The City has determined that a regular and consistent sidewalk repair program should be in place for the general health and welfare of the community and this section shall establish the process and procedures for a permanent and systematic program for the inspection, repair, replacement or installation of sidewalks within the City. This program shall be permanent and shall not require annual reauthorization by ordinance or resolution other than by inclusion in the annual appropriation ordinance.
(a) The Director of Engineering shall divide the City, in a sidewalk repair map, into quadrants numbered 1 through 4. He shall cause an inspection to be made in each quadrant once every four years.
(b) The Director of Engineering shall cause such sidewalks to be inspected after installation to determine that such sidewalks have been constructed in accordance with the applicable ordinances of the City.
(Ord. 2001-5. Passed 3-1-01.)
(c) The inspection shall include surface conditions. Any sidewalk or sidewalk block having one or a combination of the following listed defects is in need of repair and/or replacement:
(1) Vertical difference in elevation between portions of a sidewalk block or adjacent sidewalks of one inch (1") or more.
(2) Horizontal gap or separation in a sidewalk block or adjacent sidewalks of one inch (1") or more.
(3) Deterioration, pitting, spalling, or scaling of the sidewalk surface creating a potential hazard.
(4) Structurally damaged, cracked or disintegrated sidewalk block(s).
(5) Instability of one or more sidewalk blocks causing potential hazards.
(6) Does not meet minimum width requirements (5' Wide).
(7) Unlevel to City Standard detail or causing water to puddle.
(d) Property owners or their agents shall be informed, in writing, of the repairs required to bring the sidewalks abutting the property into compliance.
(e) Said repairs or replacement shall be made within thirty days from the date of receipt of notice received by the property owner, unless extensions are granted by the Director of Engineering due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstance.
(f) If notice is returned undelivered, a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the property to which it relates and a copy of such notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City. The notice published in a newspaper of general circulation may include multiple properties and multiple property owners and shall be effective notice to all such persons. Publication of individual notices to individual property owners or agents shall not be required. No person shall remove or deface a posted copy of such notice from the property without authorization of the Director of Engineering. Said repairs or replacement shall be made within thirty days from the date of posting of notice on the property, unless extensions are granted by the Director of Engineering due to inclement weather or other unforseen circumstance.
(Ord. 2017-19. Passed 2-16-17.)
(Ord. 2017-19. Passed 2-16-17.)
(g) Any property owner may appeal the notice to repair by submitting their objections in writing to the Director of Engineering within fifteen days of the homeowner’s receipt of the notice to repair or, if returned undelivered, within fifteen days of the City’s posting of the notice to repair in a conspicuous place on the property to which it relates. The Director of Engineering shall determine the validity of those objections. No repair shall be required where the Director of Engineering so determines. All other repairs shall be made according to the decision of the Director of Engineering, whose determination shall be final.
(Ord. 2001-5. Passed 3-1-01.)