(a) Whenever Council shall order that any sidewalk or portion thereof be constructed, altered or repaired, such order shall specify the material to be used, the manner in which the work shall be done and the time within which it shall be completed. Unless otherwise ordered by Council, all costs associated with the construction or repair of any sidewalk shall be paid for by the owner of the property abutting the sidewalk.
(b) The Village shall have the right to construct, repair or alter any sidewalk or portion thereof and all costs associated therewith shall be paid for by the abutting property owner. However, prior to performing the construction or repair, the Village shall notify the abutting property owner of the Village's cost estimate therefor, and the property owner shall have the option to perform the construction or repair work himself. No property owner exercising such election shall construct or repair the sidewalk in any manner or with any other material other than as required by the Village, and any such work shall be performed within a reasonable time after the property owner's receipt of notice from the Village.
(c) Service of any order requiring a sidewalk construction or repair may be made either by ordinary mail or by leaving such notice at the property owner's last known address.
(d) If, after fourteen days from the service of the notice to construct or repair, the Village is not notified by the property owner that the property owner will perform the work, the Village may cause the construction or repair to be made. All expenses and labor costs incurred by the Village in installing or repairing the sidewalk shall be borne by the property owner.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the Village Council, after due deliberation, from electing to have the expense of any sidewalk construction or repair be borne by the Village.
(f) Where the Village submits the bill for sidewalk construction or repair costs incurred by the Village to the abutting property owner, but, within sixty days of the receipt of such bill, the property owner does not pay the Village in full, the Village shall have the right to forward the unpaid bill to the County Auditor and such amount shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and be a lien upon such lands from and after the date of the entry and be collected as other taxes and returned to the Village.
(Ord. 93-132. Passed 7-15-93.)