The record-union., 1893-03-29
CONCERNING SIDEWALKS.
A New Ordinance to be Submitted to
the Trustees.
No Plank Walks to be Laid Between
Front and Twentieth, and
and Il Streets.

Trustee Green has prepared an ordi-
nance for the condemnation. construc-
uion, alteration and repair of sidewalks,
oulkheads and curbing. Section l pro-
vides that the owners, possessors or per-
sons having charge ofproperty shall con-
struct and keep in repair their sidewalks.
All sidewalks on the east side of Front
street, from 1 TO r; on both sides of Sec
ond and Third streets, from l to NJ
Fourth and Fifth streets, from 1 to the
alley between X and l.; Sixth street.
from II to the alley between X and l.:
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth streets,
from the alley between II and [ to the
alley between K and L; Eleventh,
Twelfth and Thirteenth, from l street to
the alley between X and l.; both sides of
l street, from Front to Eleventh; j and
X streets, from Front to Thirteenth. and
l. street, from Front to Third, shall have
sidewalks fourteen feet wide.
Both sides of NJ street, from Front to
to Third, shall have sidewalks eighteen
1eet wide, and from Fifteenth to Thirty
first they shall be twenty-four feet wide.
The sidewalks on both sides of all other
streets within the city limits shall be
sixteen feet wide.
Section provides that no sidewalk be-
tween the northerly boundary of c street
on the north, and the north line of II
street on the south, and between the east
line OF Front street on the west and the
east line of Twentieth street on the east.
shall hereafter be constructed, altered or
Aft i'll IL
concrete or artificial stone, under the
supervision OF the Street Commissioner.
Section provides that all the fourteen
feet Sidewalks shall extend the entire
width from the lot line to the curbing.
All walks OF other widths shall be of
concrete, eight feet wide next the lots,
and the remainder filled in level with
dirt.
Section 4 provides that all sidewalks
not within the limits described in section
, shall be eight feet wide next the lot
line, and be OF stone, concrete, artificial
stone, wood or other hard, smooth, dur
able material except bricks, and none
within the city limits shall be eight feet
wide. II OF plank, they shall not be less
than eight feet long nor less than one and
half inches thick nor more than eight
inches wide, laid at right angles with the
street and fastened with twenty-penny
nails to three by four scautling, not more
than two feet apart, or on uprights placed
not more than four feet apart under each
row of scantlings, and the outside space
filled in level with the curbing.
Section provides that no wood, whether
for foundations or otherwise, shall be
used in The construction of any sidewalk
within the limits described in Section q
Section provides that the Board of
Trustees shall determine the necessity for
the construction. alteration or renewal of
any sidewalks, or whether any existing
sidewalks may be repaired. But when
ever it becomes necessary to renew the
surface, or the support or the foundation
of any sidewalk within the limits de-
scribed, a concrete or artificial stone walk
viii be required.
Section makes it the duty of the City
Surveyor, when the Board OF Trustees de-
termine a sidewalk shall be constructed
or renewed, to notify the owner or
agent, and If in ten days after such noti-
tication work shall not have commenced
on such sidewalk, it is made his duty to
cause the arrest OF such person.
Section makes II the Surveyors duty
to cause the arrest of any owner or agent
of lots in front of which sidewalks have
been constructed OF cinders or earth
within The limits describe in Section >,
who does not within ten days of notitica-
ton commence the construction of a side
walk in accordance with the notification
Section provides that any owner, ETC.,
of lot ad djoiniag a street which has been
raised to an established grade, and where
the bulkhead built has in the Judgment of
the Street Commissioner become I'M
safe and inadequate to support the street.
or is liable to cause damage to the gutter
or pavement, shall Immediately upon
notification rebuild the same with suit
able material (but no wood must be used
III the construction thereof. or ill III
against it with earth to the hight of the
buIkhead, and not less than three feet in
width on top, and with slope of one and
a half feet horizontal to one foot perpen-
dicular. And all owners, ETC., of lots ad-
joining streets, the cutters of which have
been paved, shall keep the cutters clean
and free from ashes or any material which
will obstruct the flow of the water.
Section 10 states that no curbing shall
be constructed of any other material than
stone, concrete or artificial stone, having
not less than six-inch face on top and
not less than fourteen inches deep, and
must be dressed to depth not less than
six inches from the top, and bedded and
jointed to the satisfaction of the Street
Commissioner, within the following linz
its:
on 1 street from the center of Front
street to the center of Seventh street: on
} and X streets from the center of Front
Front street from L to l.; on Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh
streets from l to the alley between * and
l.; on Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh
streets from the alley between l and
streets to the alley between X and L
streets. At all corners of streets or streets
with alleys the curb must be rounded
with radius OF four feet and conform to
the official grade.
Section II reads that all trees planted
or set out on streets with sidewalks re-
quired to be sixteen feet wide must be
placed twelve feet from the lot line:
where they are eighteen feet wide trees
must be placed thirteen feet from the lot
line: where they are twenty-four feet
wide trees must be placed twenty feet
from the lot line, and all trees must be
placed in accordance with stakes set bv
the City Surveyor.
Section Il provides that any person
found guilty OF violating any of the pro-