HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 214ORDINANCE No. ZL/_Jy
An ordinance amending SECTION 4, of Ordinance No, 148, " An or Anance to
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reg ulate building of sidewalks and crossings in the City of Caldwell,Idaho,
and repealing ordinance Fo.82 of said City,entitled,"An ordinarce to res-
ulate the buildin,
g of sidewalks and crossings in the City of Caldwell,"pa-
ssed and approved by the Mayor and Council of! said City on the Ilth.day
of September I905"which or6irance No.T48 was passed by the City Council
on the 29th.day of November 1909 and approved by the Mayor on the 30th.
day of Xovember 1909*
BE IT OPDAT'NED BY T143 VAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALDffFLL:
SECTION I. That section 4 of ordinance Xo.148"An ovatinanoe to regulate
buil of sidewalks an crossings in the City of Caldwell,Idaho and,,. re-
pealing ordinance No.52 of said. City,entitled "An or�Unance to regulate the
building o ' sidewalks and crossinqs in Vis City of Caldn-vell" passed and
approved by the Mayor and Council of said City on the Ilth.day of Septe!D7
ber I905"which ordinance Ko.148 was passed by the City Council on the 29th.
day of November 1909 and. approved by the Eayor on the 30tln..day of November
1909 be an• the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. The space over which the walk.constructed under plan 1,2 or
3,is to be laid shall be excavated to t proper sub-grade and thoroughly
compacted by vollina or ramming. Any objectionable or unsuitable material
below the sub grade shall be removed an. the space filled with gravel or
sand well rammed into pla.oe. Care must 'te taken in excavating to preserve
the proper slope parallel with the surface of the finished walk. Upon this
f shall bo,e laid a bed of concrete three inches thick to be made
as follows: One part of good cement to be approved by the street committee
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 broken stone or qravel;sat� stone or gravel shall not
exceed one and one half inches in largest -- imer s ions, tb orouohly separated
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from Art an� 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 anc'"' at once be made
thoroughly compact by ramming until freq mortar appears on the surface.
The upper surface shall be made exactly parallel with the surface of the
completed waft. The mortar and concrete shall not be mixed in greater quan-
tities than is required for imme use,and none remaining unused until
having set again be remixed or ussd in any way. The whole operation of
mixinq an laying each batch of concrete shall be performed as expediti-
ously as possible. Upon this base the warin7 surface shall be laid an
inch in thickness. It shall be composed of one part of good cement and
not to exceed one and one half parts of san- ° The san6i. must be sharp,sili-
clous and free from aluminous an' other foreign substances. The wearing
surface shall be made as follows: The oement and sand shall be thoroughly
mixed cry and a sufficient quanity of water afterwards added to - a
paste of proper consistency. It shall be expeditiously mixed and none of
it shall be used after it has been mixed one half hour or evidence of set-
ting is apparent.The wearing surfac= shall be laid upon the concrete base
while the latter is still soft and adhesive,anf,� must be thoroughly worked
and brought to a uniform but roug,,hened surface; It must be slate colored
and must be protected from the action of the sun,wind,rain and frost until
thoroug set.
Passed the City Council the-?o of May I9j2 approved by the
Maycr on tlia-:: 'day of May 1912.
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