Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-09-19
CITY ORDINANCE NO. 1os.

ny A"E the assessment of the cost of
labor of building and constructing
'Ae same against the property in
front of which any walk NAY be
conStrueted; and repeating village
ordinance No. %, approved Janu-
airy -, 1898; repeating city Ordinance
no. % approved December 5, 1904;
and repeating city Ordinance No. l0l
approved December 26, 1911.
be 1t ordained by the mayor and City
Council of the city of Grangeville:
section l. That all sidewalks here
after constructed within the corporate
limits of the city of Grangeville Idaho,
between Mill street and Idaho avenue
shall be twelve (12) feet in width and
where there is a curb or established
grade on said Main street, said walk
shall extend from the curb to the build
ing line and be constructed as follows
All sidewalks built of lumber on
ON Main Street between Mill street and
Idaho avenue, shall contain eight strin.
gers, not less than 2x6 running par
aiiel with the street, said stringers to
be either red fir or tamarack, the said
stringers to be covered with plank,
which shall likewise be red fir or tama-
rack, one side of which shall be surfac-
ed, said plank to be not less than
two inches thick and not less than four
nor more ten ten in. wide, and the TOP
OF the walk on the outer edge shall
be level with the curb, if there should
be curb otherwise to be in uni
formlty with the walk adjacent and
dip towards the street not more than
four inches.
Section 2. All sidewalks on Main
street not specified in this ordinance
as to the width shall be at no place
on said street less than six feet in
width and made of the same material
as provided in section one (D of this
ordinance. All walks between Mill
and College street crossing Main Eek
GLIDING Mill and College street and ex-
cepting State on north Main) for dis
lance of two hundred feet on either
side of Main street shall be eight feet
IN width and shall contain at least four
stringers of red fir or tamarack, cover
ed with boards of tamarack or red fir
surfaced on one side not less than two
inches thick and not less than four nor
more than ten inches wide. All side
walks on said street crossing Main be-
yond said two hundred feet and all
other walks within said city Of Grange
vile 81 all be six feet in width, having
atSieast stringers of red fir or tama-
rack, not less than 2x6, running parral-
lei with the street and covered with
planks, red fir or tamarack surfaced on
one side, said planks to be not less
than two inches thick and not less than
four nor more than ten inches wide. All
planks shall be fimrely nailed to the
stringers with not less than a twenty
penny nail and all boards eight and ten
inches in width to have at least three
nails in the plank where it crosses the
stringer and all planks that are four
and six inches in width to have at
least two nails in the plank at the place
where it crosses the stringer.
Section 3. Wherever there shall be
no curb or established grade, the City
Street Commissioner or the Street and
Sidewalk Committee of the City Council
shall provide the grade and the side
walk shall be built accordingly thereon
and conform in all respects as nearly
as possible with the line of walks ad-
jacent and joining the same, provided
however that the same can be done
without great expense or extraordinary
Inconvenience.
Section 4. All sidewalks may be
built of concrete or cement provided
the dimensions are the same as are
herein provided and constructed of good
material and workmanship.
Section 5. The Village Ordinance
No. % approved January %, 1898, and
City Ordinance No. % approved Dec
ember 5, 1904, and the City Ordinance
101 approved September 80, 1911, be
and the same are hereby repealed and
the whole thereof.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed
Section T. This ordinance shall take
effect and become operative from and
after its passage, approval and first
publication.
w. w. Brown, Mayor.
1st reading Sept. 3rd, 1912.
End reading Sept. 3rd, 1912.
3rd reading and passage and appro
val Sept. 3rd, 1912.
Attest: H. Taylor, City Clerk.