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The cost of new sidewalk construction, or reconstruction or replacement of existing sidewalk, and of sidewalk repairs, shall be paid by the owner of the property adjacent to or abutting thereon. At the discretion of the Village Council, the expense of new sidewalk construction or of the reconstruction or replacement of existing sidewalk, and the expense of sidewalk repairs exceeding $500, may be paid by the establishment of a special assessment against the adjacent/abutting property or by such other method as established by the Village Council.
(Ord. 157, passed 1-12-2005)
(A) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of lots or premises adjacent to or abutting upon sidewalks that the same shall be kept at all times in good repair and safe for pedestrian use, free of hazard and maintained as herein provided; and the owner shall assume and pay the expense of repair, maintenance and freedom from hazards. Sidewalk repairs shall consist of the filling with concrete of cracks, hollows or crevices, and the correction of any other condition of disrepair which presents a hazard to pedestrians. Sidewalk maintenance shall consist of the removal of weeds, grass or other vegetation from cracks or crevices in the surface of a sidewalk, and the removal or trimming of tree limbs, shrubbery or other vegetation which restrict the full use of a sidewalk for pedestrian travel or which constitute a hazard to pedestrians. Freedom from hazards shall consist of removal of ice, snow and any other object or condition hazardous to pedestrian travel.
(B) The failure, neglect or refusal of a property owner to keep in good repair a sidewalk adjacent to or abutting upon lands owned by him or her, and safe for use as a public pedestrian way, or to maintain a sidewalk as aforesaid, shall constitute a civil infraction, and the property owner shall, upon being found responsible, be subject to the penalties provided for municipal civil infractions.
(Ord. 157, passed 1-12-2005; Ord. 164, passed 11-9-2005) Penalty, see § 92.99
(A) Except as provided in division (B) above, no person shall construct, reconstruct, replace or repair any sidewalk without first obtaining a written permit from the village prior to the commencement of such work. A permit shall be prominently displayed at the work site.
(B) Minor sidewalk repairs which do not exceed one square foot in any single place or ten square feet in total combined area adjacent to a lot or premises may be performed by the property owner or his or her contractor without the necessity of obtaining a permit. No permit is required for usual and customary maintenance of sidewalks.
(Ord. 157, passed 1-12-2005) Penalty, see § 92.99
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