The Meeker herald., 1919-09-20
Ordinance No. i2l

An Ordinance Providing. for the Con
struction OF cement sidewalks ON certain
streets of the Town Of Meeker, specifying
III. Deminsions therefor and liking stan.
or or" prohibiting the constraetion or repair
Of bonrd sidewalks within the corporate
| limits OF said Town, but providing that AL
he OF cement; and providing the method
| for the instn llation OF the same In event OF
the failure or refusal Of the owner whose
property It Hbuts 10 comply with the pro-
visions OF this ordinance, and for the col
lection Of 1hs sf En ~ 1he5 r poAup OF
TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF MEEKER,
located along the streets hereinafter spec.
tally designated. owing 10 their nge and
condition Of repnlr, and IN view Oh the OK,
hereby declared TO be uniit for practical
use. and to he n public nuisance;
section :. That NIL board walks ana
walks of mnterinl inferpr to con.
crete on the following streets. or
sections Of streets, shall be ., rsmoEsd
constructed In accordance with tho fur.
ther provisions hereof. Mt the expense OF
ing said streets. on or before the thirty
first dny OF December, a. d. iMo.
to.wit; both sides of Market Street, Main
street and Park street bctweon Third and
MIN ana Park street MS abnt the County
street between Market and Mnin streets:
on both sides OF sixth street between Mar.
kct md nm streets. md on both Sides of
Ninth Street between Market and Clcve-
Section D. Tint nil sidewalks here
| after to be lnid shuli he constructed In con-
| formity With the provisions OF this ordi-
nnnce, and that NIL sidewalks hereafter con
and sevcnIh streets; on Fifth street be-
tween Market and Main streets; and
on sixth stree, between Market l,., IND sani
In width to the inside edge oil
The gutter and shall be constructed with
u gutter of proper depth. slope md grade
| sidewalks within snid Town Of Meekcr
shall he constructed ina proper md uni.
form manner, on grnde, nnd shnii not be
| Kiss thnn four az feet In width.
| section I. That from and nftcr the
passage and adoption III this ordinance no
lumber, boards or other inferior material
| shall be permitted to be used for the pur-
pose Of constructing or repairing md side
| Town OF Meeker. and that when any side
walk Is to be built In said town the same
| shn II be OF concrete or cement construction
In conformity with dhis ordinance. mud
| that whenever any board wink, or other
walk Of inferior material TO cement, shall
become in need of repair, the shmc shall Je
taken out and n concrete or cement Walk
constructed In conformity with the pro-
| visions of this ordinance.
section $. Tint from md after the
| passage ana adoption OF this ordinance no
concrete or sennm. Sidewalk nm, pr snn.
the same shall he placed upon the esinb'
| Il-hed grade, or such grade ns may he es-
tnbIished by the Town Engineer on streets
where no such grade has been heretofore
| established md shnlI he constructed 50 n,
to at lea / equal the following spccifcn.
| tions, to-wit: The foundation 10 he Of
| course gravel. broken stone. cindcrs or
similar material iiiicd so ns To make n
| Drainage; the grout or concrete shall he
| mixed In proportions of not less than on.
S" bross"
stone, and shHGl be Mt least three 90 inches
thick, and shall be topped with cement
| mortar mixed four parts of cement and
| five pnrts Of course. sbnrp, clean sand. 10 he
not less than one Inch thick. NIL TO bo pro.
perry mixed md tempered, and finished
Will the outer edges carefully rounded or
bevclcd, and To be properly protected whil"
| drying. All cement or conernt. walks
| shall he laid or cut In blocks not larger
| than four by SIX feet, and shall not be lnid
| during freezing weather unless sufficient
Ing of The concrete before 1t becomes set,
Mi walks shall be constructed Of the best
material obtninnble md In u careful md
| wurk-mun-iIkf manner, and the topping,
or cement mortar coat above referred to
shall he put on inImedinteIy inter the con-
| crete or grout Is laid aud before the same
shall hnvc chance To become dry. and all
| precautions used TO mike such wa ks solid
and substantial.
| the construction of cement sidewalks shall
| Mt all times lie subject TO inspection and
| test by the Uonrd OF Trustees Of the Town
OF Meeker; and the street mud Alley Com
mittcc of said Bonrd. or such other officer
or representative appointed for the purpose
by the said Board OF Trustees, shall hnve
| authority to supervise ind regulate IN"
construction OF nil such sidewalks within
the town OF Mccker.
section :. In addition to the side
walks hereby condemned. II Is further de.
clnrnd md ordained TINT whenever my
| side walk with in the town Of Mreker be-
comes worn. decHy"d. broken or unsafe ana
dangerous, the siinc shnll h. removed, u
not cement side walk, md u cement side
| wink constructed In conformity with this
ordinnnce; or ifccm"nt, The same shall DE
repaired IN accordance Win the specimen.
| lions herein contained: and Tint the cost
| ofnli such construction and r"pniring shall
be nj the expense OF the owner or owners 81
| OF the nbutlng property, II being hereby
| declared to he the duty of all property own
| crs to Keep all side walks on which their
property nbut- In ~ good condition OF re.
| pnir u a. ~ times and NJ his or their own
expense.
| section 8. Whenever the owners ON
| minority az the frontngc upon either SIDE o.
amy street or specified portion thereof shall
| petition the Bunrd Of Trustees for The con-
,,rne,,"n %" cen,cm, s'"a Wn,N nv ~
| whenever the Board OF Trustees shall de-
cinre any present walk OF Inferior construc-
| ton unsafe or nuisance, or for amy renson
| ind thnt necessity exists for the con-
| structiun OF concrete or cement walks, the
said Board Of Trustecd may Immediately
order the CONSTRUCTION of snia concrete
| walk.
| the pnssngc and adoption of this ordinance
the Town Clerk and Recorder shall cause
TO he notified. all owners Of the property
| irOhilng huIoinihe or hnut,ihe ~ teh,"ht
| side walks hereby specifically ordercrcd 10
| b. contruc'cd md Tint thereafter when
| ever the Bonrd 81 Trustees shnll order he
| construction Of any cement side Walks. the
| Town Clerk and Recorder small cause the
| owners or owner of the property adjoining
| or nbuttIng to be notified IN like manner,
| such notices to he In writing, and to he SER
we'd by personal service upon the owner or
| owners OF said property. his or their agent
| or representative, md In cns"s when the
| owner or o" ners of such property, nor my
ngent representing such owner can be found
| within the corporate limits of the To~n OF