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136.08 SIDEWALK STANDARDS.
   1.   The Council shall provide by resolution, and have on file in the office of the Clerk, full and complete plans and specifications for the construction of sidewalks and driving crossings over the sidewalks. All sidewalks, whether constructed by the owners of the abutting property or by the City, shall be constructed under the supervision and inspection of the Building Official or other person authorized by the Council, and shall be in strict accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Council and on file in the office of the Clerk.
   2.   It is the duty of the City Engineer, or other employee so authorized by the Council, to give to any property owner desiring to lay a sidewalk, the proper grade and to establish the lot line immediately adjacent thereto.
   3.   Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Council, all sidewalks in the residential areas shall be located one foot outside of the lot line. All sidewalks in the business district shall extend from the lot line to the curb line. The business district, for the purposes of this section, shall be as follows:
The sidewalks on and around the public square and the sidewalks running along both sides of the streets intersecting with the public square, a distance of approximately one-half block from the intersection of the streets with the public square to the alley line closest to the intersection, except Salem Avenue, which shall include sidewalks one block from the intersection of Salem Avenue with the public square.
In other areas, as defined by the Zoning Ordinance, the Council shall by resolution establish the location of the sidewalk.