Any person who removes any post, stake, or other mark or marker indicating the line of any street, avenue, sidewalk, alley, public square or other public way, or who pulls down, removes, or defaces any board, sign, or plate indicating the name of any street or avenue, or any other marker placed upon any such alley, street, avenue, sidewalk, public square or other public way by the engineering department or the police department, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a violation of this section.
(Code 1973, § 25-2; Code 1997, § 95.02; Ordinance 52-9, adopted 3/19/1952)
(a) 
All persons owning property abutting upon any paved street in the city shall, at their own cost and expense, construct or cause to be constructed and maintained, driveways leading from the curbline to the property line on such lots as may be necessary to enter with any vehicle from the street, on such grade as shall be furnished by the city engineer. In doing such work, the property owners shall have the right to cut down the curb wall upon the issuance of a permit for such work by the city engineer in such form as he may prescribe and which shall provide for any work to be done in conformance with the provisions of such permit.
(b) 
It shall be the duty of the city engineer, upon the application of any property owner, to furnish the correct grade for such proposed driveway free of cost, and such work shall be done under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the city engineer. If such work is not done in accordance with the specifications of the city engineer and to his satisfaction, such improvements shall be removed and replaced to comply with his requirements.
(c) 
Any person who engages in the business of curb breaking, or otherwise breaks and removes certain portions of curbing within the limits of the city, shall be required to register in accordance with section 103-3.
(d) 
Driveways constructed that do not comply with the requirements of the city engineer shall be removed or made to comply and every day that the same shall remain after ten days' written notice from the city engineer to remove the same or cause it to comply with the requirements of the city engineer shall constitute a separate violation of this section.
(Code 1973, § 25-3; Code 1997, § 95.03; Ordinance 52-9, adopted 3/19/1952; Ordinance 79-16, adopted 3/21/1979; Ordinance 91-8, adopted 2/20/1991)
(a) 
All persons owning property abutting upon any unpaved street in the city shall, at their own cost and expense, construct or cause to be constructed under any driveway or other crossing from the adjacent street to such abutting property, an adequate culvert, pipe, or tile drain, such as will not impede the flow of water along any drain ditch or other drainage facilities along such street and on such grade as shall be furnished by the city engineer. The property owners shall do such work in compliance with the instruction of the city engineer.
(b) 
It shall be the duty of the city engineer, upon the application of any property owner, to furnish the correct grade for such proposed driveways or other crossing free of cost, such work shall be done under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the city engineer and if such work is not done in accordance with the specifications of the city engineer and to his satisfaction, such improvements shall be removed and replaced to comply with his requirements.
(c) 
Driveways and other crossings of drain ditches or other drainage facilities constructed prior to March 19, 1952, that do not comply with the foregoing requirements shall be removed or made to comply. Every day that the same shall remain after ten days' written notice from the city engineer to remove the same or cause it to comply, shall constitute a separate violation of this section.
(Code 1973, § 25-4; Code 1997, § 95.04; Ordinance 52-9, adopted 3/19/1952)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit water from any hydrant, fountain, sink, washbowl, automobile wash rack, air conditioning cooling tower, or any other apparatus discharging water, situated upon premises owned or controlled by such person, to run upon any sidewalk, street or alley of the city so as to cause the sidewalk, street, or alley to be or become muddy or continuously wet, or so as to be a public nuisance.
(b) 
Any person who owns or controls premises upon which is located any apparatus which discharges water therefrom shall cause the discharge line from such apparatus to be connected either to the sanitary sewer or to the storm sewer system of the city as directed by the city engineer. Upon failure to connect such apparatus after ten days' written notice from the city engineer, each day that such apparatus discharges water upon any sidewalk, street, or alley shall be a separate violation of this section.
(Code 1973, § 25-5; Code 1997, § 95.05; Ordinance 52-9, adopted 3/19/1952)
No person shall close or cause to be closed any street or alley within the city, except for emergency repair of utility lines, without first securing the permission of the city engineer. The city engineer shall, upon the closing of any street or alley, give immediate notice of such closing to the police department and the fire department. Any person making emergency repairs shall immediately notify the city engineer of the location and the closing of any street or alley necessitated by such emergency repairs.
(Code 1973, § 25-6; Code 1997, § 95.06; Ordinance 52-9, adopted 3/19/1952)
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, place, build, construct, or maintain any fence, gate, pole, post, sign, hedge, building, or other obstructions or encroachment upon any public street or alley or any portion of any public street or alley within the city or to cause any of such things to be done. The enumeration of certain types of obstructions and encroachments shall not limit the scope and effect of this provision but the same shall be construed to prohibit and forbid every type and kind of obstruction or encroachment upon any public street or alley of whatever nature or character, save and except for those facilities for the carrying of utilities as may be permitted under contracts, franchise, or by ordinance of the city for the use of its public streets and alleys for such purpose.
(Code 1973, § 25-7; Code 1997, § 95.07; Ordinance 52-9, adopted 3/19/1952)
All utility companies and other persons using the streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public squares, or other public ways, under franchise or contract with the city or authorization from the city commission, shall annually provide the city engineer maps or drawings showing the location of all of its lines, poles, guy poles and guy stubs in the city streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public squares, or other public ways of the city to keep such information up to date.
(Code 1973, § 25-8; Code 1997, § 95.08; Ordinance 52-9, adopted 3/19/1952)
(a) 
In the event the city commission, under powers conferred upon them by article VIII, section 1, of the City Charter, elects to improve a currently paved street by paving, repaving, raising, grading, installing drain openings, widening, narrowing, or straightening, and by the construction of sidewalks, curbs, gutters, culverts or otherwise, all pursuant to said Charter, the city shall deduct from the total width of the completed street the width of the pavement previously existing thereon, for assessment purposes as set forth hereinbelow.
(b) 
Each abutting property owner shall be assessed in the following manner:
(1) 
The city engineer shall determine the width of a proposed street.
(2) 
The city engineer shall determine the width of the previously existing pavement. He shall then deduct from the proposed street width, the width of previously existing pavement, being the width for which abutting property owners should be given credit.
(3) 
The cost of paving the difference in width between the proposed street and the existing street will then be assessed one-third to each abutting property owner up to a maximum additional width of 33 feet, plus an additional two feet for curbs and gutters on either side. This has the effect of each abutting property owner being assessed up to a maximum of 11 feet for each lineal foot of frontage on a particular street plus curbs and gutters.
(c) 
Each abutting land owner shall be assessed for the width of the new street less the width of the previously existing pavement, up to a width of 11 feet for each lineal foot abutting the respective landowner's property, which would amount to an assessment for one-third of a width of a 37-foot street as is the current policy of the city commission, wherein a typical 37-foot street would be paved to a width of 33 feet, and with two feet of curbs and gutters on either side thereof.
(d) 
If any provision of this section is in conflict with the Charter of the city or the statutes of the State of Texas, the Charter of the city and the statutes of the State of Texas shall control.
(Code 1973, § 25-9; Code 1997, § 95.09; Ordinance 75-41, adopted 11/5/1975)
(a) 
The standard railroad crossing in the city shall be constructed in substantial compliance with the specifications as Exhibit A attached to Ordinance No. 77-35 on file in the office of the city secretary, with said substantial compliance to be determined by the city engineer.
(b) 
Any railroad crossing installed in the city which violates this section shall be considered a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine assessed against the railroad of anywhere from $10.00 to $200.00 per day, until said railroad crossing is brought into substantial compliance with the specifications attached hereto.
(Code 1973, § 25-10; Code 1997, §§ 95.10, 95.99(B); Ordinance 77-35, adopted 6/15/1977)