Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-12-17
ORDINANCE NO. IL.

Be it ordained by the Chairman
and Board Of Trustees of the Viii
lage Of Grangeville.
SECTION From and after the
passage Of this ordinance, it shall
not e1lawfll for any person to
break up, dig up, cut, excavate or
fill in any street, or construct any
sidewalk, plank gutter, plank
roadway, or do any work in or up
on any Of the public streets within
the limits of the Village of Grange
vile, except as provided in this
ordinance.
SEC. Amy person wishing to
make any improvement contem-
plated in section of this ordinance
shall, before commencing the same,
apply to the road supervisor or
street commissioner for q permit
therefor. Permits may be issued
by the road supervisor or street
commissioner upon approval of a
majority Of the committee on
streets and sidewalks.
SEC. 3.-All sidewalks hereaf-
ter built on Main street east Of
Coon street shall be ten feet wide,
and constructed as follows: There
shall be five stringers, equal to
three by four inches, running par
allel with the street and the same
covered by boards or plank not less
than two inches thick, and not less
than six nor more than twelve
inches wide. Sidewalks on other
streets than Main street east of
Coon street and on Main street
west of Coon street shall be six
feet wide, and constructed as fol-
lows: There shall be three string
ers, equal to three by four inches,
running parallel to the street, and
covered with boards or planks not
less than one and one-half inches
thick, and not less than six nor
more than eight inches wide, the
covering to be nailed down with
not less than twenty penny nails
and all boards or planks in side
walks ten feet wide shall receive
ten nails and all elk feet wide shall
receive six nails; the outside string
ers shall be laid flush with the
ends of the boards, pointing to the
middle of the street. The top of
the sidewalk shall be at least Ave
inches above the level with the es-
tablished grade of the streets. |
Provided that in all streets in said
Village, when the grade of said
streets has not been established,
sidewalks may be constructed upon
q grade adopted by the said road
supervisor or street commissioner.
SEC. An all cases where an
owner or owners Of property have
graded the street or sidewalk front
ing upon his or their property to a
height exceeding that of the es-
tablished grade, he or they shall
remove the same and cause the
same to conform to the established
grade at his or their expense, when
called upon so to do by the road
supervisor or street commissioner.
SEc. 5.-All crosswalks shall be
built by the Village.
SEC. 6.-No building or build
ings hereafter to be erected, altered
or repaired shall be allowed to
project over into any street or side
walk, provided that this section
shall not apply to the basis of antes
or columns projecting not to ex-
coed six inches, or to cornices or
projections placed at least ten feet
above the top of sidewalks.
Sec. NO person owning, or
occupying any building, or premi-
SEES shall place or cause to be placed,
or maintain or suffer any other
person or persons to place upon
the sidewalks fronting upon such
building or premises, any chairs,
benches, or seats of any kind, to
be occupied by patrons, friends or
otherwise, whereby such sidewalks
may be INSTRUCTED to pedestrians,
nor shall any crowds be allowed to
gather in front of any building or
premises, and upon sidewalks
fronting the same, whereby such
sidewalks may be INSTRUCTED to
pedestrians or the passing of pedes-
TRANS interfered with in any mat
ter whatever.
SEC. 8.-No person shall place
or cause to be placed on any cross
walk, sidewalk or street any article
or thing whatsoever, which shall |
obstruct such street or sidewalk |
for a period longer than three
hours. Provided that this section
shall not apply to merchandise
while in actual course of receipt or
delivery, and further provided that
wood for fuel may be allowed to be
piled and remain in the street in
such manner as to cause the least
to public travel not TO
exceed forty-eight hours, for each
cord of wood, not to exceed ten
days in the aggregate, without
permit from the Marshal or street
commissioner, approved by the
committee on streets, which permit
shall specify the number Of days,
and provided further, that any
person or persons may have a por-
fiOn Of the street. not tn aYcaed /