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(A) The cost of maintenance and repair of sidewalks within the city shall be the responsibility of the city.
(B) The City Council shall have the discretion to expend city funds for the installation, maintenance and repair of sidewalks, under circumstances as the City Council deems fair and just. The determination shall be at the sole and exclusive discretion of the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 20-26) (Ord. 723, passed - -; Ord. 763, passed - -; Ord. 810, passed - -; Ord. 828, passed 6-11-2008)
Any resident of an area of the city, depicted on the sidewalk inventory map, to be without past or existing sidewalk, may petition the city for sidewalk installation. The requests will conform to the improvement petition process.
(Prior Code, § 20-27) (Ord. 723, passed - -; Ord. 763, passed - -; Ord. 828, passed 6-11-2008)
No person shall remove, deface, damage, destroy or otherwise alter the condition of any sidewalk within the city without the express written authorization of the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 20-28) (Ord. 828, passed 6-11-2008) Penalty, see § 10.99
The City Council shall have, in its discretion, the right to determine whether sidewalks would not be appropriate. The discretion shall not prevent the Council from enforcing the other provisions of this subchapter requiring the repair, replacement or maintenance of sidewalks in other areas of the city. As new residential subdivisions and retail areas of the city are developed, the developer as part of the platting process shall make provisions for installation of sidewalks or future sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be made part of all newly constructed (not reconstructed) streets, except in areas of industrial or large commercial development. The cost of initial installation of sidewalks in new subdivisions and retail areas and along new streets shall be the sole responsibility of the abutting owner.
(Prior Code, § 20-29) (Ord. 723, passed - -; Ord. 763, passed - -; Ord. 810, passed - -; Ord. 828, passed 6-11-2008)
EXCAVATIONS
Unless acting under a contract with the city, it shall be unlawful for any person, other than a duly authorized city official or employee in the course of his or her employment, to make, cause or permit to be made any excavation or opening in or under the surface or pavement of any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place within the limits of the city, without first having obtained and having in force a permit to do so.
(Prior Code, § 20-3) (Ord. 419, passed - -; Ord. 431, passed - -; Ord. 459, passed - -) Penalty, see § 94.999
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