A. Sidewalks shall be installed on all streets and on both sides; provided, the village board may allow for substitution of a bicycle pathway on one side of the street, in lieu of a sidewalk.
B. Unless otherwise specified by the village engineer as to any particular sidewalk, all sidewalks in the village shall be:
1. Constructed of Portland cement concrete.
2. Five feet (5') in width.
3. Constructed level transversely and sloped longitudinally in conformance with finished grades.
4. A minimum of four inches (4") thick; or, not less than six inches (6") thick where crossed by a driveway;
5. Installed on a minimum of four inches (4") of compacted coarse aggregate (CA-6) on prepared subgrade.
6. Constructed with a slope of one-fourth inch (1/4") per foot and drain towards the roadway.
7. Located within the dedicated right-of-way and installed one foot (1') from the property line of abutting lots, and along such line as extended at intersections.
C. Sidewalk areas shall be prepared by the removal of all turf and topsoil and excavation to a depth of six inches (6") below the required sidewalk surface grade.
D. Side forms shall be of lumber of not less than two inches (2") nominal thickness or of steel of equal rigidity, shall have a depth at least equal to the thickness of the new concrete walk, shall be clean and oiled before concrete is placed against them, shall be securely staked, braced and held firmly to the required line and grade, and shall be removed after the concrete sidewalk has cured.
E. Concrete shall be placed on a moist subbase to the required minimum thickness and consolidated and spaded sufficiently to bring the mortar to the surface, and shall be struck off and finished with a wood float, steel trowel and brush.
F. The surface shall be divided by contraction joints tooled into slab sections of not more than six feet (6') nor less than four feet (4') with contraction joints at least one inch (1") in depth and one-eighth inch (1/s") in width.
G. Bituminous type expansion joint filler, one-half inch (1/2") thick and with height equal to the sidewalk thickness, shall be provided at all lot lines, cold joints and/or minimum one hundred foot (100') intervals.
H. Concrete walks shall be cured for seventy-two (72) hours, during which time whatever protection is necessary for damage from rain, pedestrians or motor vehicles shall be provided. (Ord. 01-25, 8-16-2001; amd. Ord. 04-42, 11-4-2004; Ord. 22-26, 10-6-2022)