As used in this chapter:
(1) "Adjacent" means contiguous to or bordering on.
(2) "Alley" means a street intended to provide access to the rear or side of a lot and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic. "Alley" shall be included in the term "street. "
(3) "Assessment" means 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.
(4) "Backfill" means approved material employed to replace material excavated from a public way.
(5) "Concrete slab" means, in concrete or cement sidewalks, those rectangular block sections into which the sidewalk is divided.
(6) "Curb" means a constructed border along the paved portion of the right of way used for vehicles.
(7) "Curb cuts" means an 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.
(8) "Driveway" means a private road or storage area for vehicles, connected with the paved portion of the street, and providing ingress and egress to private property.
(9) "Engineer" means the City Engineer.
(10) "Gaps" means an opening, fissure or break in the continuity in the surface of a sidewalk or its component sections.
(11) "Licensed contractor" means a contractor licensed to construct and repair sidewalks in the City.
(12) "Longitudinal slope" means 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.
(13) "Lot" means a piece of land having fixed boundaries.
(14) "Maintain free of hazard" means the duty of the owner of the lot or parcel adjacent to the sidewalk to keep the condition of the sidewalk within the tolerated limits defined in this chapter.
(15) "Parking slab" means a paved area for the placement of parked vehicles.
(16) "Paving blocks" means preformed bricks, stones or tiles placed and filled in between blocks to form a smooth sidewalk.
(17) "Permit" means a written authorization to do an act from the regulatory authority, in this case, the City Engineer.
(18) "Pitted surface" means, in the context of concrete sidewalks, one in which the walking surface is granular or cratered.
(19) "Resurfacing" means, in the context of concrete sidewalks, the use of a cement compound which will bond with the existing concrete to make smooth walking surfaces.
(20) "Right of way" or "public way" means an area of land duly dedicated or held by the City for the free and unobstructed passage of residents. It includes paved streets, parking strips and sidewalks within its limits.
(21) "Side-ditch drainage" means a contoured trench typically located along the street for the purpose of conveying surface water to a collection point.
(22) "Sidewalk" means the paved portion of the right of way intended for use by pedestrians.
(23) "Street" means the entire paved width between the boundary lines of a right of way open for through vehicular traffic.
(24) "Stubtoe" means a vertical misalignment between sections of sidewalk.
(25) "Transverse slope" means the rate of deviation from the average line of the paved surface level drawn horizontally across the surface of the sidewalk.
(26) "Vacation" means the process by which the City surrenders the public's ownership and control in the right of way.
(27) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property may be transported, except devices, other than bicycles, moved by human power.
(Ord. 3987. Passed 10-7-80.)