CHAPTER XIII. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS

 


ARTICLE 1. SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION.. 3

13-101.     Sidewalks; permit required for construction and reconstruction. 3

13-102.     Sidewalks on established grade; unlawful acts. 3

13-103.     Width and location of standard sidewalks; curb sidewalks. 3

13-104.     Sidewalk construction: standard plans and specifications; materials; thickness; driveways. 3

13-105.     Supervision of sidewalk construction. 4

13-106.     Original construction: petition. 4

13-107.     Condemnation and reconstruction. 4

13-108.     Notice; publication; construction by contract, when. 4

13-109.     Construction by abutting owner; request of city, when. 4

13-110.     Repairs by owner or city; notice; temporary financing. 5

13-111.     Sidewalk costs; assessment against abutting property; old sidewalk materials. 5

13-112.     Payment of costs of construction or reconstruction by special assessment; notice; assessment installments. 5

13-113.     When city pays cost of sidewalks. 5

13-114.     Performance bond; statutory bond. 6

13-115.     Sidewalks constructed to specifications and on grade; condemnation and reconstruction; unlawful acts. 6

ARTICLE 2. STREET USE REGULATIONS. 7

13-201.     Permits for removal, cutting or encumbering of sidewalks, curbs, gutters and pavement; building permits; utility companies. 7

13-202.     Excavation regulations; water pipes; permit requirements. 7

13-203.     Excavations, street or sidewalk improvements: barriers, guards and lights. 7

13-204.     Backfilling regulations; unimproved streets; paved streets; permit requirement; rights reserved; fees; standard specifications. 8

13-205.     Driveways; widths; cutting curbs; construction by standard plans; replacing or constructing sidewalks; crossing curbs or obstructing gutters; unlawful acts. 8

13-206.     Driveways: filling stations and off-street parking stations; curbs. 9

13-207.     Building permit; construction along streets; encumbering and clearing streets; pedestrian walks; lights. 9

13-208.     Cellar or basement entrances; permits; regulations; unlawful acts. 10

13-209.     Excavation adjacent to sidewalk or street. 10

13-210.     Obstructing sidewalks with personal property. 10

13-211.     Street improvements; utility lines; installation before paving. 10

13-212.     Utility poles and lines; location of; franchise; permits; fees in absence of compensation. 10

13-213.     Trees and parkings; regulations; permits for planting or removal of trees. 11

13-214.     Street beautification plan; planting of trees; cost of planting; city forester. 11

13-215.     Care of trees; height above streets; trimming; condemnation. 12

13-216.     Protection of shade trees; attaching of wires; cutting or damage; utility companies, house movers; unlawful acts. 12

13-217.     Trespassing on parking; vehicles, machinery, junk. 12

13-218.     Molesting unfinished street improvements. 13

13-219.     Bill posting; unlawful on street fixtures or adjacent property. 13

13-220.     Barb wire fences; iron points. 13

13-221.     Burning in streets. 13

13-222.     Petroleum products in streets. 13

13-223.     Hauling building materials. 13

13-224.     Injury to street property or fixtures. 14

13-225.     Enforcement; duties of officers; abatement of nuisances; encroachments; obstructions; resolution of council. 14

13-226.     Unlawful dumping. 14

13-227.     Same; penalty. 14

ARTICLE 3. SNOW AND ICE ON SIDEWALKS. 15

13-301.     Snow and ice to be removed. 15

13-302.     Same: exception; alternate remedy. 15

13-303.     Same; penalty. 15

13-304.     Removal may be made by city. 15

13-305.     Costs on tax rolls. 15

ARTICLE 4. STREET SIGNS AND STRUCTURES  16

13-401.     Permits required; application; licensed contractors; regulations. 16

13-402.     Wall advertising signs. 16

13-403.     Projecting signs. 16

13-404.     Ground signs; billboards or panel posters. 17

13-405.     Roof signs. 17

13-406.     Pole signs; location in parking prohibited. 17

13-407.     Temporary signs: banners, streamers, portable· signs; regulations; permits. 18

13-408.     Projecting structures generally; marquees; canopies, awnings; regulations. 18

13-409.     Design of signs; engineering practices. 19

13-410.     Sign permits; financial responsibility; revocation of permits. 19

13-411.     Rule of construction, rights reserved. 20

13-412.     Penalty. 20

ARTICLE 5. TREES AND SHRUBS. 21

13-501.     Public tree care. 21

13-502.     Diseased trees; determination. 21

13-503.     Same; notice served. 21

13-504.     Same; failure of owner; duty of city. 21

13-505.     Same; prevent spread of disease. 21

13-506.     Dangerous, dead or diseased trees on private property. 22

13-507.     Trees on public property; cost borne by city. 22

13-508.     Costs on tax rolls. 22

13-509.     Injuring trees and shrubs. 22

13-510.     Fire hydrants, plantings adjacent to. 22