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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 212-140. Streets and sidewalks.
Description
Fee
Ordinance No.
Code Citation
Description
Fee
Ordinance No.
Code Citation
Curb permit (feet)
 
31-2009
0 to 24
$250
 
 
25 to 49
$300
 
 
50 to 99
$350
 
 
100 to no limit
$350 for every 100 feet plus $3.50 per foot for every foot over 100 feet
 
 
Street restoration
 
31-2009
1 foot wide
$35/foot
 
 
2 feet wide
$70/foot
 
 
Building line survey, first side (feet)
 
31-2009
0 to 49
$200
 
 
50 to 99
$250
 
 
100 to no limit
$250 plus $2.50 for every foot over 100 feet
 
 
Second, third or fourth sides
Repeat rates
 
 
Residential driveway permit fee
$400
31-2009
§ 508-305B(1)
Commercial driveway permit fee
$450
31-2009
§ 508-305B(1)
Driveways spanning property line for joint use of abutting properties
$250 for each user
 
 
Reconstruction of driveway
$50
31-2009
§ 508-305B(2)
Sidewalk cut permit
$100 per cut
78-2013
 
Vault, areaway, basement stairs or structure (each)
$200
 
§ 508-306A(1)
Sidewalk vault fee
$80
31-2009
§ 508-306A(1)
Sidewalk repair construction permit
$80
31-2009
§ 508-307A(1)
Time limit extension
$10
35-2008
Annual license for commercial parking lot
$5 per space with $25 minimum
35-2008
Street cut permit
 
78-2013
 
Street cut permit
$10/permit
 
 
Street cut inspection fee
$100/street cut
 
 
Pavement restoration fee
 
44-2015
0 to 5 square yards
$150/square yard
 
 
Over 5 square yards, per additional square yard
$120/square yard
 
 
Premature degradation fee
 
44-2015
For cuts on streets paved within 5 years of the application date
Add 100% of the pavement restoration fee
 
 
For cuts on streets paved 6 to 10 years of the application date
Add 80% of the pavement restoration fee
 
 
Bore hole fee
$5 per bore hole
35-2008; 44-2015
Ahead of paving permit
$10 per block and/or street intersection
35-2008; 44-2015
Time extension fee
$10 per month or fraction thereof
35-2008; 44-2015
Steel plate placement fees (winter, November through March)
 
44-2015
First 5 days
$0 each
 
 
Days 6 to 10
$300 each
 
 
Subsequent
$90 per day (each)
 
 
Steel placement fees (summer, April through October)
 
44-2015
First 5 days
$0 each
 
 
Days 6 to 10
$150 each
 
 
Subsequent
$45 per day (each)