[Amended by 10-16-2007 by Ord. No. 121-2007]
A. In any public street, avenue, alley and lane in the
City, curbs and sidewalks shall be set or reset, laid, relaid, altered,
repaired and maintained at the expense of the abutting property owner,
except as hereinafter set forth.
B. Sidewalk construction or reconstruction may be paid
for wholly from governmental funds rather than at the cost of the
adjoining property owner, only in areas of the City designated and
approved by specific ordinance for a rehabilitation project and involving
construction or reconstruction of all surface improvements in one
or more contiguous City blocks. Such a construction or reconstruction
project as approved by specific ordinance shall be funded as a general
municipal improvement and shall be designated by the City Engineer
as required in connection with securing uniformity of appearance,
ease of construction and related considerations involving the satisfactory
completion of such a rehabilitation project.
The City Council may, in each year, include
in its budget or annual tax ordinance an appropriation for curb or
sidewalk repairs, in addition to any existing general public works
maintenance fund, out of which appropriation the cost of construction
or repair of curbs and sidewalks during the year may be charged when
it becomes necessary for the City Manager to make repairs or construction.
All monies recovered or paid to the City under the provisions of this
section shall be credited to the account out of which the work was
paid for.