The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-27
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ORDINANCE NO. 176.

naved and repaired and made to conform to
the requirements of this ordinance by the re-
s~pective owners of the respective lots OF land
fronting or bounding upon such highways.
Sec. 2. That in case of the neglect or re-
fusal of any such owner, after such notice as
is required by law, to SO grade, curb, pave
and repair the sidewalk of the public high
way in front of or adjoining his or her lot
or lots of land, such sidewalk shall be graded,
curbed, paved and repaired so as to conform
to the requirements of this ordinance. by the
city of Pleasantville, under the direction ana
supervision of the Street and the
City Engineer.
graded, curbed, paved or repaired according
to the provisions of this ordinance, the CITY
Engineer shall cause proper notice of such
~templ Improvement to be given 10 the
owner or owners of any lands thereby AFFECT
ed such notice shall contain
that the AUDITING property owner upon any
such sidewalk is required to grade, curb,
pave or repair such sidewalk to conform to
the provisions of this ordinance within thirty
days from the date of service of or advertls-
ing of said notice.
Sec. 4. That in case the owner of any lot
shall refuse or fail to comply with the notice
required by Section 3 of this ordinance with
in the time prescribed, then, in such case,
the Street of City Council snail
cause such improvement to be made, and the
City Engineer shall, upon the direction of the
Street Committee of City Council, prepare
specifications for the work to be done and
materials to be furnished for such improve
ment and by advertisement secure bids for
the effecting of such improvement provided
that such bids shall be received by city coun-
ell in open session and any and all such bids
may be rejected, but the contract, when
awarded, shall be awarded by city council to
the lowest responsible bidder.
Sec. 5. That the cost of such construction
and repair of sidewalks shall be paid for out
of moneys to be secured by issuing temporary
certificates of said city for the purpose OF
such construction and repair.
Sec. 6. That the City Engineer shall GER
tify to the City Council the cost of so CON
structing and repairing the sidewalk in front
of each lot or parcel of land, designating
such lot or parcel by number as the same
appears upon the city map, with the name of
the owner as nearly as the same can be as
certained.
Sec. 7. That the cost of such grading,
curbing, paving and repairing shall be assess
ed by resolution of the City Council upon the
lot or lots of land, in front of which such
sidewalks have been so constructed, improved
and repaired, which resolution shall state the
name of the owner of each lot as nearly as
may be ascertained, the number OF the lots
as shown upon the city map and the amount
assessed thereon.
1t shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
forthwith deliver a certified copy OF such
resolution to the Collector of Taxes, who
shall at once enter the same, in an orderly
manner, in a book provided for that purpose,
to be labelled Sidewalk Assessments. Such
assessments shall, from the date of the pass
age of such resolutions become due and pay
able, and shall be and remain a first lien up
on the lots upon which they are laid until
paid, ana snail pear interest at the rate OF
six per centum per annum from and after
the expiration of thirty days from the date
of such certitication.
And it shall be the duty of the Tax Collec-
tor to whom such assessments have been re-
turned forthwith to cause a notice of the
assessment and the amount thereof to be
given to each person assessed, either person.
ally or by mail, by letter post paid, directed
to the person assessed at his or her last
known post-office address.
Sec. s. That the amount of each assess
ra@-k rHAR ao11Anfnl Ghn1l N ~ a ad
for the payment of the temporary loans pro-
vided for in Sec. 5 of this ordinance, and
shall be kept separate from the other funds
of such city and be devoted exclusively to
Sec. 8. That the curbing shall be natural
or artificial stone or cement. If OF stone,
each straight section shall be not less than
four feet in length, sixteen inches in depth,
and four inches in width the front face shall
be straight and true, without warp or twist.
The ends shall be pitched off square and true
in order that the stones may be set with
close joints.
Sec. 10. Sidewalks shall be wholly or
partly paved as herein provided with blue
stone tagging, slate, brick, cement, asphalt
or artificial stone. Private carriageways
shall be paved for their full width from curb
to property line. No paving material for
one and one-half inches and for carriage
ways three inches. Every pavement shall
have a smooth and even surface, and uneven,
rough pavements shall be repaired, as pro-
vided for by this ordinance.
EXcavate ten inches below the finished
grade for the sidewalk and fill to within four
inches of the finished surface with good Gin
ders, drench with water and ram thoroughly,
upon this lay three inches of concrete mixed
as follows: Portland Cement one part three
parts clean sharp sand, five parts of broken
stone (trap, limestone or other sound stone
free from dirt and DUST, stone shall not be
greater than will pass through a one inch
ring.
The cement and sand shall be thoroughly
miyed and dry until the mixture shows q uOi-
form color, the broken stone having first been
wet shall then be added to the mass, turned
over with the addition of the necessary
quantity of water until the broken stone is
thoroughly incorporated.
The wearing of surface shall be one inch
thick and applied before the concrete is set
fore described, two parts of crushed granite
or trap rock, from one-siXteenth to one
fourth inch in size.
The surface shall be worked perfectly
smooth and true by using a straight edge
upon strips about two inches wide by four
inches deep.
Sec. II. That the unpaved portion of the
sidewalk shall be of good gravel, or broken
stone screenings, or a combination thereof,
or well kept turf.
Sec. IL. That the pitch or rise of finished
surface or sidewalks from the curb to the
property line shall be at the rate of three
eighths of an inch per foot, the outer edge
to be flush with the top of curb.
The finished surface of private carriage
ways crossing any sidewalk shall have an
inclination or rise from the inner line of
street gutter of seven and seven-eighths
inches in five feet, with the shape of a dou-
BILE reverse curve it shall then rise to the
property line at the rate of three-eighths of
one inch per foot.
Sec. 10. The sidewalks of all highways
shall be paved for a width of at least five
feet and at least one-half of the minimum
allowable width of the paving shall be laid
upon each side of the middle line of the side
walk provided, however, that the sidewalks
of Main Street between Southwest side of
Pleasant Avenue and Northwest side of West
Jersey Avenue shall be paved for their full
widths.
Sec. IA. That it shall be lawful to omit
the paving of sidewalks for spaces adjoining
the curb line, which spaces shall not exceed
three feet in width or diameter, and shall be
reserved for no other purpose than that OF
planting shade trees.
Sec. Is. That this ordinance shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed at a regular meeting of the Com
mon Council of the City of Pleasantville on
the 18th day of May, A. d. 1916.
ARCHIE WILLIS,
President of Common Council.
Attest:
ANnREWS