All labor, material, equipment and tools necessary for the construction of all concrete sidewalks shall be furnished and placed in compliance with the following specifications:
(a) Walks, curbs and combined curbs and gutters shall consist of air-entrained Portland cement concrete, constructed in one course on a prepared subgrade in compliance with the following specifications and in conformity with the lines, grades, thickness and cross-section shown on the drawings.
(b) Residential sidewalks shall be four inches thick.
(c) Residential sidewalks across drives shall be six inches thick.
(d) Driveway approaches shall be six inches thick.
(e) Business district sidewalks across drives shall be seven inches thick.
(f) The contractor shall procure and pay for all permits, licenses and bonds necessary for the prosecution of the work and/or required by Municipal regulations and laws.
(g) Before placing concrete, a twenty-four hour written notice must be given to the Engineer of the intention to pour concrete and approval by the Engineer must be given for lines, grades and subgrades before placing such concrete.
(h) Concrete materials, proportioning, mixing and placing shall comply with the specifications for Items 608 and 609 of the State of Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and Material Specifications, as amended, except as modified by these specifications. The concrete shall have a minimum twenty-eight day strength of 4,000 psi for one cylinder, and a minimum twenty-eight day strength of 4,000 psi for an average of three cylinders. Making and curing of test cylinders and testing of specimens shall be per A.S.T.M. C31 and C39. Concrete shall be proportioned to give the necessary workability and to give a slump of two to four inches. Air-entrainment shall not be less that four percent nor more than seven percent. Maximum water content shall be 5.5 gal/sack. Minimum cement shall be 6.5 sacks per cubic yard of concrete.
(Ord. 352. Passed 10-22-62.)
(i) The pavement shall consist of eight inches of Portland cement concrete with steel reinforcing meeting the standards of Item 451 – Reinforced Portland Cement Pavement of the State of Ohio Department of Transportation, and shall be constructed upon a four-inch compacted layer of slag screenings or granulated slag insulation course placed upon the prepared subgrade in accordance with the specifications of the State of Ohio Department of Transportation. Curb drain shall be either four-inch vitrified pipe or rigid plastic pipe along with premium porous backfill.