§ 42-50 APPROACHES AND SIDEWALKS LOCATED WITHIN INTERSECTION.

   All approaches and sidewalks located within the intersection of public streets or alleys shall be constructed, maintained and kept in repair by the Director of Public Works and Utilities and shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications established by this article. The expense of building and repairing approaches and sidewalks within the intersection of public streets and alleys shall be paid out of the general fund of the City.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942)

§ 42-51 NOTICE TO CONSTRUCT OR REPAIR.

   Whenever the construction, reconstruction or repair of sidewalk or approach is ordered in the manner provided by the Charter, this Code or other ordinances of the City, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works and Utilities to cause to be served upon the owner, agent or occupant of any lot or parcel of land in front of or abutting a sidewalk or approach which is ordered to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired, notice to construct, reconstruct or repair the same within 15 days from the date of service of the notice. The notice shall be served by regular mail by mailing to the owner, agent or occupant of the lot or parcel of land a true copy of the notice inscribed “copy.” The notice shall be in the following form or one substantially similar thereto:

   State of Michigan         )

                     ) ss

   City of Flint, Genesee County)

You are hereby notified to construct, reconstruct or repair a sidewalk or approach along the                 side of                  Street in front of (or adjacent to) such part or parts of the following described lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Flint are owned by you, to wit:                                                               pursuant to resolution adopted by the Flint City Council on the      day of              , 20   , and in accordance with specifications prescribed therefor now on file in the office of the Director of Public Works and Utilities within fifteen days from the date of the service upon you of this notice.

   Witness

Director of Public Works and Utilities this        day of                , 20    .

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942; Ord. 1336, passed 6-25-1956)

§ 42-52 COST OF CONSTRUCTION BY CITY.

   (a)   If the owner, agent or occupant shall neglect to construct, reconstruct or repair the sidewalk or approach within the time specified in the notice required to be given, it shall be the duty of the City Administrator to construct, reconstruct or repair the same, or cause it to be done. In such case the cost and expense of construction, reconstructing or repairing the sidewalk or approach, in which cost shall be included all the items of cost of the construction, shall, when ordered by the City Council, be assessed by the Board of Special Assessors on each description of land, which shall be and remain a lien thereon until collected and paid as provided in this article.

   (b)   Upon completion of the construction, reconstruction or repairing of the sidewalk or approach, the City Administrator shall make a report to the City Council, setting forth therein the names of the owner, agent or occupant with a description of the premises, the amount of walk constructed, reconstructed or repaired, together with an itemized statement verified by him or her showing the cost and the expense of all labor and material used.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942)

§ 42-53 PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLLS; LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS.

   (a)   Upon receiving the report mentioned in § 42-52, the City Council shall and it is hereby authorized to direct the Board of Special Assessors to make and prepare special assessment rolls, which shall contain the description of each lot or parcel of land in front of or adjacent to which the City has constructed, reconstructed or repaired any sidewalk or approach provided and the names of the owners of the lots or parcels of land, together with the total cost of constructing, reconstructing or repairing the same as in this article provided to be assessed. The Board of Special Assessors shall levy, as a “special assessment” on each description of land appearing on the rolls, its proportion of the cost.

   (b)   Upon receiving such direction, the Board of Special Assessors shall make an assessment roll as provided in Section 98 of the Charter and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had and with like effect as provided in the Charter for special assessments in other cases.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942)

§ 42-54 RECOVERY BY CITY OF DAMAGES FOR WHICH IT MAY BE LIABLE.

   Any owner, agent or occupant who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of any notice to build, rebuild or repair any sidewalk or approach in accordance with the provisions of this article, in addition to the penalties otherwise provided in this Code, shall be liable and compelled to pay to the City all damages to person or property for which the City may be liable for by reason of any injuries resulting therefrom, which sum may be recovered by the City in proceedings brought for that purpose in any court of proper jurisdiction.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942)

DIVISION 2. CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

§ 42-55 SPECIFICATIONS GENERALLY.

   Sidewalk construction, reconstruction, rebuilt or repaired in City streets shall be of cement concrete composed of properly proportioned, clean, fine and coarse aggregate, portland cement and water, each having such physical properties that when mixed to a homogenous mass and deposited to a sufficient depth upon the proper subgrade, worked and finished to a smooth and true surface and properly protected against the effects of the elements, the hardened resulting concrete sidewalk will sustain, without failure, a compressive load of 1,500 pounds per square inch at the end of seven days or 2,500 pounds per square inch at the end of 28 days when tested in the usual manner. Such sidewalks shall, in addition, meet the following minimum requirements.

   (a)   No sidewalks shall be less than four inches in thickness and no sidewalk which crosses existing or proposed driveways or roadways, shall have a strength less than one and one-half times that required for ordinary walks or less than one and one-half times that required for ordinary walks or less than six inches in thickness.

   (b)   All aggregates shall consist of uniformly graded, clean, hard particles of natural sand or rock or fragments of stone or gravel free from soft stone, coated or nondurable substances. All water shall be free from injurious amounts of deleterious substances. Cement shall be of good durable and usable quality.

   (c)   The quantity of cement used shall not be less than one and six-tenths barrels per cubic yard of concrete in the sidewalk.

   (d)   All sidewalks shall be constructed in a thorough and workmanlike manner. The grade of the finished walk shall have a fall toward the street gutter of one-fourth inch per foot of width of sidewalk. Joints and surface edges shall be formed to a radius of about one-half inch with proper tools and the surface shall be finished in such a manner that when completed, it shall have a neat appearance and wearing surface equal in roughness to troweling smooth and brushing lightly with a stiff brush or broom.

   (e)   All sidewalks shall be laid on a firm, well- compacted subgrade of cinders or earth free from vegetable matter or a refuse. Any cut or fill shall be not less than one foot wider on each side than the width of the walk to be built upon it and shall have a side slope not less than one and one-half foot horizontal to one foot vertical.

   (f)   All sidewalks constructed or repaired when the temperature of the air is below 40°F. and falling during the period of placing the concrete or during the first five days of curing period or which is laid in extremely warm weather, shall be protected in such a manner as will assure quality and strength of concrete equal to that produced in ordinary temperature.

   (g)   Construction joints spaced not more than five feet apart, shall be cut entirely through the walk for its full width and shall completely separate adjacent slabs. Expansion joint material thoroughly impregnated with a bituminous or asphaltic compound shall be placed between walks and curbs at all places where they meet and in intermediate joints at distances not to exceed 50 feet and shall extend from the finished sidewalk surface for the full depth of the walk.

   (h)   Every sidewalk built or repaired shall have stamped thereon in neat letters not less than one and one-half inches in height and one-fourth inch in depth the year in which the mark shall be placed once in every 100 linear feet of sidewalk.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942; Ord. 1733, passed 7-29-1963)

§ 42-56 LOCATION.

   All sidewalks shall be located one foot from the street line unless permission is granted by the Director of Public Works and Utilities to locate sidewalks at any other location.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942; Ord. 1733, passed 7-29-1963)