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No sidewalk shall be improved or constructed as herein provided, and no sidewalk shall be repaired or relaid, unless a permit therefor has first been obtained from the Building Commissioner.
The application for the permit shall identify the owner of the property in front of which the sidewalk is to be laid, and shall specify the sublot and house numbers thereof or, where no such numbers have been established, adequate measurements identifying the location.
(Ord. 1984-55. Passed 3-21-84.)
The inspection and approval of forms by the City Engineer is required before pouring concrete. The owner or contractor shall obtain the approval of the City Engineer prior to pouring such concrete. The inspection fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) or fifteen cents ($.15) per linear foot of sidewalk constructed, whichever amount is greater. At the completion of any sidewalk construction, the Division of Buildings shall make an inspection thereof, at a cost of fifteen dollars ($15.00) or fifteen cents ($.15) per linear foot of sidewalk constructed, whichever amount is greater. All such inspection fees shall be paid to the City as a prerequisite to the issuance of the permit required by Section 1480.03, except as provided below.
In the event that the City declares that certain sidewalks shall be constructed or repaired in accordance with Section 1480.09 or Ohio R.C. Chapter 729, such inspection fees shall be paid as follows:
(a) Those property owners who choose to construct or repair those sidewalks at their own expense shall pay such inspection fees as a prerequisite to issuance of the permit required by Section 1480.03.
(b) Those property owners who choose to have the City construct or repair those sidewalks shall pay such fees as part of the special assessments levied by the City upon their property upon completion of the construction or repair.
(Ord. 90-145. Passed 7-17-90.)
The owner or contractor shall have an engineer or surveyor stake out all new sidewalks for line and grade according to City sidewalk standards and the established street profile. All sidewalk construction shall be under the supervision of the Division of Buildings.
(Ord. 1984-55. Passed 3-21-84.)
All sidewalks hereafter improved by placing walks with a permanent surfacing on any public street within the City shall be so improved by constructing the walks with concrete in accordance with the minimum specifications provided in Chapter 1462 and such other more stringent specifications as shall be required by the City Engineer to comply with ongoing improvements in the state-of-the-art construction of sidewalks.
The sidewalks shall be so laid that the top surface is properly roughened so that the same is prevented from becoming slippery when covered with moisture. The roughened finish shall be of such character as, in the judgment of the Department of Engineering, will effectively permit a slippery condition of such walks at any time.
Any grading necessary between the walks as laid and the curb line, or between such walks and the edge of the sidewalk space, as herein established, shall be done at the time of laying such walks so as to leave the sidewalk space at the grade herein described.
(Ord. 1984-55. Passed 3-21-84.)
If sidewalks, curbs or gutters are not constructed or repaired within thirty days from the date of service of the notice provided for in Section 1480.09, or from the date of completion of the publication thereof, the City may proceed, through the appropriate department or office, either by direct employment of labor or by contract, to carry out such construction or repair at the expense of the owner. As in the case of other improvements, all expenses thereof shall be reported by the Director of Finance to Council. Council shall thereupon, by ordinance, assess such expenses upon the owner of the property bounding or abutting the sidewalks, curbs or gutters, and such assessment shall be collected by certifying the same to the County Auditor for placement on the regular tax duplicate with a penalty of five percent interest for failure to pay at the time fixed by the assessment ordinance.
No sidewalk heretofore laid shall be raised or lowered without the approval of the Department of Engineering, and all sidewalks hereafter laid shall be laid in accordance with this chapter and under the supervision of the Department. No curb line or grade shall be changed except at the direction and with the written consent of the Department. Any sidewalk laid in any public street within the City in a manner inconsistent with this chapter shall, upon the order of the Department, be relaid to the proper grade. Upon failure of the property owner to make the change or relay such sidewalk as so ordered within the time specified in the notice, the City may relay the sidewalk, and the cost thereof, together with interest and a penalty of five percent, will be taxed or assessed against the property in a manner allowed by law.
(Ord. 1984-55. Passed 3-21-84.)
Council may, by resolution, declare that certain specified sidewalks, curbs or gutters shall be constructed or repaired. Upon the passage of such a resolution, the Clerk of Council shall cause written notice of the passage thereof to be served upon the owner or agent of the owner, if he or she is a resident of the City, of each parcel of land abutting upon such sidewalks, curbs or gutters, in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions. A copy of the notice, with the time and manner of service endorsed thereon, signed by the person serving it, shall be returned to the office of the Clerk of Council and there filed and preserved. For the purpose of such service, if the owner of any such property is not a resident of the City, any person charged with the collection of rent or the payment of taxes upon such property, or having control thereof in any way, shall be regarded as the agent of the owner, and service upon such person shall have like force and effect as though personal service were made on the owner thereof. If it appears in any such return that the owner is a nonresident or that neither such owner nor his or her agent could be found, one publication of a copy of the resolution in a newspaper of general circulation in the City shall be deemed sufficient notice to such owner.
(Ord. 1984-55. Passed 3-21-84; Ord. 24-141. Passed 9-3-24.)
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