St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-29

BANQUErrE ORDINANCE.

BE IT ORDAINED bv the Mayor and
Town Council Of the Town OF Coving-
ton:
SECTION l. That all owners Of property
in the Town Of Gown g.on chall be and
they are hereby required 70 construct,
maintain and repair sidewalks or ban
quettss ON the streets u1on which their
property abuts, when requietd by the
Town Council 50 to 10.
Section T. M open drains shall be
permitted ACROSS sidewalks hereafter
con 81 uct. d in said tom. but all drains
shall b. constructed ben cath the slds-
walks md shall be covered thereby.
Section Whenever any person shall
j. sire 70 construct ) sidewalk in front
Of any lot or ANY street upon which such
lot xbuts, be shall apply 10 tie Town
Council, through the Secretary for leave
20 ~ DO, stating tho lumber OF the lot
and squarc the material out Of which
he desires TO construct such sidew ak.
and the width Of tie same. The TOwr
Council shall pass upon such spplica-
item mt it, nEst meeting thereafter, and
in gv.niing the permit tc constt net such
sidewalk. nay desi SnAts s0cle other ms
terial out of which the sidewalk shall
DC constructed, and Liay alter the pro-
posed width or grade Of the SAN 9. - 1t
sees ct. Upon receiving permit from
the Council to construct fuch sidewalk.
the party may construct the same &C.
cordinx to the specifications made by
the Council, aud within such time -
the Council sail designate.
section L Whenever the Town Coun-
Gil shall deem il necessary that . side
walk shall DO constructed in front OF any
lot or any street which y lot abuss, 1t
shall determine and decide upon the
width and grAde Of such sidewalk. aud
the material Of winch the same sl,all he
constr ucied, and the ttmo within which
tie sane shall 10 constructed, a0d shall
Cause notice of xuch determination and
sleciriun 70 he given by the Town Maj
shal TO the owner Of SUCH property, II
&c resides in the Town OF Gov inston.
or in case he is non-resilent Or is ao-
sent, ~ his agent Or 10 any person oc-
cuPying such prVp-rty, requiring such
owner 10 construct sYch sidewalk In the
.nanuer and within the time stated in
sch notice, and that in the case OF the
TAI .ure Of such owner no 70 do, the Town
Of COvlnxton will cause such sidewalk
~ b const Iueted q the expense Of such
lot owner, and in default OF his paym mt
OF tie cosa Of The same, such cost will .
u, q sse.i against such lot as specixl AK.
or assessment thereon, Or suit will DC
bought AZ sinAe him, t' collect such
smo uat, aud his property seized and
sold 10 pay the sA,ie.
Section 5. Whenever tie Town C0un-
Gil shall deem it necessary that any side
walk now existing or Hereafter con-
ytru. ted shall need to be repaired. they
shall cause notice thereof 70 be given n
the owner OF the property. !iFec ing him
70 repair tie same, in the same manner
~ rrovi.: ed in section 4.
section d. In case the owner Of say
property in said T,wn shall fail or no
fuse to construct o. repair his sidewalk
after being noel6ei a above pr0vided,
tue Town Council SHALL Lave the right
to canse SUCH sidewalk to be constructed
or repaired, and the cost Il such con
stlurtion or repair slall be . lien and
p privilege upon an l against the property
aLutsiER npon such sidewalk or rrO-
posel sidewalk, and may be collected
BY suit br0uKhs in the naEe Of the Town
before any curt OF competent )uIis-
dicsio, = or c,ay bs assessed and collected
as special assessment and tax against
such property, in the sause .aannef -
other Town taxes are assessed and COL
lected.
Adopted Tuesday. Dec. 4, 1900.
G. L. WILLIAMS,
Mayor.
w. g. KExrzEL, Secretary.