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ORDINANCE REGULATING INSPECTIONS FOR CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND SETTING OPTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS
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It shall be the duty of all contractors contracting for the laying of sidewalks to make application to the City Engineer for a permit to lay and construct sidewalks at the places called for in the contract, and every person so contracting for the construction of sidewalks shall file a statement with the City Engineer showing the approximate length of the said sidewalk to be constructed, as well as its location, and shall pay a fee to the said engineer therefor, which fee shall be two cents per square foot for the said walk for the construction of which the permit is secured, and no sidewalk shall be constructed unless such permit is granted.
It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to issue such permit upon application therefor and the payment of fee therefor, and to furnish the City Clerk with a statement prior to each regular meeting of the City Council showing permits issued and fees collected therefor; and the City clerk shall report the same to the Council.
It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to supervise and inspect the construction of all walks, and to inspect the materials entering into the construction thereof; to set and mark the grades therefor, and to see that the said walks conform to the said grades, and to furnish the specifications for the construction of the said sidewalks.
All cement to be used in the construction of sidewalks shall be inspected by the City Engineer when shipments are received; and all dealers and contractors purchasing cement to be used in the construction of sidewalks shall notify the City Engineer upon the arrived of the shipments, so that he may inspect the same as shipments are received; and such inspected cement shall not be mixed or stacked with uninspected cement in storage rooms or warehouses where the same may be kept, and no other cement shall be used in the construction of sidewalks other than that which has been inspected by the City Engineer and certified by him to be good and proper for such purposes. Other materials entering into the construction of sidewalks shall be inspected by the City Engineer, and only that which he may find to be of proper quality shall be used in the construction of sidewalks; and sidewalks shall be laid in all respects in accordance with such plans, designs, specifications and grades, and under the director and supervision of the City Engineer.
After the said sidewalks shall have been completed, it shall be the duty of the City Engineer to inspect same, and upon finding the same to be in accordance with the grade requirements; and if the same shall be constructed of material inspected and found to be suitable for the purpose; the said engineer shall give to the contractor a certificate or statement showing that the same has been accepted; and until such showing or statement has been given to the contractor, he shall not be permitted to collect the contract price of payment therefor.
The City Engineer shall have the right to refuse to accept any walk and to order the same constructed anew, when same shall have been built or constructed of other material than that which has been inspected by him and found to be suitable for sidewalk purposes.
Any contractor or other person violating the provisions of Sections 433 to 438 inclusive shall be fined in any sum not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars not more than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars.
In the event any property owner desires to let a contract for a sidewalk without having it inspected by the City Engineer, or using materials inspected by the City Engineer, he shall have refunded to him by the City Engineer the two (2) cents per square foot for inspection, but shall pay the two 92) cents per lineal foot for setting grade for sidewalk.
The requirements of this ordinance shall not apply within Street Improvement District Number Four (4).
Passed and approved this 5th day of July, 1910
(Sections 433 to 438 as referred to above are in this ordinance)