The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-19
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SEC-icS !. Tia. Hereafter j: shall
Mt be lsufai for soy person 70 break
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street. alley Q. highway, Or eonst:uc.
Any sicesa!S. cross~alk. plank gutter.
p.slk rosdray. Or DO any work il or
UPoa any Of the public streets. alleys
or Highways within the city limits.
except as II this Ordinance provided
! SIC , Tia: any person OF persons
wishing TO grsde. lay sidewalks, cross
walks, plank CUTTERS. plank roa6wsys.
CT make 81? kiad Of Improvements IL
- upon any street. aney CT highway
within tie city limits absll. before
c2mlaett:' The sane, procure from
/ :Le cL,srol.n of :hs StIee: Com mi,see a
J PRINT, -pcclfyirg the number Of tie
; i0;s AID books IL frog. CT or through
walfl tie work Is proposed 10 De
( pe,t5rmed tee name Of the street, slleT
or Highway. particular descr:pt Of
/ the proposed improvement, and the
length Of time allowed ftr the compile
/ ,iou thereof. AID Any such person
procuring such permi: and commencing
/ the proposed improvement and failing
/ 20 compete the same within the time
( allowed by such permit shall Dc deemed
guilty Of . misdemsaoor. aai On con-
viction thereof .hail be fined in any
SUN rot exceeding one hundred COL
lars, TO which may BE- added imprisen-
nens not exceeding thirty days
Prorided. however. that the Chairman
1 of the Stree. Committee may extend
the time f.: The completion of such
4 improvement.
/ SEC. ). Tbs. all work done under
ATTY such permi: shall be done under
the supervision of the chairman Of tie
Street Committee, who, after the CON-
pie,ion thereof shall grant q certificate
to the person or persons making snca
Improvement that the work has been
done in accordance with the provisions
OF tins ordnance, il such is the fact,
which shall bs conclusive OF the facts
therein stated.
SEC. 1. That all sidewalks hereafter
laid stal! correspond to the provisions
OF this section, unless otherwise ordered
BY tie Common Council; and no permit
shall be granted for the construction Of
any other or different sidewalk than
such as are provided for in this section,
without express permission from the
Common Council.
Isl, The width Of all side w lks here.
after constructed or relsd upon the
following named street. t0~i.: Com
mercial, F..L, ana al ...c. alks run
ming east AID west. or nearly %. on
King, Main. Washington aud Mill as
far east IS Third street, and on James,
Cherry. Columbia. Marion and Madi-
son ss far cas-: a. Second street, shall be
twelve feet in width.
I'd, The width Of all other sidewalks
hereafter constructed or relsid shall be
eight feet il width.
81, The stills under all sidewalks
shall he not less than sixteen feet in
length. and not less than four by six
inches Ia thickness. testing on solid.
safe and secure foundation, with posts
or other solid support not more than
eight feet apart; and the planking of
each Sidewalk shall rest upon 1T least
SAASO Al Oh lOOt SIOSW6tAs
and four stills III twelve foot sidewalk.
running parallel with the adjacent 10.
and parallel with each other, and equal
distances apart. And the outside sills
on each side of the sidewalk shall not
be more than two inches from the ends
Of the planking.
4th. The covering plank shall be at
least two inches thick. laid at right
angles with the stills, and each aud
every plank securely spiked to such
sills by two thirty -penny nails to each
sill.
9Th. The plsnking and timbers used
IN the construction OF any sidewalk
shall be sound aud substantial. and no
, decayed OK defective or upsound planks
I or timters whatever shall be used in
|. any Sidewalk
SEC. 5. That any person violating
any Of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of misdemean.
or, and on conviction thereof shall for
each and every such offenss be fined in
any sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars, to which may be added i'm
prisonment not exceeding thirty days.
SEC. 8. In no case shall the city
pay or be he'd liable tor any improve
ment whatsoever done under any permit
granted in pursuance Of this ordinance.
nor shall any bill for any such i'm.
prcvement or work done thereon ever
be allowed BY the Common Cooacil.
SIC. !. This Ordin~. &C shall take
effec. AID be in force at tie ex pirstion
Of five days after the same shall have
been published.
Passed the Common Council of the
City ii SEATTLE November eth. lS79, and
approved aud returned November 18th,
1879.
o. JACOBS,
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