2407 Regulating Construction of Sidewalks- / ORD.IN�ANCE. NO._ 2407
An Ordinance regulating the construction of sidewalks in
the City of Salina, Kansas, determining and declar-
ing the plans,.specifications and materials to be
used in the laying and construction of the same,
providing a peanalty for the violation therefor and
repealing all ordinances and parts.of ordinances in
conflict herewith.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City
of Salina:
Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the owner
or owners.of any lot or lots or of any tract or parcel of
land within the corporate limits of the City of Salina to
construct or lay down any sidewalk or sidewalks along their
said property as may be ordered by resolution or,ordinance
of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina made
in conformity to law, in accordance with the plans and
specifications hereinafter provided and within thirty days
from the publication of any resolution or ordinance of
said Board of Commissioners providing for the.same unless
a different time be in such resolution or ordinance desig-
nated..
Section 2. That in event the owner or owners of such
lot or lots or parcels of land shall refuse or neglect -to
lay down or construct such sidewalk or sidewalks within
thirty days from and after the publication of such reso-
lution or ordinance, or within the time desginated therein,
the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina shall
proceed to construct or cause to be constructed, such
sidewalk in accordance with the provisions of law, and the
cost thereof shall be assessed against such lot or lots on
which such sidewalk shall abut and shall be certified by
the City Clerk .to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas
to. be collected according to law. PROVIDED, that after
the time designated in such resolution or ordinance for the
construction of such sidewalk by the owner or owners of such
lot or lots or parcels of ground, then that such owner or
owners shall not construct or cause to be constructed any
sidewalk without first having received written authority
therefor from said Board of Commissioners.
Section 3. That all sidewalks hereafter constructed
in the City of Salina shall be of concrete, shall be con-
structed according to the following specifications and with
the following ingredients in.the following ratio, to -wit:
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Such concrete walks shall have a base .three and
one-half (32) inches thick composed of one (1) part of
Portland -Cement or other cement equally as good; two (2)
parts good, clean sand and four (4) parts screened chatts
or Joplin Grit or an equivalent`mixture of sand and gravel
equally as good.
On the base there shall be laid a wearing surface
one-half (2) inch thick composed of one (1) part i1ortland
Cement or other cement equally as good and two (2) parts
good, clean sand.
The width or widths of all sidewalks hereafter laid
or constructed upon Santa Fe Avenue in said City between
Ash Street and'Walnut Street, and all sidewalks on Iron
Avenue in said City between Seventh Street and Fifth Street
shall be. not less than sixteen feet wide; and all sidewalks
on Iron Avenue between Seventh Street and Ninth Street in
said City shall not be less than eight (8) feet wide; all
sidewalks on Santa Fe Avenue between Ash and the Missouri
Pacific Railroad Right of 'flay crossing of said City and
between +alnut Street and South Street in said City, and
all, sidewalks on Iron Avenue from Ninth Street west to the
City limits shall not be less than six (6) feet wide; and
all other sidewalks constructed in said City shall be not
less than five (5) feet wide, the outer edge thereof to be
not less than six (6) feet from the lot line; PROVIDED,
However, that the Board of Commissioners of said City may,
in it's discretion and by ordinance or resolution to such
effect, permit sidewalks of less than five (5) feet in width
or of any other width to be constructed in such places as
they may determine necessity to require.
Section 4. In the construction of any sidewalk with-
in the City of Salina all concrete shall be mixed by machine
except when the City Engineer shall otherwise permit under
special conditions, and mixing shall continue at least one
minute after all materials are in the mixing drum and no
concrete or mortar which has been -mixed and was partially
hardened shall be re -mixed. In the residence section all
sidewalks shall be divided into slabs or division blocks
having an area of not more than twenty-five (25). sgyare
feet and shall be in a square with dimensions of not greater
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than five (5) feet unless otherwise ordered and permitted
by ordinance or resolution of the Board.of Commissioners.
