Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-06-14
Ordinance No. AZ.

Ordinance No. 43.
Published June H. 1888.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT. BUILDING. CON-
STRUCTION AND REPAIRING OF SIDE
WALKS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE
PAYMENT OF THE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAME: AND IN
RELATION TO RIDING OR DRIVING ON
OR ACROSS CITY SIDEWALKS. AND TO
PRESCRIBE PUNISHMENT THEREFOR.
Belt ordained by the Mayor and Councilman
of the city of Colby:
SECTION l. Upon the written petition of a
majority of the resident property owners
owning property abutting on that portion of
any street or streets in the city of Colby and
state of Kansas, that sidewalk on both or
either side of such street or streets in said city
be constructed thereon, or upon the recon-
mendation of the committee on streets and
alleys os the city council of said city the city
council may order such sidewalk or sidewalks
SO petitioned for or recommended to be
constructed on such street or streets upon the
notice, in the time and in the manner herein
after provided.
SEC, 2. 1t shall be the duty of the owner or
owners of any lot or lets, block or blocks, or
any piece or parcel of ground fronting or
abutting on any street or streets whereon any
sidewalk is ordered or required to be con-
structed by the city council of said city of
Colby, to build and construct the same in the
time and upon the notice hereinafter provid-
ed for.
SEC 3. All sidewalks in existence in said
city of Colby ut the time of the passage of
this ordinance, or which shall hereafter be
constructed under its provisions, shall be
kept and maintained in good repair and safe
condition by the owner or owners of any lot
or lois. block or blocks, or piece or parcel of
ground fronting or abutting on the same.
SEC 4. All sidewalks i'm said city of Colby
which shall hereafter be constructed shall be
graded with reference to the natural grade of
that portion of said city in which the city
council direct the same to be laid and built:
provided, that the committee of the city cCun-
Gil on streets and alleys of sale city shall es-
tablish the grade of any sidewalk ordered to
be constructed by said city council, and all
sidewalks hereafter ordered to be constructed
shall be built and constructed on the grade
established by said committee on streets and
alleys; provided, further, that said committee
on streets and alleys, prior to the order of the
city council directing the building or con-
struction of any sidewalk shall file with the
city clerk a report which shall be signed by
said committee and be copied into the journal
of the proceedings of said council, and shall
contain an accurate description of the grade
of any sidewalk ordered to be built or con-
structed Said report shall be filed and pre-
served by the city clerk.
SEC. j. All sidewalks in said city of Colby
shall be built of such material as shall be ap-
proved by the committee on streets and alleys.
If built of bricks or fiag-stOne. the same shall
be evenly laid i'm sand with the interstices
filed with sand: if built of planks, the planks
shall be not less than two inches thick, and
not more than twelve inches wide, and shall
be laid crosswise on stringers not less than
two by four inches. placed parallel to the
street. All sidewalks shall be of the width
established in the order of the council requir-
ing the construction of the same. All side
walks of ten feet wide shall be laid on five
stringers All sidewalks in said city shall de-
cline toward the front at the rate of one inch
to every six feet.
SEC. g. Whenever a petition for sidewalk
shall be presented to the city council of said
city of Colby, as provided in section one ID of
this ordinance, said city council shall refer
the same to the committee on streets and al
leys. VINO shall examine the street on which
said sidewalk is petitioned for. and shall estab
fish n grade for the construction thereof, and
shall report the grade established by them fol-
such sidewalk, whereuPon said city council
NAV order and direct by notice as hereinafter
rao,,ired. the owner or owners giving theil
names If KNOWN and if unknown so stating
of any lot or lots, block or blocks, or any piece
or Marcel of ground, giving description OF
the same. fronting or abutting on the street
ar streets mentioned in said petition to builc
and construct sidewalk in front of or abut
ting on his, her, or their said property. within
thirty DAYS after date of such notice, which
notice shall be published for weeks in
the official paper of said city. Said order shall
be entered at large in the journal OF said city
council and shall contain description of the
property fronting or AUDITING on the street OF
streets along which such sidewalk is ordered
tn be constructed, together with the names of
the owners thereof.
SEC. :. 1t shall be the duty of the street
commissioner or any authorized person who
may act in his capacity or stead. to notify the
owner or owners of any lot or lots, block or
blocks. piece or parcel of ground, fronting or
abuttiue on any sidewalk now constructed in
said city of Colby, or which may hereafter be
constructed therein under the provisions of
this ordinance, whenever the same shall be in
bad condition or out Of repair. Said notice
shall be written or printed or both. and shall
contain the name of the owner or owners. and
II unknown such owners shall be called un-
known owners, together with description OF
the property fronting or AUDITING on the side
walk so In bad condition or out OF repair. and
shall require such owner or owners TO repair
said sidewalk within ten days from the GATE
thereof. In case such owners be nonresident
Of safd city Of Colby, such notice shau DC
served upon his, her, or their agent. resident