The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-09-04
ORDINANCE NO. ia.


ordinance to provide for the con-
struction of new sidewalks to replace
defective and worn out sidewalks, to
provide for the giving of notice to
abutting property owners, or their
agents; providing for the construc-
ton of such sidewalks by the city in
event OF the failure or refusal of such
AUDITING property owners SO to do;
to provide for the assessing to abut-
ting property the costs of construc-
ting such sidewalks and for the GER
tifying of such cost to the tax col
lector of Idaho county; and providing
that the owners of abutting property
shall be held personally liable for all
damages sustained by reason of in
juries received by any person by
reason of any defective sidewalk; re-
pealing any ordinances or parts of or
dinances in conflict herewith.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Grangeville,
Idaho:
Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of
all persons, firms, and corporations
owning real estate in the city of
Grangeville, Idaho, to keep all side
walks abutting such property in good
repair and in safe condition for travel
and to reconstruct and build new
walks where such walks have become
unsafe and unfit to be repaired.
| Section 2. Whenever the City Coun
oil shall deem 1t necessary to rebuild
any sidewalk ON account of its unfit
and unsafe condition, they shall, by
motion or resolution entered upon the
minutes, direct the street comm ission-
er to serve written notice upon the
owner, or upon one of the owners II
there are more than one, of the abut-
ting property to such proposed side
walk, If such be within the City of
Grangeville, IL not, then upon the
agent or person having the renting or
care OF such property; II there be no
such agent, then such notice shall be
mailed to such owner to his, her, or
its last known address; in event that
such owner is not within the City of
Grangeville or has an agent therein,
and the address Is unknown to the
street commissioner, then notice shall
be served by posting a notice on the
property.
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street commissioner and shall contain
the name of the owner, or reputed
owner, description of the abutting
property, a description of the side
walk to be constructed, and shall pro-
vide that the owner or owners of
such abutting property shall construct
such sidewalk within fifteen days
from the date of service of such no
tice. All notices not mailed or posted,
as herein provided, shall be personal
ly served on the owner or agent, by
handing to such owner or agent a
copy thereof.
The date of service shall be the
date upon which such notice Is de-
livered to the owner or agent, or
mailed to them or posted upon the
AUDITING property, as the case may
be. The street commissioner shall
upon the service, mailing, or posting
of such notice, file the original with
the City Clerk, upon which he shall
have endorsed his certificate of the
method and date of such service.
No notice shall be required for
simply repairing defective sidewalks.
Section g. Should the owner or own
ers of property abutting any sidewalk
to be constructed, as herein provided,
fail or refuse to construct such side
walk within the time specified in the
notice, the asid street commissioner
shall build, or cause to be built, the