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(a) Plan Required. Whenever an enclosure or improvement of a drainage ditch is proposed, whether on private property or in the public right-of-way, a plan of the proposed enclosure or improvement shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Building for approval.
(b) Approval; Size Restricted. Construction of such enclosure shall not be commenced until such approval has been noted on the plan. Approval shall not be given where the size of the proposed enclosure is less than twelve inches.
(Ord. 2-83. Passed 12-26-84.)
(a) All concrete walks hereafter constructed within the City shall be at least four inches thick and constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications for sidewalks on file in the office of the Building Commissioner.
(b) The thickness of the portion of the sidewalk at the driveway shall be six inches minimum.
(c) Public sidewalks and driveway aprons shall be maintained free of the following listed particulars:
(1) Any block having a crack with a vertical difference of three-fourths of an inch or more.
(2) Adjoining sections of block, or any portion thereof, whose edges differ vertically by three- fourths of an inch or more.
(3) Blocks having a transverse slope in excess of three-fourths of an inch per horizontal foot toward the street.
(4) Blocks having a reverse slope toward property that impounds water to a depth of one-half of an inch or more.
(5) Blocks having depressions that impound water to a depth of one-half of an inch or more.
(6) Blocks having multiple cracks or any single crack larger than one-half inch in width extending for a linear distance of one foot.
(7) Blocks having disintegrated or deteriorated areas.
(8) Public sidewalks constructed of materials other than concrete or stone slab.
(Ord. 8-95. Passed 3-13-95; Ord. 36-02. Passed 5-28-02; Ord. 30-03. Passed 4-28-03.)
On streets with a right-of-way less than forty feet in width, the sidewalks hereafter constructed shall be at least four feet wide.
On streets with a right-of-way forty feet and over in width, the sidewalks hereafter constructed shall be at least five feet in width.
All sidewalks hereafter constructed shall be laid on a grade having a slope of three-eighths inch to a foot from the property line to the curb line of the street, except where the physical layout of buildings already create a condition rendering such three-eights inch to a foot slope impractical or unsafe. In that event such sidewalk grade or slope shall be made to meet the practical requirements then and there existing. The inner edge of sidewalks shall be laid on the property line abutting and fronting upon the street.
(Ord. 2-83. Passed 12-26-84.)
All sidewalks which are defective or in need of repair, replacement or attention must be replaced, altered or repaired by the property owner upon service of a written notice from the Building Commissioner to eliminate such defect or make such repairs. Such notice shall contain, at the minimum, the following information:
(a) The date by which the repairs are to be completed by the owner.
(Ord. 53-93. Passed 12-27-93; Ord. 06-10. Passed 1-25-10.)
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