A one-half (2) inch expansion joint shall be provided at
least once every fifty (50) feet in any length of sidewalk
which joint shall.be filled with a suitable joint filler and
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similar expansion joints shall be provided at every inter-
section of any sidewalk with the street curb and at such
other places as the City Engineer may in his judgment deter-
mine necessary. Every constructor or builder constructing
any sidewalk in the City of Salina shall at the end of every
fifty (50) feet of walk or fraction thereof mark his name,
and the year in which the walk is constructed therein either
by stamping or by in -laying a name plate approved by the City
Engineer.
Section 5. The City Engineer of the City of Salina shall
prepare and file in the office of the City Clerk, of said City
such further plans and specifications in regard to the manner
of building and constructing sidewalks in said City as he
shall determine to be necessary and which are not in conflict
with the provisions hereof, and all contracts hereafter made
for the construction of sidewalks shall conform to the pro-
visions of this ordinance and to such requirements of said
City Engineer, and such sidewalks shall only be constructed
in accordance therewith.
Section 6. That no person shall put down or construct
or assist in or cause.to be constructed or put down within
the corporate limits of the City of Salina, any sidewalk in
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violation of the provisions of this ordinance, and any person
or persons violatingany of the terms or provisions hereof shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined'in any sum not less than Five and not more than
Fifty Dollars, and every day such sidesalk shall remain down
shall be considereda separate offense and punisable accord-
ingly and such sidewalk may be,deemed and considered an obstruc-
tion and be removed by said City any time at the cost of the
owner of the abutting property.
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Section 7. That Ordinance Number 1038, Ordinance Number
1971 and Ordinance Number 2039 together with all ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and same are
hereby repealed.
Section 8. That in event any section of this ordinance
shall for any reason be finally declared to be invalid that
the invalidity of such section shall not effect the validity
of any other section hereof.
Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after it's publication once in the official
City paper.
gassed and approved, October 3rd, 1921.
(SEAL)
Attest:
Chas. E. Banker,
City Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF SALINE )
F. S. Dyar,
Mayor
I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina,
Kansas.Ado hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 2407 passed by the
Board of Commissioners and approved by the Mayor of the City
of Salina; October 3rd,, -1921; and a record of the vote on its
final adoption is found on Page �oi of Journal No. 9. Said
ordinance was published in The Salina Evening Journal, October
1921.
City Clerk.
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(Pablished in the Salina Evening Joarnal�e_j-, S 1921)
ORDINANCE NO._4V62 .
An Ordinaned regulating the construction of sidewalks in the City
of Salina, Kansas, determining find declaring the
plans, specifications and materials to be used in the
laying and construction of the same, providing a penal-
ty for the violation thereox and repealing all ordin-
ances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith,.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board Of Conniasioners of the City of Sal=sa:
Seat._ionl. That it shall be the duty of the owner or -
owner, s of any 1'ot or lots or of any tract of parcel of land within
the corporate limits of the City of Salina to construct or lay down
any sidewalk or sidewalks along their said property as may be ordered
by resolution or ordinance of the Board Of Commissioners of the City
of Salina made in conformity to law, in acoordanciD with the plans and
specifications hereinafter provided and within thirty days from the
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any resol
publication of ation if said Board Of Commissioners provid-
or ordinance
ing for the same unless a different time be in such resoi_uidon/de-
signated.
Section 2. That in event the owner or owners of Such
lot Or lots Or Parcels of land Shall refuse or neglect to lay down.
