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1020.06  CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
   Excavating, laying, construction, form work, jointing and finishing of all curbs, sidewalks, driveways and gutters shall be according to the best practice and methods and in every case such as will meet with the approval of the Township Engineer.  Every provision separately noted for curbs, sidewalks, driveways and gutters, and applying under each or another classification, shall be with as full force and effect as if set out at length in each such classification of curbs, sidewalks, driveways and gutters. Any materials, practices and methods to be employed in these classifications and not now contemplated in these specifications may be put into effect or regulated by the Township Engineer.
(Ord. 186.  Passed 5-24-35.)
1020.07  WIDTH OF SIDEWALKS; UNPAVED PORTIONS.
   The paved width of all sidewalks in the Township shall be not less than four feet.  The width of the paved portion of the sidewalk area and the location thereof shall be as directed by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, and those parts not occupied by the paving shall be brought to the proper Township grade and consist of a grass plot, the grass for the entire width to be regulated at a height of not to exceed four inches.
(Ord. 186.  Passed 5-24-35.)
1020.08  PERMIT REQUIRED; ESTABLISHMENT OF LINES AND GRADES; CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE; FEE; EFFECTIVE PERIOD.
   No sidewalk shall be constructed or reconstructed, or any grading, paving or repaving done to the same, and no gutters or curbs shall be constructed or corrected, until the owner or owners of the ground, or the person having charge of the work, shall first have obtained a permit for the same from the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners.  The permit shall be placed, by the party applying for the same, in the hands of the Township Engineer, who shall furnish the said person with the established lines and grades, for which services he or she shall receive his or her proper charge from the Board of Commissioners.
   When the work set forth in the said permit has been fully completed, a certificate that the work has been properly done, and that the plans, regulations, requirements and ordinances of the Township have been complied with, shall be procured from the Township Engineer by the party applying for the above-mentioned permit, and endorsed on the permit, and returned to the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners, provided that if, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, such construction or reconstruction, grading, paving, repairing or repaving of any sidewalk shall be inexpedient or dangerous because of the existing grade of the street or of the contiguous sidewalk, such permit shall not be issued, or if issued shall be canceled by the Township Engineer, and the fee therefor returned to the applicant.  The cost of each permit shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which shall be paid into the Township Treasury for the use of the Township.  No permit shall be valid after sixty days from the date of issue.
1020.09  REMEDY OF TOWNSHIP UPON OWNER'S FAILURE TO GRADE, PAVE OR REPAIR SIDEWALKS, CURBS OR GUTTERS.
   If any person shall neglect or refuse to grade, pave, repave or repair any sidewalk, or to construct, correct or repair any curb, or to keep the same in repair, pursuant to notice given as above mentioned, for a period of thirty days after the receipt of such notice, or service of the same as hereinbefore provided, the Township Board of Commissioners shall forthwith cause such grading, paving, repaving and repairing of sidewalks, and such constructing, correcting and repairing of curbs and gutters, to be done by contract, and the proper Township authorities shall collect the cost of the same and in addition may collect a penalty of ten percent from the owner or owners of such property by action in assumpsit or by filing a Municipal lien against the property.
(Ord. 186.  Passed 5-24-35.)
1020.10  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO OUT-OF-REPAIR SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND GUTTERS.
   Whenever any sidewalk, curb or gutter shall be out of repair, like proceedings shall in all respects, and like recovery of the cost of such repairs shall be had from the owner or owners of the ground abutting thereon, as are hereinbefore provided for in the case of grading, paving, repaving, repairing, curbing and guttering.
(Ord. 186.  Passed 5-24-35.)
1020.11  ENCROACHMENTS.
   No owner of any property shall place, allow or maintain any encroachment upon the sidewalk fronting or abutting on such property, such as a porch, extension, step, railing, fence or hedge or an excavation for a basement, cellar window or cellar door, unless provided with protecting grating, or place or allow any awning, sign or branch of a tree at less than a clear height of nine feet above any sidewalk.  However, in the case of young trees, the branches thereof under nine feet shall be permitted to extend over the sidewalk curb line.
(Ord. 186.  Passed 5-24-35.)
1020.99  PENALTY.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 202.99 of the Administration Code for the general Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)