The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-26
ORDINANCE NO. 1861.

AN ORDINANCE regulating the
construction. maintenance. repair and
renewal of sidewalks, providing for the
creation of assessment districts to pay
therefore, providing penalties for the
violation of this ordinance and re-
pealing ordinances $50, 1882 and 1899
and all ordinances or parts of Ordinan
ces in conflict herewith.
The City of Walla Walla does or
dain as follows:
Section l. Hereafter it shall, be I'M
lawful to build, construct. replace or
renew any sidewalk in the City of
Walla Walla with any other material
than stone or concrete in accordance
with the specifications adopted there
fore by the City Council.
Secion 2. 1t shall be lawful to re-
pair wooden sidewalks now in place
and in use to the extent of rep.acing
such foot boards as may be worn out
or broken but whenever any such
sidewalk shall be so. far out of repair
as to require the replacing of 20 per
cent or more of the foot boards, or
one or more new support timbers. or
the renewal of such sidewalk, it shall
be unlawful to repair the same with
wood or lumber, and such sidewalk shall
be replaced by a stone or concrete
sidewalk as herein provided.
Section 8. All sidewalks hereinafter
constructed whether in renewal of
other sidewalks or otherwise, within
the CITY of WalIa Walia and outside
of the district particularly described
in Ordinance No. S04 as amended by
Ordinance No 923, shall be not less
than six feet wide.
Section 4. All sidewalks shall be
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furnished upon application to the City
Surveyor.
Section 5. Whenever it shall be
necessary or desirable to construct, re-
place or renew any sidewalk on any
street or streets for a distance of $50
Or more feet whether the same be
continuous or not, an assessment dis
trict may be created to pay therefor,
including therein all abutting property
benefited by such sidewalk, as in the
case of other local improvements.
Section 6. Any person whether own
err, tenant agent, contractor, or en-
plOyee violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanOr and fined in
any sum not less than $25 or more
than 500. And any sidewalk con-
structed repaired or replaced in viola
ton of the terms of this ordinance
shall forthwith be removed by the
Street Commissioner of the City of
Walla Walla.
Section Z. That the construction, re-
pair and renewal of sidewalks on Sec
ond Street between the city limits and
the city cemetery Shall be subject to
all the provisions of this ordinance, and
controlled thereby.
Section s. That ordinance No. $50,
entitled, can Ordinance concerning
sidewalks on certain streets in the City
of Walla Wala, approved May s.,
1892" and ordinance No. 1882. entitled,
can ordinance authorizing the laying
of narrow concrete walks in the resi-
dence sections of the City of Walla
Walla, approved April "a. 1906" and
ordinance No. 1899 entitled. "An ordi-
nance authorizing the construction and
laying of sidewalks feet wide in the
City of WalIa Walla within the limits
of certain defined territory, approved
June 20, 1907" and all other ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict here
with be, and they hereby are repealed.
Section g. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
five days after it's passage, approval
and publication.
Passed the Council July 20, 1909.
Approved July "a, 1909.
T. D. S. HART,
City Clerk.
EUGENE TAUSICK,
Mayor.
Published in Evening Statesman July