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Part 90
90.000 SIDEWALK REPAIR* Ord. No. 15c Adopted: September 21, 1995
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THE CITY OF READING ORDAINS THAT:
90.001 Permit required.
Sec. 1. No public sidewalk shall be repaired or installed by
any person without first obtaining a written permit from the
City.
90.002 Application forms.
Sec. 2. Application for a sidewalk repair or installation
permit shall be made on forms furnished by the City.
90.003 Fees.
Sec. 3. There will be no charge for such a permit unless it
is proposed to make a change in the grade, location or dimensions
of the sidewalk.
90.004 Specifications.
Sec. 4. All streets and sidewalk pavements shall be made in
conformance with specifications laid down or approved.
90.005 Inspection of work.
Sec. 5. All work shall be subject to inspection by the City,
during construction and upon completion. The street and sidewalk
inspector shall be notified by permittee after forms are set and
no concrete shall be poured or further construction started until
approved by the inspector.
90.006 Repair of sidewalk by owners; failure to repair.
Sec. 6. All owners or agents of owners with property
abutting and fronting upon any plaza, street, or alley within the
corporate limits of the City are required to keep the public
sidewalks immediately abutting their property in good order and
repair. Each such owner shall be liable to the City for all
losses to the City or recoveries from the City for damages to
person or property of others caused by his failure or that of his
agents to repair and keep in good order and reasonably safe
condition all such sidewalks abutting and fronting his property
upon any plaza, street, or alley within the corporate limits of
the City. The City may, at its discretion, through the director
of public works, notify such owner that repairs are necessary to
put such sidewalk in good order and such owner shall, within ten
days after such notification, under the supervision of the
director of public works, complete such repairs, as specified in
such notice. If the person fails to make the required repairs,
the City may repair same and the owner shall be liable to the
City for the cost of the repairs. If the cost of repairs has not
been paid in full to the City the sum of the unpaid repairs shall
be assessed against the real estate in the same manner and to the
extent as property taxes.
90.007 Effective date.
Sec. [7.] This ordinance shall go into effect on the 8th day of October, 1995.
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