Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-01

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side walks.
Sec 13. The commission shall also
have authority to require the owners
and occupants of lots and premises TO
luild, rebuild and maintain sidewalks
III the public streets adjacent to and
abutting upon such lots and premises
and to keep them in repair at all
times. and to construct and lay the
same upon such lines and grades and
of such width, materials, and manner
of construction, and within such time
as the commission shall by ordinance
or resolution prescribe, the expense
thereof to be paid by such owner or
occupant; or the commission may
pay such part of the expense of build
ing or rebuilding such walk as they
may deem proper from a special fund
created for such purpose.
Sec. IA. II the owner or occupant
OF any lot or premises shall fail 10
build, rebuild or maintain any parti-
cular sidewalk, or shall fail to keep
the same in repair, or remove the
snow, ice and filth therefrom, or to
+. emove and keep the same free from
distractions, encroachments, encum.
brances or other nuisances, or shah
fail to perform any other duty re-
quired by the commission in respect
to such sidewalks, within such time
and in such manner as the commits
sion may require, the commission may
cause the same to be done, and such
sidewalk to be built, rebuilt or repair
ed, and the expense. or such part
thereof as the commission shall have
determined, shall be charged to such
owner or occupant, and the commits
sion may cause the amount of such ex-
penses incurred thereby, for which
such owner or occupant shall have be-
come liable, together with a penalty
Of ten percent in addition thereto, to
be reported to the assessor, to be
levied by him as a special tax or
assessment upon the lot or premises
adjacent to and abutting upon such
side walk, which special assess
ment shall be subject to review, af
ter proper notice is given as in all
other cases Of special assessments
provided for by this charter, and such
tax when confirmed shall be lien upon
such lot or premises, and the same
shall be collected in the same man
ner as other city taxes; or the city
may collect such amount together
with the penalty aforesaid, from the
owner or occupant of such premises
in an action of assumpsit, together
with costs of suit.
CHAPTER XIV.
Sewers and Drains.
Sec. /. The commission of the city
may establish, construct and main
tain a sewerage system and sewers
and drains whenever and wherever
necessary, and of such dimensions
and materials, and under such regu-
lations as they may deem proper for
the drainage of the city; and private
property, or the use thereof, may be
taken therefor in the manner pre-
scribed in this charter for taking such
property for public use. But in all
cases when the commission shall deem
it practicable such sewers and drains
shall be constructed in public streets
and grounds.
Sec. 2. Whenever it may become
necessary in the opinion of the COM
mission, to provide sewerage and
drains for the city or for any part
thereof, it shall be their duty to de-
wise, or cause a plan of such sewer
age or drainage to be devised for the
whole city or for such part as the
commission shall determine.
Sec. 3. Such plan shall in the dis
cretion of the commission be formed
with view to the division Of the
city into main sewer districts, each
to include one or more main princi-
pal sewers, with the necessary branch
es and connections; the districts to be
numbered and so arranged as to be
as nearly independent of each other
as may be. Plats and diagrams of
such plan, when completed and adopt
ed by the commission, shall be filed
in the office of the city clerk.
Sec. 4. Main sewer districts may
be subdivided into special sewer dis
tricts in such manner that each spec
ial district shall include one or more
lateral or branch sewers connecting
with the main sewer, and such lands
as, in the opinion of the commission,
will be benefited by the construction
thereof, may be formed of territory
not included in any main sewer dis
trict.
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