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The property owner shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of faulty or defective sidewalks abutting his property and may have repair or construction done by private contract. When construction or repair is done by the City or its agents, the cost shall be assessed against the abutting property owner. The Director of Public Service may conduct surveys of sidewalk conditions and upon passage of a resolution by Council ordering repair or installation, direct that repair be completed where faulty or defective conditions exist. If the property owner does not have such repair work done within thirty days from such notification, the Director of Public Service may direct that the work be done by the City and the cost assessed against the property owner.
(Ord. 1-19-70. Passed 3-2-70.)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 909.01, the Director of Public Service may upon written application grant a temporary permit to persons engaged in construction work to block off necessary sidewalk or street space adjacent to the construction work and authorize the removal of any parking meters which may be installed adjacent to the sidewalk area during the period of the permit upon the following conditions:
(a) The permit may be revoked at any time by Council;
(b) The person engaged in such construction work shall erect adequate protective devices and structures to protect persons and vehicles passing the area from damage due to the construction work and erect in such cases adequate and safe passageways around the blocked off area, all of which shall be done and maintained at all times during the period when any such area is blocked off to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Service;
(c) The person receiving the permit shall save the City harmless from all damages, liability or suits for damages resulting from the blocking off and use of sidewalks and/or streets and the maintenance of any temporary passageways, protective devices or structures or for any other cause connected with or resulting from such temporary use of the sidewalks and/or streets;
(d) In any case where parking meters are temporarily removed, the person obtaining the permit to have the same removed shall pay into the City Treasury to be deposited in the Traffic Fund, the sum of three dollars ($3.00) per week for each meter removed to defray the cost of regulating traffic at such locations;
(e) The length of time for which the permit is granted, a description of the area for which the permit is issued and all of the conditions herein provided for and upon which such permit is issued shall be set forth on each permit;
(f) There shall be collected at the time any permit is issued under this section a permit fee of two dollars ($2.00) which shall be paid into the City Treasury.
(Ord. 1-19-70. Passed 3-2-70.)
No person shall block off any portion of a sidewalk or street or remove parking meters
or cover the head of any parking meter, or do any other act to hamper or hinder the normal operation of any parking meter or the use thereof without a valid permit.
(Ord. 1-19-70. Passed 3-2-70.)
No person shall construct or repair any public sidewalk in the City of more than twenty square feet, without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Service. Application for a permit shall be made on a form provided by the City and accompanied by a sketch or plans for the construction or repair. The permit fee shall be as follows:
(a) Twenty-one to forty square feet $1.00
(b) Forty-one to 100 square feet 1.50
(c) Over 100 square feet 2.00
The fee shall be payable in advance and the permit shall not be transferable to another party or used for a project other than that described in the application.
(Ord. 1-19-70. Passed 3-2-70.)
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