or to properly complete the work pursuant to Section 12.08.030(E), the community development director or his or her designee shall proceed without delay to cause the sidewalk to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired, paying the cost thereof out of available funds of the city authorized by law, and shall immediately assess and levy the cost so expended against the lot or parcel of land upon which such sidewalk fronts, certify same to the county treasurer, where it shall be collected in the manner provided for the collection of city taxes, and shall, upon becoming delinquent, be subjected to the same interest, penalty and liens as other delinquent city, county or state taxes.
C. 
All money collected and returned to the city pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of this section shall be credited to the fund from which payment for the construction, reconstruction or repair of sidewalks was made.
(Prior code § 23-22.2; Ord. 18-002 § 3, 2018)
A. 
A person shall not construct, reconstruct or repair any sidewalk within the city without first obtaining a permit therefor, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 12.16.
B. 
Any person constructing, reconstructing or repairing a sidewalk within the city shall notify the building inspector not later than 48 hours after the completion of the construction, reconstruction or repair work, and request an inspection.
C. 
If, after inspecting the construction, reconstruction or repair work, the building inspector determines that it does not meet the standards and specifications of the city, he or she may refuse to approve such work and order that corrections be made to bring the construction, reconstruction or repair work into compliance with such standards and specifications.
D. 
A person who has been ordered by the building inspector to make corrections pursuant to subsection C of this section shall comply with such order not later than 30 days after the date on which the order was issued by the building inspector, and shall request an inspection in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this section.
E. 
If, after an inspection pursuant to subsection D of this section, the building inspector determines that the construction, reconstruction or repair work still does not meet the standards and specifications of the city, he or she may refuse to approve such work and notify the community development director or his or her designee in writing of same. The community development director or his or her designee shall, upon receipt of such notice, proceed without delay to cause the sidewalk to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.08.020.
(Prior code § 23-22.3; Ord. 18-002 § 3, 2018)
Upon receipt of a written petition by a majority of the resident owners of property along any street, road or other public way requesting the city to construct, reconstruct or repair a sidewalk, street or curb and gutter, or any combination thereof, the city council shall:
A. 
Upon a three-fourths vote of all the members thereof, order the construction, reconstruction or repair of such improvement; and
B. 
Establish, by resolution, an improvement district for such construction, reconstruction or repair pursuant to the provisions of Wyoming Statutes Sections 15-6-201 et seq., 1977, as amended.
(Prior code § 23-22.4)
A. 
Definition. As used in this chapter, the term "driveway" means a driveway for vehicles extending from an established street to private property, across the public right-of-way.
B. 
Ownership. The owner of the property served by a driveway crossing the right-of-way shall have no property right in such driveway and all such driveways shall be and remain part of the established street or avenues of the city and subject to the control of the city council.
C. 
Location and Size.
1. 
No driveway shall be located so as to create a hazard to pedestrians or motorists or invite or compel illegal or unsafe traffic movements.
2. 
Unless otherwise approved, all driveways including the returns, shall be constructed within lines at right angles to the curbline and passing through the front property corners.
3. 
No driveway shall be constructed in such manner as to create a hazard to any existing street lighting standard, utility pole, traffic regulating device or fire hydrant. The cost of relocating any such street structure, when necessary to do so, shall be borne by the abutting property owner. Relocation of any street structure shall be performed only by or through the person holding authority for the particular structure involved.
4. 
All driveways shall be constructed to the latest standards and specifications adopted by the city unless otherwise permitted by the community development director or his or her designee.
5. 
The width of any driveway shall not be less than ten feet, exclusive of the radii of the returns, the measurement being made at right angles to the centerline of the driveway.
6. 
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (C)(4) of this section, the total width of all driveways for any one ownership on a street shall not exceed 50% of the frontage of that ownership along the street. Any driveway which has become abandoned or unused through a change of the conditions for which it was originally intended or for which for any other reason has become unnecessary may be closed and the owner required to replace any such driveway with a standard curb, gutter and sidewalk under the provisions of Section 12.08.050.
Whenever in a single ownership the total width of existing driveways on a street is over 50% of the frontage of the ownership of that street, such existing driveways shall be made to conform to the provisions of this chapter in the event of any of the following changes:
a. 
Any alteration or repair of such existing driveways in excess of 25% of the frontage of the ownership on that street or any widening of any such existing driveways;
b. 
Any construction of additional driveways in the ownership or the alteration or repair of any driveways in the ownership in excess of 25% of the frontage on which the driveways are to be altered or repaired, when the ownership has frontage on two or more streets;
c. 
Any change of use of the ownership.
Upon the alteration or repair of any one or more of the driveways as aforesaid, the community development director or his or her designee may require such changes in any or all of the driveways of that ownership necessitated for better movement of traffic or to provide better protection to pedestrians.
Where a single ownership is developed into more than one unit of operation, each sufficient in itself to meet the requirements of off-street parking or loading, and where the safety of pedestrians or vehicular traffic is not endangered, then the requirements outlined above may be construed to apply to each separate unit of operation rather than to the entire ownership.
7. 
There shall be not more than two driveways on one street for any one ownership, except where a single ownership is developed into more than one unit operation, each sufficient in itself to meet the requirements of off-street parking or loading, and where the necessity for separate access to the street is evident. In such cases, there shall be not more than two driveways on one street for any one unit of operation.
8. 
The angle between any driveway and the street roadway or curbline shall not be less than 45 degrees.
D. 
Removal or Alteration on Order of Council. Any driveway governed by this chapter shall be removed or altered by the owner of the property served thereby on order of the city council when, in its judgment, such driveway constitutes a nuisance or traffic hazard or otherwise interferes with the public use of the right-of-way. In the event the property owner shall fail or refuse to promptly remove or alter the same, all costs and expenses thereof shall be assessed against the property and certified to the county treasurer for collection in the manner and form provided by law for the collection of special assessments for city improvements.
E. 
Responsibility of Property Owners. The owner of the property served by a driveway shall be and remain at all times responsible for proper construction thereof and its repairs, use and operation, including any damage or injury resulting from the use thereof to pedestrians on the sidewalk.
(Prior code § 23-24; Ord. 18-002 § 3, 2018)