(A) All sidewalks constructed on Main Street in the city, and abutting on the property hereinafter mentioned and described and within the limits herein specified, shall be of the kind and character known as cement sidewalks and shall be constructed in the manner and of the material as required by and specified in this section; that the district or territory within which such cement sidewalks are required to be constructed, and the lots, blocks and premises which will abut on the same are described as follows: to-wit: upon and along the south side of Block Numbered Four of the recorded plat of the aforesaid city, and in front of and abutting on Lots Numbered 7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18; upon and along the south side of Block Numbered Five of the recorded plat of the city, and in front of and abutting on Lots Numbered 7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18, upon and along the south side of Block Numbered Six of the recorded plat of the aforesaid city, and in front of and abutting on Lots Numbered 3-4-5-6-7; upon and along the north side of Block Numbered Seven of the recorded plat of the aforesaid city, and in front of and abutting on Lots Numbered 1-2-3-4-5-6; upon and along the north side of Block Numbered Eight of the recorded plat of the aforesaid city, and in front of and abutting on Lots Numbered 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12; upon and along the north side of Block Numbered Nine and the recorded plat of the aforesaid city, and in front of and abutting on Lots Numbered 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12.
(B) Whenever the owner of any of the lots or premises hereinbefore mentioned and described shall desire to replace the sidewalk now in use in front of his or her premises by a new one, or whenever the City Council shall by ordinance or resolution, the new sidewalk so built in the place of the wooden sidewalk now in use, shall be of the kind and character known as cement sidewalk and shall be constructed by the property holder, wholly at his or her own cost and expense and in the manner and of the materials specified in and provided by this section.
(C) Such cement sidewalk herein required to be constructed shall be placed on the established grade of said street, shall be seven and one-half feet wide with six inches in addition covered by curb, making a total width of eight feet, and shall be composed and constructed in the following manner, to-wit: there shall first be placed a solid foundation of either coarse gravel, cinders from burnt soft coal, pounded stone or some other like substance which shall be acceptable to both the property holder and the Council of said city, well tamped and at least six inches in thickness. On this shall be placed concrete or grouting composed of gravel and cement well watered and thoroughly-mixed, and in the proportion of one part cement and five part gravel, which shall be thoroughly tamped down, and after being so tamped, shall be at least four inches in thickness. The same shall then be covered by a mixture of cement and fine sharp lake sand thoroughly mixed in the proportion of three parts cement and five parts sand and shall be one and one-half inches in thickness. Such walk, when so constructed, shall slope two inches from building line to curb, so as to allow all water to flow into the curb. The outer edge of the curb or such sidewalk shall be set into the ground at least one foot and shall be constructed wholly of concrete, composed of cement and fine gravel or coarse sand, and shall not extend above the surface of the outer edge of the walk, but shall be on the same slope with it, so as to allow the flow of water over it into the gutter, and the outer side and top of the curb shall be covered with a substantial coating of cement and fine sand.
(Ord. 15, passed 5-22-1905) Penalty, see § 10.99