[Amended 11-12-1985 by Ord. No. 85-095]
It is hereby made the duty of the respective owners of land fronting or abutting upon the line of the streets of the City, except as provided in §
435-10, hereinafter designated in this article, or portions of said streets, to:
A. Pave, maintain and keep in repair the sidewalks in front of or abutting upon their respective lands in the manner provided in this article.
B. Replace immediately any flag or concrete walk that may become broken.
No person shall open, tear up or tunnel beneath any sidewalk within the City for any purpose whatsoever without first obtaining a permit to do so issued by the Streets Division Superintendent.
Any person desiring to pave or repair any sidewalk shall obtain a permit from the Streets Division Superintendent and shall notify said Streets Division Superintendent at least 24 hours in advance of construction operations so that City inspection may be made.
[Amended 6-9-1999 by Ord. No. 99-033; 11-9-1999 by Ord. No. 99-058]
The permit fee to lay sidewalks, curbs, gutters and driveways in the City shall be $25 for each 25 feet of frontage or part thereof.
[Amended 11-12-1985 by Ord. No. 85-095; 9-5-1995 by Ord. No. 95-052; 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 13-004]
A. The full cost of the paving of said sidewalks shall be borne by the abutting property owner except under the following circumstances:
(1) Said work is done by a nonprofit housing corporation or a private for-profit corporation assisted by the State of New Jersey or a federal agency and the work is performed in connection with the construction of owner-occupied low- or moderate-income housing, in which event, if authorized by City resolution, the cost of the work may be assumed, in part or in whole, by the Department of Community Development.
(2) Said work is done under the auspices of and funding is provided by the Neighborhood Preservation Program.
B. Materials furnished and the workmanship performed in the construction of all sidewalks shall be in strict conformity to the standard specifications for sidewalk construction adopted by the Department of Public Works and current at the time of construction, said standard specifications being on file at the office of the Department of Public Works.
In connection with the paving of any sidewalk, there shall be provided adjacent to living trees an unpaved sidewalk area 2 1/2 feet wide and of a length approved by the Streets Division Superintendent.
All sidewalk doors, covers and fixtures and all parts thereof shall be set flush with the surface of the sidewalk, and all metal surfaces built into or placed on any sidewalk shall have an approved roughened surface.
Whenever abutting land exists below the grade of the sidewalk, a substantial guardrail or fence shall be erected and maintained by the abutting property owner, of such height and length as may be approved by the Streets Division Superintendent.
Whenever the Department of Public Works shall determine that any sidewalk, driveway apron or curb requires paving or repairs, the Department shall cause notice thereof, signed by the Superintendent, to be served upon the owner of the abutting land, directing him to do the work within 30 days after service of the notice. In addition, the notice shall specify in sufficient detail the character of the paving or repair to be made; set forth a description of the property affected sufficiently definite to identify it; give opportunity to the owner to be heard within said thirty-day period and to offer satisfactory reason why such work should not be done. The service of notice and proof of service thereof shall be made in accordance with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:65-3 to 40:65-5.
[Amended 11-12-1985 by Ord. No. 85-094A; 6-14-1988 by Ord. No. 88-017; 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 13-004]
A. The abutting property owner on all streets in the City shall be responsible for the construction, maintenance and repair of curbs in front of his land, except as provided in Subsection
B below.
B. The full cost of the construction, maintenance or repair of the curbs shall be borne by the abutting property owner except where said work is done by a nonprofit housing corporation or a private for-profit corporation assisted by the State of New Jersey or a federal agency and the work is performed in connection with the construction of owner-occupied low- or moderate-income housing, in which event, if authorized by City Council resolution, the cost of the work may be assumed, in part or in whole, by the Department of Community Development.
The holder of a permit to construct a curb shall notify the Streets Division Superintendent at least 24 hours in advance of construction operations so that an inspection may be made by the City.
When any street in the City shall be opened to its full width, each sidewalk belonging to such street shall be 1/5 of the entire width of such street.
When any street is ordered to be graded, it shall be graded to its full width, including sidewalks, unless otherwise specified in the ordinance authorizing such grading.
The grade of the center or crown of streets in the City shall be according to details on file in the City Engineer's office.
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or any combination thereof. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.