§ 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)

§ 42-57 GRADE; WIDTH.

   All sidewalks shall be upon such grade as the Director of Public Works and Utilities may direct. Where all the lots abutting the sidewalk in the block involved are zoned “A” residential, the same shall be not less than four feet in width, except in those areas where by reason of density of pedestrian traffic, the Director of Public Works and Utilities may require the installation of a five-foot sidewalk; provided, that whenever an existing sidewalk of more than four feet in width is reconstructed, repaired or replaced along a length of less than the full frontage of the abutting lot or parcel of land, the reconstruction, repair or replacement may be of the same width as the existing sidewalk.

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

§ 42-58 REMOVAL OF TREES.

   All trees which are in the line of the sidewalk work and which require moving will removed by the Recreation and Park Board, upon written application approved by the Director of Public Works and Utilities, at the expense of the person requesting the same to be removed.

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

§ 42-59 ALTERNATE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SECTIONS OF PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS.

   Private driveways between the back of curb and front of public sidewalk may be constructed as follows as an alternate to concrete construction.

   (a)   The subbase shall be graded and compacted.

   (b)   Aggregate base coarse shall be a minimum of six inches of compacted crushed limestone on gravel meeting State Highway Department gradation 22-A.

   (c)   Surface coarse shall consist of a minimum of two inches of bituminous concrete conforming to State Highway Department specifications 4-12. The aggregate shall be 31-A gradation. The State Highway Department specifications shall be the last specifications as put out by the State Highway Department.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942; Ord. 1865, passed 9-9-1965)

DIVISION 3. PERMITS AND LICENSES

§ 42-60 CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR PERMIT.

   No sidewalk shall be built, rebuilt, constructed or repaired in the City without a permit therefor being first obtained from the Director of Public Works and Utilities. All sidewalks shall be built in accordance with the specifications in this article. The Director of Public Works and Utilities shall, upon applications therefor, be authorized to issue such permits and to charge a fee therefor, which fee shall cover cost of issuing such permit and the cost of inspection, checking and supervision and shall be in accordance with the schedule of fees in Chapter 26 of this Code.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942; Ord. 1376, passed 4-8-1957)

§ 42-61 RETURN OF PERMIT.

   All permits issued shall be returned by the applicant to the Director of Public Works and Utilities within 30 days from the date thereof with a statement thereon by the builder of the area and the number of lineal feet of sidewalk or approach constructed, rebuilt or repaired under the same, the location thereof with respect to lot lines, the date the work was completed and the name or initials of the builder and the year on the stamp or mark by which the work may be identified.

(Ord. 505, passed 10-5-1942; Ord. 1376, passed 4-8-1957)