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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 148I 0RD INA Nn F No . 41 *: 000 AN ORDINANCE TO REQULAIfTHE BUILDING OF SIDEWALKS AND CROSSING'S IN THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO,AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO 62 OF SAID CITY, ENTITLED " An Ordinance to regulate tie building of sidewalks and crossings in the nity of Caldwell" PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF SAID CITY ON THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1905. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL of the City of Caldwell: Section 1.- All sidewalks hereinafter laid within the City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall be constructed and maikntadned in the manner and form hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Section 2.- All sidewalks hereinafter sonstructed within the City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall 00nf0r1fl to one of the following plans of construction, which shall be known as plans 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this ordinance. Under plan 1 which shall include all that portion of of the said City of Caldwell within Lockgl Improvement District No. 1 , as established by Ordinance No. 130, Pa: ;sed by the Council of said City on the 14th day of July, 1909, and approved by the Mayor of said City on tb the 15th day of July, 1909, the sidewalk shall be fifteen feet wide, indluding the curb j measuring from the line of the block to the outside of the curb in accordance with the grade already established or to be hereafter established by the City Engineer,and shall be constructed of Portland cement in the manner hereinafter set forth. Under plan 2 which shall include all that portion of the City of Caldwell, within the fire limits as now established or to be hereafter established, except that portion thereof included in plan 1 of this ordinance, the sidewalks shall be twelve feet wide including the curb, measuring from the line of the block to the outsicb of the curb in accordance with the grade already established or to be hereafter established by the City Engineer and shall be constructed of Portland cement in the manner hereinafter described. Under plan 3 which shall include such portions of the said City of Caldwell as the Council may doers necessary a-id advisable and not heretofore included in plans 1 and 2 of this ordinance, the said sidewalk shall be five feet wide and constructed of Portland cement. At the block corners the sidewalk shall extend to the curb line and shall be constructed by the owner of the corner property adjobent tq said sidewalk." The grade of the sidewalk may be such as shall be established by the City Engineer. Under plan 4 which shall include that portion of the said City of Caldwell not heretofor included in plans 1, 2, or 3, the sidewalk shall be five feet wide. There shall be three sills not less than two by four inches in dimension, which shall be laid upon a good and substantial foundation. The covering shall be not less than one and one -half inches thick planks laid cross- wise of the walk. The grade of the walk shall bg such as established - by the City Engineer. Section 3.- All curbs shall be eighteen inches in depth, eight inches in width at the botomn, and six inches in width at the top and shall be beveled or rounded on the upper and outer edge At all street and alley crossings, the corners shall be quadrants of twee feet radius. Section 4.- The space over which the walk, constructed under plan 1,2, or 3 is ; to be laid shall be excavated to the proper sub -grade and thoroughly compacted by rolling or ramming. Any objectionable or unsuitable material below the sub -grade shall be removed and the space filled with gravel or•sand well rammed into place. Care must be taken in excavating to preserve the proper slope pareldll with the surface of the finished walk. Upon this foundation shall be laid a bed of concrete three inches in thickness, to be made as follows: Que part of good cement to be approved by the street colmQitt6a and three parts of clean, coarse, sharp sand to be thoroughly mixed dry and made into mortar with the least possible amount of water; to this shall be added six parts of broaken stone or gravel; said stone or gravel shall not exceed one and one -half inches in largests dimension, thoroughly separated from dirt and drenched with water, but containing no loose water in the heap. This shall be incorporated immediately with the specified measure of mortar and thoroughly mixed. It shall then be spread and at once be made thouroughly compact by ramming until free mortar appears on the surface. The upper surface shall be made exactly parala11 with the surface of the completed walk. The mortar and concrete shall not be mixed in greater quanti.- ties than is required for immediate use, and none remain- ing unused until having set again be remixed or used in any way. The whole operation of mixing and laying each batch of concrete shall be performed as expeditiously as possible. Upon this Buse the wearing surface hall be laid ',✓ an inch in thickness. It shall bet.Y composed of one part of good cement andcne part of sand. The sand must be sharp, silicious Lad free from aluminous and other foreign substances. The wearing surface shall be wade as follows: Tne ceuieaau aria sana snuii be thoroughly mixed dry p._ a sufficient quantity of water afterwards added to form a paste of property consistency. It shall be expedit- iously mixed and none of it shall be used after it has been mixed one -half hour or evidence of setting is apparant. The wearing surface shall be laid upon the concrete base while the latter is still soft and adhesive, and must be thorooughly worked and brought to a uniform but roughened surface; it must be slate colored and must be protected from the action of the sun, wind, rain and frost until thouroughly set. Section 5.