A. Authority To Establish: Whenever the city council shall deem it advisable to establish any street or sidewalk grade, or both, where no such grade has been heretofore established, or to change any established grade, the council shall pass an order directing the city engineer to cause the necessary survey to be made and to submit to the council a profile map of such proposed grade with his recommendations concerning such grade.
B. Adoption Of Profile Map: When such profile map shall have been approved and adopted by a majority of the city council as a correct map of such grade, the action of the council shall be endorsed on such map by the city clerk and such map shall then be filed in the office of the city engineer. Such grade shall thereafter be considered as established as shown by the profile map. (Prior Code § 18-19)
C. Approval Required Prior To Construction: It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or construct or to commence the erection or construction of any building or other structure upon the line of any street or sidewalk where the grade for the same has already been established without first making application to the city engineer to indicate the grade upon which such building or other structure is to be erected. Thereafter, it shall be unlawful to build to any grade other than that indicated by the city engineer. (Prior Code § 18-20)
D. Penalty: Every person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Each and every period of ten (10) days such building or other structure shall remain built, standing or constructed contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed and construed as a separate and additional offense and punishable accordingly. (Prior Code § 18-21)