(A) No sidewalk shall contain any opening or gratings nor shall there be constructed any stairway, open cellarway or open basement way except as provided herein. No part of any sidewalk shall be taken for private use by lowering or cutting down the sidewalk next to any building built with or near the lot line.
(B) If such building is not accessible to vehicles at any other point, an open space of not more than four feet may be left next to the building provided such area be protected by a strong iron railing. Entrance stairs and steps shall not be more than four feet wide and guarded by sufficient railings.
(C) All existing stairways, open cellarways or open basement ways or open entrances thereto in sidewalks, pavements or streets, may be permitted to remain from and after the passage and approval and publication of this code, if the person owning or using such opening in the sidewalk or street shall satisfy the Street Commissioner and the City Attorney that the same is properly protected by a balustrade or coping of durable material; and provided further, in addition to said protection. the owner or user may be required to furnish the city with a bond in the amount of not exceeding $2,000 for benefit of any person who shall have suffered any injury or damage by reason of the use of said opening, grating, stairway, cellarway or open basement way.
(1999 Code, § 8-213) Penalty, see § 92.999
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-522