St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
Official.
BANQUErrE ORDINANCE.

BE IT ORDAINED 6v the Mayor and
Town Council of tie Town OF Co, In, :
ton:
Section |. That nil oM nets " ;:ropcrt.
in the Town OF Cows g.on shall be aud
they are hereb. rqniie.l TO con.truc',
maintain and >i,,.. sidewalks or ban-
quettes on tue streets u.Jon which th.ir
property abuts. h-n requi I'd by the
Town Council SO 10 10.
Section, 2 No open drains shall be
permitted ross sidewalks hereafter
COZ 81 ucts 4 III said toyD. bat all drsil,s
shall be constructed beneath the side
walks and shall be coveted thereby.
Section Whenever ANY person shall
d, sire to construct ;. Sidewalk III front
oil any lot or any street upon which sucL
lot abIts, lie shall apply 10 The Town
Council, through the Secretary for leave
so tn do, stating The uilber OF the lot
and square the material out OF which
he desires to construct such sidewalk
and tie width cf t.e same. Tie TOwE
Council shall pass upon such applica-
tien ut its ir,t meeting thereafter, and
in granting the permit (. consti uct such
sidewalk. nay desi snate SORE other ma
terinl out Of which the sidewalk sLai
oe constructed, and May alter the pro-
posed width or grade o. the SAM e. as it
sees fit. Upon receiving u permit froEi
the Council to construct ouch ii tewalk.
the party may construct the saii:o &C.
col dinx to the ciicati0nS made by
the Council, and within such tiMe ~
the Council sail desi gnate.
Section l. Whenever the Town Couh- |
Gil .hali deem j; necessary thas side
walk shall b. constructed III trUnl of any
lot Or ANY street which !: lot abuts, it
shall act. rmine and decide upon tue |
with and grade Of sucl, sidewalk, AH:l
the m ,terii IF which the same shalt be |
coi.stI uc;el, and the ttm- witlGh which
tie same shall he '.ns.ruc.e aud shall
Cause notice oi such determination AMI /
decision to be giv.D by the Town Mar
sinai {, the owner of such property, if
resides IN tie Town oil GOy ington,
ur in Case he is a nun-resi Ut or II au-
snnt, to his agent or to amy peisoL oc-
curYinS such property, requiring such
owner 10 construct SYcn sidewalk In the
manner and within the time stated in
s;..;h notice, and that III the case Of the
tai nrc Of such owner I'D to do, the Town
4 Cuviugton will cause such sidewalk
~ BE- const lurted ut the expense If SUCH
lot owner, and in default OF his psym mt
of tie cost Of The sacle, nuch cas-; will | e
4. .. ssei against such lot IS \ sj.rcirl AK,
or asses smeht thereon, Or suit Will DE
bfongL. ag ,inst hun, ~ collect such
.mo u:.t, and hi, property seizel aud
sol t. pay the sa-.-.
Section ). Whenever tie Town Coun-
ill shall deem it necessary that any si,lg-
walk now existing or hereafter con-
,tru ted shall need 10 be repaired. they
hail cause notice thereof u be given t.
lie owner of the property. cirec. ling him
20 repair tie same, III the same 0.4uner
ID provi Ell IL section 1.
Section g. In case the owner Of a,yl
property in SAIL T1wn shall fail or re-
use tn construct or repair his sidewalk
lfler be.nx notltie as above psOviiel l,
lie Town Council SHALL Lave The right
70 cause sues sidewalk to he constructed,
" repaired, IA! the Cost # such CON
tlIction Or repair stall be lien and
/, rivilege upon an against tho pro. erty
ILutiiig upon ssc.i sidewalk or pro-
,o,el sidewalk. AMI inlay be collected
~ suit brought in the nar,e Of the Town
,cfore any court OF competent juri>-
liciioi , or c:a, be nsSers-i and collected
y special assessment aud tax against
ther Town taxes are assessed AMI coll
ected.
Adopted Tuesday. Dec 1, 1900.
G. L. WILLIAMS,
Mayor.
v. 6. kENTzEL, Secretary. J.