(A) All sidewalks hereinafter constructed or reconstructed in the town shall be constructed at an elevation of one and one-half inches higher than the curb in the adjacent street, unless a special permit is issued by the Council upon application of the property owner showing such construction to be impractical or inadvisable.
(1982 Code, Title IV, Ch. 2, § 1)
(B) Said walks shall be so constructed or reconstructed as to join in a straight line and on the same elevation with existing walks, unless upon application showing such construction or reconstruction to be impractical or inadvisable a special permit has been issued by the Council for such non-conforming construction.
(1982 Code, Title IV, Ch. 2, § 2)
(C) It shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner to make careful inspection and examination of all sidewalks within the town at intervals of not more than 90 days, and to give written notice to the occupants, and to the owners if their names and addresses can be determined, requiring such walks as are defective to be repaired within 30 days.
(1982 Code, Title IV, Ch. 2, § 3)
(D) It shall be the duty of the owner of each lot to keep the sidewalk adjacent thereto in repair and to make repairs within 30 days upon receipt of notice from the Town Marshal.
(1982 Code, Title IV, Ch. 2, § 4)
(E) In the event any person being the owner of a lot in the town shall refuse or neglect to repair or reconstruct a defective sidewalk when notified so to do in accordance with the provisions of this section, the Street Commissioner shall advertise for bids for the construct ion or repair of such sidewalk by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten days prior to receiving bids therefor, and shall cause such sidewalk to be repaired or reconstructed by the lowest responsible bidder, and the cost of such construction, together with the cost of notice and all other necessary expense shall be collected from such property owner by civil action therefor, in addition to the penalties hereinafter provided for the violation of the provisions of this section.
(1982 Code, Title IV, Ch. 2, § 5)
(F) All sidewalks constructed pursuant to the provisions of division (E) above shall be of one course cement concrete, four inches in thickness, approximately one part cement, two parts sand and four parts gravel, not less than five sacks of cement to be used in each cubic yard of the mixture; the gravel and sand to be washed and free from any substance that would injure the quality of the concrete. Such walks will be struck off in blocks not exceeding five feet in length to allow for expansion, and shall be finished with a wood float finish, and constructed, finished and cured in accordance with the practices of good engineering and workmanship.
(1982 Code, Title IV, Ch. 2, § 6)
(Ord. passed 7-10-1939; Ord. passed 12-11-1995) Penalty, see § 93.99