All subdivisions or sections thereof which have not received final approval by the City Council and in which the dedication for streets have not been accepted by City Council as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, shall have installed in them sidewalks to serve each lot or parcel therein. Such sidewalks shall be installed by the property owners abutting the street rights-of-way, except as provided for in subsections (c) and (d) below, and they shall be constructed in accordance with the following:
(a) Sidewalks shall have a hard, improved surface constructed of materials and to standards established by the Municipality Engineer depending on type of street construction, anticipated permanence of sidewalk, and land uses being served. Such specifications shall be available from the Municipal Administrator or designee.
(b) Sidewalks shall be located in the right-of-way of the street or as close to the right-of-way line as possible, and shall extend across the entire dimension of each lot or parcel side adjacent to a public street. All sidewalks required by this chapter shall be completed upon the occurrence of any one of the following conditions:
(1) Upon final inspection by the Municipality Building Department of a structure or other improvement on the lot or parcel that the sidewalk services;
(2) In the case of vacant lots or parcels, whenever seventy-five (75) percent of the lots or parcels located on given sides of a dedicated street between two (2) consecutive intersecting streets (a block) have been serviced with a final inspection by the Building Department or otherwise approved by city administrator.
(3) Not later than the fourth (4th) anniversary after the date of acceptance of the improved streets by the Municipality.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions stated earlier where a subdivision includes a dedicated street to provide access from an existing street to the subdivision, and such dedicated street bisects property and thereby creates parcels which are not a part of the subdivision but are adjacent to the dedicated street, then it shall be the responsibility of the developer or subdivider to install sidewalks within the dedicated street right-of-way whenever sidewalks are required in the subdivision itself. Such sidewalks shall be installed along each side of the dedicated street right-of-way from the existing street to the first lots or parcels in the subdivision, and shall be completed prior to acceptance of the improved street by the Municipality.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, where the Zoning Code permits placement of continuous sidewalks in common space rather than in the public right-of-way, then the placement provisions of the Zoning Code shall govern.
(e) All sidewalks and curb ramps to be constructed shall be compliant with the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Municipality of Groveport Sidewalk and Curb Ramp Standard (available from the Municipal Administrator or designee).
(f) All curb ramps shall be constructed, inspected, and completed with the construction of street improvements, unless an exception is granted in advance, by the Municipal Administrator or designee.
(Ord. 19-011. Passed 4-22-19.)