[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission
of the City of Parsons as §§ 17-403, 17-404 and 17-405
of the 1963 Code (Ch. 21, Art. IV of the 1985 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 520.
No driveway or approach in the business or industrial
sections of the City or any driveway in excess of 12 feet in width
in any other section of the City shall be constructed without a permit
issued by the City Engineer. No such permit shall be issued until
plans and specifications for the work are submitted to the City Engineer
and a fee of $25 is paid to the City.
Any person constructing a driveway or approach,
including approaches to gasoline filling stations, garages, or other
business structures, shall pay the expense of relocating sidewalks,
curbing, repairing pavement, leveling parkways and other changes made
necessary by such construction. The City Engineer, at the time of
issuing the permit, shall designate the relocation and repairs to
be made by the applicant for such permit.
All driveways or approaches constructed in residential
districts of the City shall be paved from the curb to the property
line, and no driveway or approach constructed in the City shall extend
into the street beyond the curbline above the level of the street.
No bridge or culvert of any kind shall be constructed or maintained
over the curb and gutter.
All driveways or approaches, including approaches
to gasoline filling stations, garages or other business structures,
shall be kept in good repair by the owner of abutting property served
thereby, and if the property owner shall fail to keep the same in
good repair, the City shall have authority to repair or rebuild said
driveways or approaches in the same manner as now provided by law
for the repair and rebuilding of sidewalks. If the use of any such
driveway or approach is discontinued, the owner, if directed in writing
by the City Engineer, shall remove the driveway or approach and rebuild
or replace the sidewalk and curb. If the owner shall fail to rebuild
or replace any sidewalk or curb after 10 days' notice in writing from
the City Engineer, the City shall proceed to rebuild or replace the
same and charge the expense and cost thereof to the abutting property
as provided by law for the repair of sidewalks.
