The sidewalks of all highways now or hereafter
dedicated to public use, situate within the corporate limits of the
city, shall be graded, curbed, paved and repaired and made to conform
to the requirements of this article by the owners of the respective
lots of land fronting or bounding upon such highways.
[Added 4-16-2001 by Ord. No. 7-2001]
A. It shall be unlawful to dig, excavate, open or in any manner interfere with or disturb within the right-of-way of any municipal street within the City of Pleasantville for any purpose whatsoever without first securing a permit in accordance with Chapter
255, Article
II.
B. Upon receipt of a street opening permit, a construction
permit must be obtained from the Construction Official.
The curbing shall be natural or artificial stone
or cement. If of stone, each straight section shall be not less than
four feet in length, 16 inches in depth and four inches in width.
The front face shall be straight and true, without warp or twist.
The ends shall be pitched off square and true in order that the stones
may be set with close joints.
The unpaved portion of the sidewalk shall be
of good gravel or broken stone screenings, or a combination thereof,
or well-kept turf.
The pitch or rise of the finished surface of
sidewalks from the curb to the property line shall be at the rate
of 3/8 inch per foot, the outer edge to be flush with the top of curb.
The finished surface of private driveways crossing any sidewalk shall
have an inclination or rise from the inner line of the street gutter
of 7 1/8 inches in five feet, with the shape of a double reverse
curve. It shall then rise to the property line at the rate of 3/8
inch per foot.
The sidewalks of all highways shall be paved
for a width of at least five feet, and at least 1/2 of the minimum
allowable width of the paving shall be laid upon each side of the
middle line of the sidewalk; provided, however, that the sidewalks
of Main Street between the southwest side of Pleasant Avenue and the
northeast side of West Jersey Avenue shall be paved for their full
widths.
The paving of sidewalks for spaces adjoining
the curbline, which spaces shall not exceed three feet in width or
diameter, shall not be required. Such space shall be reserved for
no other purpose than that of planting shade trees.
If any sidewalk is not graded, curbed, paved
or repaired according to the provisions of this article, the City
Engineer shall cause notice of such contemplated improvement to be
given to the owner of any lands thereby affected. Such notice shall
state that the owner of property abutting upon such sidewalk is required
to grade, curb, pave or repair such sidewalk to conform to the provisions
of this article within 30 days from the date of service of or advertising
of said notice.
In case of the neglect or refusal of any such
owner, after giving of such notice as is provided by this article,
to grade, curb, pave and repair the sidewalk of the public highway
in front of or adjoining his lot or lots of land, such sidewalk shall
be graded, curbed, paved and repaired by the city, under the direction
and supervision of the Streets and Roads Committee and the City Engineer,
so as to conform to the requirements of this article.
If the owner of any lot shall refuse or fail to comply with the notice required by §
255-8 of this article within the time prescribed, Council shall cause such improvement to be made. The City Engineer shall, upon the direction of the Council, prepare specifications for the work to be done and materials to be furnished for such improvement, and Council shall by advertisement secure bids for effecting such improvement; provided, however, that such bids shall be received by the Council in open session and any and all such bids may be rejected. The contract, when awarded, shall be awarded by the Council to the lowest responsible bidder.
The cost of such construction and repair of
sidewalks shall be paid for out of moneys to be obtained by issuing
temporary notes of the city to finance local improvements for the
purpose of such construction and repair.
The City Engineer shall certify to the Council
the cost of so constructing and repairing the sidewalk in front of
each lot or parcel of land, designating such lot or parcel by number
as the same appears upon the City Map, with the name of the owner as nearly as the same may be
ascertained.
The amount of each assessment, when collected, shall be appropriated for the payment of the temporary loans provided for in §
255-11 of this article and shall be kept separate from the other funds of the city and shall be devoted exclusively to the redemption of such temporary notes.