Sec. 146. Streets and sidewalks—laying sidewalks.
Whenever any citizen or property owner desires a sidewalk to
be laid along the street boundary of property he shall make written
application to the Council through the City Manager agreeing
to pay two-thirds of the cost of such construction and waiving
all damages by reason of such construction. The City
Manager shall have an estimate made of the cost of such improvement,
and upon the applicant making a deposit of two-thirds
of such estimated cost, the City Manager shall present said
application to the Council for its action.
Upon completion of the work the City Manager shall cause
an account of the cost of the work to be made and delivered to
the City Auditor, who shall make three copies of the same, forwarding
one copy to the City Collector, one to the Department
of the City under whose supervision the work was done, and one
to the applicant. Said statement shall be credited by the deposit
and the residue, if any, shall be returned to the applicant.
Whenever any citizen or property owner desires to lay a sidewalk
for themselves in a City street, he shall make application to
the City Manager in writing who shall grant such permission
upon condition that the applicant make such improvement at his
own expense and do the work under the supervision of the City
Manager.
Where no application is received the Council may require a
sidewalk to be laid as provided by the State law or may direct a
sidewalk to be laid in such other manner as it may specify not in
conflict with the State law.
