(A) Any person desiring to construct or cause to be constructed any sidewalk shall do so as herein provided. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct any sidewalk without having first obtained a permit and survey.
(B) Applications for the permit shall be made in writing to and filed in the office of the Municipal Clerk for reference to the Street Commissioner, and accompanied with a survey fee of $5 for the service of the City Engineer in making a survey and setting stakes for grade or elevation. The permit shall give a description of the lot or piece of land along which it is desired to construct the sidewalk. The Street Commissioner shall issue the permit unless good cause shall appear why the permit should be denied; provided, that if it is desired to construct the sidewalk at any other than the regularly prescribed location, grade or elevation, the Street Commissioner shall submit the application to the governing body, who shall determine whether the permit shall be granted or denied. When a permit is issued for the construction of a sidewalk, the City Engineer, or other engineer employed by the municipality, shall make a survey and set stakes indicating the location, grade and elevation of the sidewalk, and it shall be unlawful for any person to construct or cause to be constructed such sidewalk at any other location, grade or elevation than so designated.
(C) All sidewalks shall be built and constructed on the established grade, or elevation, or if there be no established grade, then on the grade or elevation indicated by the City Engineer, The survey shall be made and stakes set by the City Engineer within ten days after being directed so to do.
(1999 Code, § 8-204) Penalty, see § 92.999
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-522