If any contractor or owner shall construct or repair a sidewalk and the sidewalk shall not conform in every respect to the plans, dimensions, specifications and standards submitted and shall not be formally accepted by the Director of Public Works, either because of faulty materials or defective workmanship in the construction or repair or in the materials used, the contractor shall proceed within 10 days after receiving notice from the Director of Public Works to reconstruct or rerepair such sidewalk in accordance with the plans, specifications, dimensions and standards furnished him. If the contractor shall fail to do so, the city may on its own motion proceed to reconstruct or rerepair or have reconstructed or rerepaired the sidewalk, and the contractor and his bondsmen shall be liable on their bond for the penalty thereof.
(1993 Code, § 58-96)