(A) The procedures and methods of making sidewalk improvements within the town shall be governed by and be in accordance with the provisions of G.S. §§ 160A-216 through 160A-236, the Town Charter, as amended and this subchapter.
(B) If the Board of Commissioners shall, in its discretion, determine that heavy pedestrian traffic exists and likely will continue to exist for an indefinite period along any street within the town; the pedestrian traffic is generated by facilities operated and maintained by public funds, such as a public school; and the convenience, safety and welfare of the public generally would be served and promoted by the construction and maintenance of sidewalks on either or both sides of the street without expense to the property owners abutting on the sidewalks, the sidewalks shall be constructed at the expense of the town.
(1988 Code, § 98.25)