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(A) Methods of procedure.
(1) Abutting or affected property owners may contract for, construct or reconstruct roadway surfacing, sidewalk or curb and gutter in accordance with this section if advance payment is made therefor or arrangements for payment considered adequate by the city are completed in advance.
(2) With or without petition by the methods set forth in the Local Improvement Code of state statutes, presently beginning with M.S. § 429.011, as may be amended from time to time.
(B) Permit required. It is a misdemeanor to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk, curb and gutter, driveway or roadway surfacing in any street or other public property in the city without a permit in writing from the city. Application for the permit shall be made on forms approved and provided by the
city and shall sufficiently describe the contemplated improvements, the contemplated date of beginning of work, and the length of time required to complete the same; provided that, no permit shall be required for any improvement ordered installed by the Council. All applications shall be referred by the City Administrator to the Public Works Director and no permit shall be issued until approval has been received from the Public Works Director. All applications shall contain an agreement by the applicant to be bound by this chapter and plans and specifications consistent with the provisions of this chapter and good engineering practices shall also accompany the application. A permit from the city shall not relieve the holder from damages to the person or property of another caused by the work.
(C) Specifications and standards. All construction and reconstruction of roadway surfacing, sidewalk and curb and gutter improvements, including curb cuts, shall be strictly in accordance with specifications and standards on file in the office of the City Administrator and open to inspection and copying there. The specifications and standards may be amended from time to time by the city, but shall be uniformly enforced.
(D) Inspection. The Public Works Director shall inspect improvements as deemed necessary or advisable. Any work not done according to the applicable specifications and standards shall be removed and corrected at the expense of the permit holder. Any work done hereunder may be stopped by the Public Works Director if found to be unsatisfactory or not in accordance with the specifications and standards, but this shall not place a continuing burden upon the city to inspect or supervise the work.
(Prior Code, § 7.06) Penalty, see § 90.999
The City Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Public Works Director, may from time to time impose upon vehicular traffic on any part or all of the streets load limits as may be necessary or desirable. The limits, and the specific extent or weight to which loads are limited, shall be clearly and legibly sign-posted thereon. It is a misdemeanor for any person to operate a vehicle on any street in violation of the limitation so posted.
(Prior Code, § 7.10) Penalty, see § 90.999
(A) Requirement of sewer and water laterals. No petition for the improvement of a street shall be considered by the Council if the petition contemplates constructing therein any part of a pavement or stabilized base, or curb and gutter, unless all sewer and water main installations shall have been made therein, including the installation of service laterals to the curb, if the area along the street will be served by the utilities installed in the street.
(B) Sewer system service and water main service laterals. No sewer system shall be hereafter constructed or extended unless service laterals to platted lots and frontage facing thereon shall be extended simultaneously with construction of mains.
(C) Waiver. The Council may waive the requirements of this section only if it finds the effects thereof are burdensome and upon the notice and hearing as the Council may deem necessary or proper.
(Prior Code, § 7.11) Penalty, see § 90.999
OBSTRUCTIONS IN STREETS
It is a misdemeanor for any person to place, deposit, display or offer for sale, any fence, goods or other obstructions upon, over, across or under any street without first having obtained a written permit from the Council, and then only in compliance in all respects with the terms and conditions of the permit, and taking precautionary measures for the protection of the public. An electrical cord or device of any kind is hereby included, but not by way of limitation, within the definition of an obstruction.
(Prior Code, § 7.07) Penalty, see § 90.999
It is a misdemeanor for any person to build or maintain a fire upon a street.
(Prior Code, § 7.07) Penalty, see § 90.999
It is a misdemeanor for any person to throw or deposit in any street any nails, dirt, glass or glassware, cans, discarded cloth or clothing, metal scraps, garbage, leaves, grass or tree limbs, paper or paper products, shreds or rubbish, oil, grease or other petroleum products, or to empty any water containing salt or other injurious chemical thereon. It is a violation of this section to haul any such material, inadequately enclosed or covered, thereby permitting the same to fall upon streets. It is also a violation of this section to place or store any building materials or waste resulting from building construction or demolition on any street without first having obtained a written permit from the Council.
(Prior Code, § 7.07) Penalty, see § 90.999
It is a misdemeanor for any person to place or maintain a sign, advertisement or other structure in any street without first having obtained a written permit from the Council.
(Prior Code, § 7.07) Penalty, see § 90.999
(A) It is a misdemeanor for any person, not acting under a specific contract with the city or without special permission from the city, to remove snow or ice from private property and place the same in any roadway or on a sidewalk.
(B) Where permission is granted by the city, the person to whom permission is granted shall be initially responsible for payment of all direct or indirect costs of removing the snow or ice from the street or sidewalk. If not paid, collection shall be by civil action or assessment against the benefitted property as any other special assessment.
(Prior Code, § 7.07) Penalty, see § 90.999
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