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(A) The inner line of the sidewalk:
(1) Upon all 90-foot streets shall be 16 feet from the lot line;
(2) Upon all 60-foot streets shall be six feet from the lot line; and
(3) Upon all 40-foot streets shall be one foot from the lot line.
(B) (1) The same shall apply to all streets upon which no sidewalks have been constructed, except the following sidewalks, which shall be placed four feet from the lot line:
(a) On the east side of Madison Street between First Street and Second Street;
(b) Between Third Street and Fourth Street; and
(c) On the west side of Madison Street between First Street and Fourth Street.
(2) Sidewalks to be constructed on either side of any other street in the city shall be placed as to conform with the sidewalks already constructed upon that side of the street.
(C) (1) All blocks upon which curb and gutter have been constructed, the sidewalk, with the consent of the majority of the abutting property owners, shall be placed along and abutting the curb and gutter.
(2) Any trees, shrubbery, posts, fences or other obstructions planted, constructed, or placed along any street shall be not less than four feet from the inner edge of the sidewalk.
(Prior Code, § 5.01.01) (Ord. 225, passed - -; Ord. 245, passed - -; Ord. 254, passed - -; Ord. 297, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)
(A) All sidewalks in front of lots on Main Street, between First and Fifth Streets, shall be 16 feet in width. All sidewalks one block to the east and one block to the west of Main Street on Second, Third and Fourth Streets shall be eight feet in width and shall be placed four feet from the inside of the sidewalk to the lot line. All other sidewalks, except those herein before mentioned, shall be not less than four feet in width.
(B) All sidewalks in front of lots upon Sixth Street, or any 40-foot street upon which no sidewalks have been constructed, shall be four feet in width and the inner line thereof shall be placed one foot from the lot line. Sidewalks that have already been constructed upon either side of Sixth Street, or any other 40-foot streets, other sidewalks shall be constructed on either side of said street so as to conform to the sidewalks already constructed.
(Prior Code, § 5.01.02) (Ord. 245, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)
Where any water main of said city is located upon the line of any sidewalk to be hereinafter built in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, such sidewalk shall be placed to the side of such water main so as not to interfere with the digging up or repair of such main, but in no case shall the outer line of such sidewalk be placed more than 20 feet from the lot line.
(Prior Code, § 5.01.04) (Ord. 245, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)
If any trees are planted in the parking area upon any 90-foot street mentioned herein, they shall be planted in the center of the parking area. No trees shall be planted in the parking area upon any 40- or 60-foot streets, but nothing in this subchapter shall effect the location of any trees already planted in any such parking area where planted, pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance then in force.
(Prior Code, § 5.01.05) (Ord. 245, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)
The occupant, person in charge or owner of any lot in the city which abuts or adjoins a street or alley that contains dedicated land which is not being utilized by the city, shall be responsible to cut the weeds and tall grass on said unused dedicated land as if said person owned the land. In other words, the plats in the city establish that many streets and alleys have been dedicated to include areas wider than actually used by said city and that, if there is any grass or weeds growing on the unused portion of said street or alley, the adjoining or adjacent landowners shall be responsible for cutting the grass and weeds shall apply therein.
(Prior Code, § 5.01.06) (Ord. 245, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)
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