ARTICLE 1: SIDEWALKS

Section

   13-101   Permit required

   13-102   Sidewalk grade

   13-103   Same; specifications

   13-104   Same; petition

   13-105   Same; condemnation, reconstruction

   13-106   Notice; publication

   13-107   Right of abutting owner

   13-108   Repairs by owner or city

   13-109   Performance, statutory bond

   13-110   Obstructing sidewalks

   13-111   Same; exception

§ 13-101 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   It shall be unlawful to construct, reconstruct or repair any sidewalk within the city until the plans first have been approved by the governing body and a permit issued for such work by the City Clerk.

§ 13-102 SIDEWALK GRADE.

   Hereafter, all sidewalks constructed or reconstructed in the city shall be constructed on the established grade. When the governing body shall order a sidewalk constructed as hereafter provided, the city shall pay the cost of bringing the street to grade for the sidewalk. Where no grade has been established, the owner of abutting property may construct a sidewalk on the natural grade. If the grade has been established, the City Clerk shall furnish the property owner with the official grade by reference to a stated distance above or below the street grade.

(K.S.A. 12-1801, 12-1807)

§ 13-103 SAME; SPECIFICATIONS.

   Hereafter, all sidewalks shall be of single-course construction and shall be constructed and laid in accordance with standard plans and specifications hereby adopted by reference and filed in the office of the City Clerk as provided by K.S.A. 12-1802. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, reconstruct or repair any sidewalk except as provided by this article.

§ 13-104 SAME; PETITION.

   When a petition signed by no fewer than ten citizens owning real estate in the city requesting construction of a sidewalk is filed with the City Clerk, the governing body may in its discretion, by a resolution, order such sidewalk constructed as herein provided.

(K.S.A. 12-1803)