Section
Sidewalks
93.001 Definitions
93.002 Specifications and permits
93.003 Sidewalk inspection
93.004 Permit revocation
93.005 Construction by agreement
93.006 Ordering construction
93.007 Construction by city
93.008 Sidewalk maintenance
93.009 Trees and shrubs obstructing sidewalks; minimum heights; removal; costs.
Streets
93.020 Definitions
93.021 Damage and obstruction prohibited
93.022 Private installations
93.023 Temporary street closings
93.024 Permits; exception
93.025 Liability insurance
93.026 Deposits for permit; refund; additional payment
93.027 Permit required for obstructions caused by construction
93.028 Permit required for street openings; prerequisites
93.029 Emergency openings; prerequisites
93.030 Openings to be barricaded and lighted
93.031 Shoring excavations
93.032 Backfilling required; standards
93.033 Curb cuts: permit required; standards
93.034 Obstructions
93.035 Construction by agreement
Acceptance of Private Roads
93.050 Intent
93.051 Definitions
93.052 Public street requirements
93.053 General standards
93.054 Turnarounds
93.055 Public street grade
93.056 Second access; emergency access
93.057 Existing, nonconforming private streets
93.058 Exceptions
93.059 Application procedure
93.060 Maintenance and improvements
93.061 Acceptance by City Council
93.062 Reconsideration
Street Performers
93.070 Intent
93.071 Definitions
93.072 Prohibition of performing
93.073 Street performer application; fee
93.074 Review of application
93.075 Street performer permits; conditions for issuance
93.076 Rules and regulations
93.077 Revocation of permits
93.078 Complaints; appeals
93.079 Appearance tickets
93.080 Civil infraction
93.999 Penalty
SIDEWALKS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APRONS FOR DRIVES. The area between the curb and the sidewalk over which vehicles may be driven when entering or leaving the driveway.
CONTRACTION JOINT. A place of weakness caused by scribing the concrete sidewalk to a sufficient depth to control the location of cracking.
EXPANSION JOINT. A complete separation in the concrete sidewalk filled with a bituminous premolded joint filler.
PRESIDENT. The President of the city.
SIDEWALK. Any concrete or bituminous walkway, or walkway of other materials constructed in that portion of the public right-of-way designed particularly for pedestrian travel.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of Streets of the city, or its designated agent.
(1995 Code, § 50-26) (Ord. 121, passed 5-2-1988)
(A) Permit required; display; fee. No person shall construct, rebuild, or repair any sidewalk except in accordance with the line, grade, slope, and specifications approved by the Superintendent, nor without first obtaining a written permit from the City Clerk, except that sidewalk repairs of less than 50 square feet may be made without a permit. The written permit shall be prominently displayed on the construction site. The fee for the permit shall be established in the schedule of fees.
(B) Sidewalk specifications. Sidewalks shall be a minimum of five feet wide. Sidewalks shall not be less than four inches in thickness or less than six inches at driveway crossings. Expansion joints shall be placed at intervals not exceeding 50 feet, and at all driveways, curb crossing or parallel, and adjacent to the proposed sidewalk and any rigid structures. Contraction joints shall be placed at uniform intervals, normally five feet, between expansion joints. Contraction joints shall be constructed with a double edger having a radius not exceeding 1/4 of an inch. All concrete used in sidewalk construction shall, 28 days after placement, be capable of resisting a pressure of 2,500 pounds per square inch without failure.
(C) Brooming and stamping of surface. The concrete surface shall then be broom to slightly rough the surface. Every contractor building sidewalks shall stamp at each end of the walk constructed by him or her, his or her name and the year in which the walk was constructed.
(D) Expansion joints. Expansion joints shall consist of a nonextruding bituminous material 1/2 inch thick, with a width equal to the sidewalk thickness, and a length equal to the sidewalk width. All crosswalks shall have barrier free ramps at curbs.
(E) Drive aprons. Drive aprons shall have a minimum thickness of six inches. Expansion joints shall be placed at the interface of drive apron with public sidewalk and street curb. Control joints shall be placed so as to divide aprons into squares not larger than ten feet by ten feet1.
(F) Fixed forms; backfill. After the concrete has gained sufficient strength, the fixed forms shall be removed without damaging the concrete. The spaces on both sides of the concrete shall be backfilled with sound earth. The backfill shall be compacted and leveled to a grade one inch below the surface of sidewalks, drive aprons, and driveways and left in a neat, workmanlike condition. Backfilling shall immediately follow removal of forms so as to prevent undercutting and erosion under the concrete.
(1995 Code, § 50-28) (Ord. 121, passed 5-2-1988) Penalty, see § 93.999
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