136.01 Purpose | 136.10 Failure to Repair or Barricade |
136.02 Definitions | 136.11 Interference with Sidewalk Improvements |
136.03 Removal of Snow, Ice, and Accumulations | 136.12 Encroaching Steps |
136.04 Property Owner’s Responsibility for Maintenance | 136.13 Openings and Enclosures |
136.05 City May Order Repairs | 136.14 Fires or Fuel on Sidewalks |
136.06 Sidewalk Construction Ordered | 136.15 Defacing |
136.07 Permit Required | 136.16 Debris on Sidewalks |
136.08 Sidewalk Standards | 136.17 Obstructing Sidewalks |
136.09 Barricades and Warning Lights | 136.18 Sales Stands |
For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:
1. “Broom finish” means a sidewalk finish that is made by sweeping the sidewalk when it is hardening.
2. “Defective sidewalk” means any public sidewalk exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics:
A. Vertical separations equal to three-fourths inch or more.
B. Horizontal separations equal to three-fourths inch or more.
C. Holes or depressions equal to three-fourths inch or more and at least four inches in diameter.
D. Spalling over 50 percent of a single square of the sidewalk with one or more depressions equal to one-half inch or more.
E. Spalling over less than 50 percent of a single square of the sidewalk with one or more depressions equal to three-fourths inch or more.
F. A single square of sidewalk cracked in such a manner that no part thereof has a piece greater than one square foot.
G. A sidewalk with any part thereof missing to the full depth.
H. A change from the design or construction grade equal to or greater than three-fourths inch per foot.
3. “Established grade” means that grade established by the City for the particular area in which a sidewalk is to be constructed.
4. “One-course construction” means that the full thickness of the concrete is placed at one time, using the same mixture throughout.
5. “Owner” means the person owning the fee title to property abutting any sidewalk and includes any contract purchaser for purposes of notification required herein. For all other purposes, “owner” includes the lessee, if any.
6. “Portland cement” means any type of cement except bituminous cement.
7. “Sidewalk” means all permanent public walks in business, residential or suburban areas.
8. “Sidewalk improvements” means the construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, or removal, of a public sidewalk and/or the excavating, filling or depositing of material in the public right-of-way in connection therewith.
9. “Wood float finish” means a sidewalk finish that is made by smoothing the surface of the sidewalk with a wooden trowel.
The abutting property owner shall remove snow, ice, and accumulations promptly from sidewalks. If a property owner does not remove snow, ice, or accumulations within 24 hours, the City may do so and assess the costs against the property owner for collection in the same manner as a property tax. The abutting property owner may be liable for damages caused by failure to remove snow, ice, and accumulations promptly from the sidewalk.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12[2b & e])
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