For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A street intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots, not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic. For the purpose of these regulation, ALLEY shall be included in the term STREET.
ADJACENT. Contiguous, or bordering on.
ASSESSMENT. A special charge or imposition on property in the immediate vicinity of a public improvement, laid with reference to the special benefit conferred on the property by the making of the improvement.
BACKFILL. Approved material employed to replace material excavated from public way.
CONCRETE SLAB. In concrete or cement sidewalks shall be those rectangular block sections into which the sidewalk is divided.
CURB CUTS. Alteration of the concrete border along the edge of the paved surface of the street to accommodate vehicular access to private drives, or adjacent property.
CURB. A constructed border along the paved portion of the right-of-way used for vehicles.
DRIVEWAY. A private road, or storage area for vehicles, connected with the paved portion of the street, and providing ingress and egress to private property.
ENGINEER. The Village Engineer.
GAPS. An opening, fissure or break in the continuity in the surface of a sidewalk, or its component sections.
LICENSED CONTRACTOR. A contractor licensed to construct and repair sidewalks in the village.
LONGITUDINAL SLOPE. The rate of deviation from the average line of the surface level drawn lengthwise across the surface of the sidewalk; from the sidewalk adjoining each end of the side lot line extended.
LOT. A piece of land having fixed boundaries.
MAINTAIN FREE OF HAZARD. The duty of the owner of the lot or parcel adjacent of the sidewalk, to keep the conditions of those sidewalks within the tolerated limits defined in this subchapter.
PARKING SLAB. Paved area for the placement of parked vehicles.
PAVING BLOCKS. Preformed bricks, stones or tiles, placed and filled in between blocks to form a smooth sidewalk.
PERMIT. A written authorization to do an act from the regulatory authority.
PERSON. Any individual, corporation, association, partnership.
PITTED SURFACE. In the context of concrete sidewalks, is one in which the walking surface is granular or cratered.
RESURFACING. In the context of concrete sidewalks, the use of a cement compound which will bond with the existing concrete to make smooth walking surfaces.
RIGHT-OF-WAY or PUBLIC WAY. An area of land duly dedicated, or held by the village, for the free and unobstructed passage of citizens; it includes paved streets, parking strips, sidewalks, tree lawns and devil strips within its limits.
SIDE DITCH DRAINAGE. A contoured trench typically located along the street for the purpose of conveying surface waters to a collection point.
SIDEWALK. The paved portion of the right-of- way intended for use by pedestrian.
STREET. The entire paved width between the boundary lines of right-of-way open for through vehicular traffic.
STUBTOE. Vertical misalignment between sections of sidewalk.
TRANSVERSE SLOPE. The rate of deviation from the average line of the paved surface level drawn horizontally across the surface of the sidewalk.
VACATION. The process by which the village surrenders the public’s ownership and control in the right-of-way.
(Prior Code, § 94.01) (Ord. 58, passed 12-7-1992)