(A) Generally. Sidewalks built to borough specifications shall be required along all arterial and collector streets except where Borough Council deems they are not necessary for adequate and safe pedestrian movement or that they would be impractical to construct along a reasonable length of street.
(B) Pathway or bikeway.
(1) If deemed necessary for the convenient and safe circulation of bicycles and pedestrians, the Borough Council, upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, may require that a major subdivision or land development include the granting of an easement for a pathway or bikeway.
(2) A bikeway or pathway may be required to have a width of up to eight feet and may be required to be illuminated and/or paved to borough standards.
(3) A bikeway or pathway may be included within the required minimum area of an abutting lot.
(C) Location and width.
(1) Sidewalks, where required or provided, shall be located within the legal right-of-way line of a street.
(2) The sidewalks shall be constructed to retain a grass planting strip with a minimum width of three feet between the curb and sidewalk. This strip shall not be paved except at driveway entrances.
(3) Sidewalks shall have a minimum width of five feet along arterial streets and four feet along collector or local streets.
(4) Pathways shall be a minimum width of four feet.
(D) Construction.
(1) Sidewalks at locations other than driveway crossings shall consist of a minimum of four inches of portland cement concrete underlain with a minimum of three inches of compacted gravel or crushed stone.
(2) Sidewalks at driveway crossings shall consist of a minimum of six inches wire mesh reinforced portland cement concrete underlain with a minimum of four inches of compacted gravel or crushed stone.
(3) Pathways shall be constructed of one of the following, at a minimum: four inches of portland cement concrete underlain by four inches of compacted gravel or crushed stone; or two and one- half inches of bituminous underlain by six inches of compacted gravel or crushed stone.
(E) Handicapped access. All sidewalks and curbs at the intersection of two or more public streets shall include a sloped curb cut suitable for use by wheelchairs.
(F) Maintenance. It shall be the responsibility of adjacent landowners to maintain sidewalks.
(Ord. passed 2-3-1992)