The City Board of Public Works and Safety is authorized to use funds available for street improvement purposes to participate with the owners of lands abutting streets within the city in the improvement of those streets in accordance with the requirements of the Board of Public Works and Safety and the standards for street improvement established in Chapter 151. For any participation project, the Board shall be governed by the following policies.
(A) All alley and street intersections will be paved at city expense and the cost of the work is not to be considered as a part of the city's share of other street improvements.
(B) The cost of grading and excavating in connection with the improvement of alleys and streets existing on February 21, 1967, is to be considered a city expense and not as a part of the city's share of other street and alley improvements.
(C) The cost of grading and excavating in connection with the improvement of streets and alleys hereafter dedicated is not to be considered a part of the improvement cost in which the city can participate.
(D) The city may participate to the extent of 50% of the cost of improving an alley located in a business district, as shown in the city zone map. The city shall not participate in the cost of improving alleys other than those indicated above.
(E) The amount of the participation by the city in the cost of street improvements is indicated below as a percentage of the total of such cost, as may be modified by preceding statements, in accordance with the street designation and width of surface to be improved which may include curb and gutter of the integral roll-type where that type of curb may be installed.
Street or Thoroughfare Designation | |||
Width of Improved Surfaces | Arterial | Feeder | Residential |
24 to 28 feet | 50% | 40% | 30% |
29 to 30 feet | 60% | 50% | 40% |
31 to 35 feet | 70% | 60% | 50% |
36 to 40 feet | 80% | 70% | 60% |
(Ord. CO-67-4, passed 2-21-67)