(a) No sidewalk shall be improved as provided nor shall any sidewalk be repaired or relaid, unless a permit for so doing has been obtained from the Director of Public Service. The fee for the permit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The permit shall mention the kind of surfacing or walk to be laid, the extent of the same and the sublot and house number, or adequate measurements identifying the location where no such numbers have been established, in front of which the work is to be done. All stone or concrete surfacing of sidewalks shall be subject to the inspection of duly authorized City inspectors, whose duty it shall be to undertake the fulfilling of the requirements of the approved specifications for the sidewalk surfacing. For furnishing such inspection there may be collected from the property owner an amount or fee not to exceed the cost of the sidewalk improvement.
(b) The owner of land in front of which a permit to improve the sidewalk has been given may request that the Commissioner of Engineering and Construction establish the grade or line on which the improvement is to be made.
(c) For performing the work of establishing the line and grade for such sidewalk improvement by the Commissioner in accordance with the land owner’s request, there shall be collected from the owner a fee based on the following rates:
(1) For each linear foot of sidewalk for which the grade is given, five cents ($0.05);
(2) For each linear foot of sidewalk for which the line is furnished, five cents ($0.05);
(3) For each linear foot of sidewalk for which both line and grade are furnished, seven and one- half cents ($0.075);
(4) The minimum fee charged in any case shall be five dollars ($5.00).
(d) All amounts collected for inspection or engineering fees under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(Ord. No. 2393-02. Passed 2-3-03, eff. 2-3-03)