(a) All sidewalks herein after built in the Municipality shall be constructed of concrete. When constructed, the manner of construction shall conform to the following rules and specifications.
(b) The trench shall be excavated to the required depth, and to a sufficient width to permit the placing and bracing of forms. Upon this shall be placed four inches of compacted granular fill and the required thickness of concrete or ready mix, six sack per cubic yard mixture containing not more than five and one-half gallons of water per sack of cement, and seven percent (7%), plus one percent (1%) entrained air and shall be cured and sealed with a membrane sealer. Expansion joints shall be placed every thirty feet and between the walk and any fixed structure, extending the full depth of the sidewalk. The surface of the walk shall have a transverse slope of one-quarter inch per foot, with the low side adjacent to the roadway, and shall not exceed a grade slope of more than one inch per foot unless approved in writing by the Village Engineer. All outside edges and joints will be edged with a quarter-inch radius edging tool, the surface of the walk shall be divided into equally spaced blocks at approximately five foot intervals. Owners wishing to color sidewalks with pigment or stain shall do so only after review and approval by the Planning Commission.
(c) Across driveways, sidewalks shall have a depth of six inches of ready mix or concrete over four inches of compacted granular fill, according to proportions stated.
(d) In a commercial district sidewalks crossing a driveway shall have a depth of eight inches of ready mix or concrete over four inches of compacted granular fill, according to the proportions stated.
(e) All construction prior to pouring concrete or ready mix shall be inspected by the Village Administrator or his Designee.
(Ord. 2001-29. Passed 3-27-01.)