- All crosswalks shall be not less th an four feet in width, and shall be laid in line with the widdle of the sidewalk, at or near the sideline of the street, as the street committee shall designate# They shall be so constructed se as to permit the water to flow uninterruptedly down the gutter.and shall extend from curd line to cuYb line. They shall rest on sills of four by six inches in dimensions and not less than four feet in length and well embedded in theearth. The Lop' ° of the walk shall be two inches above the grade of the street. The crossing shall be twelve inih plank three inches thick and shall be laid lengthwise of the walk. the walk shall be constructed with sloping sides made Of planks three inches thick and twelve inches wide, and so placed that the upper edge shall be level Vith the top of the walk and the lower and outer edge s shall be one inch below the grade of the street. The covering plank shall extend to within five feet of the curb. The crosswalk shall be connected with the sidewalk by aprons five feet long, four feet wide and made of two inch plank. The covering plank of the aprons shall be securely spiked to the sills with not less than forty-penny nails. Cement in lieu of board walks may be constructed whereever the street committee may deem the same to be for the best interests of the said City of Caldwell and they shall be constructed of Portland cement. Section 6.° Upon a petition being presented to the City Council for the construction of a sidewalk on any of the streets of the City of Caldwell, the city council may by resolution, order that said sidewalk or any portion thereof be constructed; said order shall state the plan under which the said sidewalk is to be constructed, and the property in front of which the same is to be constructed, and shall require the property owners in front of which the same is to be constructed to construct the same within 2(rj days after the publication of such resolution. The said resolution shall be published for one week in the official newspaper printed and published In the City of Caldwell, Idaho. PROVIDED, that by a two - thirds vote of the council, the council may by resolution, order a sidewalk construct- ed in any portion of the streets without regard to a petition therefor. Section 7.- Whenever the property owners in front of whose property the sidewalk has been ordered as hereinbefore provided, shall construct the same in pursuance of such order, they shall on completion of the sidewalk notify the street commissioner who shall immediately inspect and examine the walk so constructed and if it has been constructed according to the provisions of this ordinance, he shall report the same to the city council who may accept the same on behalf of the city. If the same has not been constructed according to the provisions of this ordinance, the street cormaissio rier shall ?' notify the property owners of any defects in such construction and require them to complete such construc- tion of such sidewalk in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. Section a.- whenever a sidewalk or any portion thereof, which has been ordered as hereinbefore provided, shall not be constructed within the time specified in the notice provided for in Section 6 of this ordinance, by the owners of the lots in front of which the said sidewalk Is to be constructed, then the City or Caldwell shall construct the same by contract, let to the lowest bidder after ten days notice given by the mayor, upon an order or the Uity council, pubished in at least one issue of the orra.ciat newspaper, which notiea shall describe brierly the walk to oe constructed and the time and place for the opening of bids for such construction. At the block corners the s%deoalk shall extend to the curb line an(t steal] ve constructed by the owner of tt F corner property, adjacent to said sidewalk. Section 9. Immediately after the completion of any eon- tract`pro.vided for in this ordinance, the contr•actof! shall notify the City Clerk and, if the owner or owners of the property pay be-- fore the claim of the contractor is allowed by the City 0011rici_1 the City Clerk shall accept the contract price; but if the owner or owners bait after the city has raid the contractor aril before the same has been certified to the count, assessor as special taxes, the clerk shall accept in payment the contract I:rice and interest on the claim at t },e rate of 10 per cent per annurn# from the time said ra;mrent was made by the city to the contractor until the same has been raid by the owner or owners. Tf not paid on or before October 1 of the fiscal year, the city clerk shall certify who shall enter it the same to the tax collector of the count - a<ainst the name of the owner of the rr•oper•ty on the assessment roll, upon whose property the improvement, construction or grading, as the case may be, has been made and SILall be lien against the said properly, into whosesoever• hands in ray pass. The amorznt assessed and certified by the clerk shall be the amount of the contractor's claim to- �ether with interest on tle claim from the time settlement was same rude with the contractor until January first of the fiscal year the assessment is made at the rate of 10 per cent per annum. ' After any sidewalk construction contract# has been let by thO City Council all payments shall be made to the City Clerk. Section 10. All set',lements by the tax collector witY tie city shall be made according to the provisions of Sec. 2266 Chapter 7, Title 13, I. R. C. Section 11. Ordinance No. 6'1 entitled "An Ordinance to regulate the building of sidewalks and crossings in the City of Cald�raell" pas8ed and approved by the Mayor of said city on the 11th day of September, 1905, and all or inances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby expressly Passed by the Council dais 29th day of lJoveriber, 190. Approved by tire Mayor this 3 Y. day ovember, 1909. Attest: mayor, �, ity Clerk.