Or construct such sidewalk or sidewalks within thirty days from and
after the publication, of such resolution or ordinance, Or Within the
time designated therein, the Board Of Commissioners of the City of
Salina shall proceed to construct or cause to be constructed, sash
sidewalk in accordance with the provisions Of law* and the cost thereof
shall be assessed against each lot Or lots on which Such Sidewalk shall
abet and shall be certified by the City Clark to the County Clem. of
Salina, County,, Kansas to be oallected according to law. PROVIDED,
that after the time dbeignated in such resolution or ordinance for the
construction of such sidewalk by the owner or owners of such lot or
lots or parcels of ground, then that each owner or owners shall not
construct or cause to be constructed any sidewalk wi
thOat first having
received written authority therefor from said Board Of Commissioners,
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Sedtion 3. That all sidewalks herej.1fter oonstrao-ted
in the 01ty of Salina shall be of concrete, shall be constructed
according� the following specifications and with the following
ingredients in the following ratite, to -wit:
B ac h '�, OA -0 -1 rete walks shall have a base three and one-half'
(2*) inches thicO"Ikosed of one (1) part of Portland Cement or
other cement 6qu9lli,,,As good; two W parts good clean sand and four
(4) parts screened chats `,%Toplin grit or an equivalent mixture
of sand and graV61 equa,11141`114a good,
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On the base th,Ir '- shall -hall be laid a wearing surface one-
half (-) inch thick "of one (1) part Portland Cement or
other cement equally as good ode two .(2) parts good clean sand,
The Width or widths ,of sidewalks hereafter laid or
constructed apon Santa Fe Avenue in said City b-,etween Ash Street
and Walnut Street and all sidewalks �n Iron ,venae in said City
between Seventh
Street and Fifth Street shall be x -lot less than
sixteen Feet wide; and all sidewa2ke on , Iron Avenue between Seventh
Street and Ninth Street.in said City shall not be less than eight (8)
feet wide -9 all sidewalks on Santa Fe Avenas between Ask and the
Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way crossing of said City and
between WaInat Street and Solath Street in said "City, and all sidewalks
on Iro,
uAvenae from Ninth Street west to -the City limits shall not
be less than six (a) feet wide; and all other sidewallke Constructed
in said City shall be not less than five (5),feet wid'e,,, the Outer
edge thereof to be not less than six (6) feet from the'iot line;
PROVIDED, However, .that the Board of Commissioners of said 01$y may,
in it's discretion and by ordinance Or'resolation to such effect,
permit sidewalks Of less then five (5) f eet in width or Of any Other
width to be constructed in each PlaOss as they nay determine ne 'Ops a it y
to re4aire.
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jeotion-4. In the construction of any sidewalk within the
City Of Saline, all concrete shall be mixed by machine except when
the City Engineer shall otherwise permit under special conditions,
and mixing shall continue at least one minute after all materials
are in the mixing drum and no concrete Or mortar which has been..
mixed and was partially hardened shall be remixed. In the, residence
section all sidewalks shall be divided into slabs or division blocks
having an area of not more than twenty-five (25) square feet and shall
be in a sqaare with dimensions of not greater than five (5) feet un-
less ordinance
less otherwise ordered . and permitted by resOlution/of the BaLrd of
Commissioners. A one-half (l) inch expansion Joint shall The pro.•
vided at least once every fifty (50) feet in any length of sidewalk
which Joint shall be filled with a suitable Joint filler and similar
expansion Joints shall be provided at every intersection Of any sidewalk
with the street curb and at such other Places at the City Engineer
may in his Adgment determine necessary. Every constructor or bailder
constructing any sidewalk in the City Of Salina shall at the end of
every fifty (50) feet of .alk or fraction thereof mark his name, and
the year in which the walk is constructed therein either by stamping
o r by in -laying a name Plate approved by the City Ehgineer.
SeatioR 5. The City Engineer of the City Of Salina sha:L1
prepare and file in the office Of the City 0jerk Of said City 8 uOh
farther plans and specifications in regard to the manner of building
and constructing sidewalks in said City as he shall determine to be
necessary and which are not in conflict with the
provisions hereof,
and all contracts hereafter made for the constraotions Of sidewalks
shall conform to the Provisions of this ordinance and to such require-
ments of said Cit ' y Engineer$ and such sidewalks shall Only be construct-
ed in accordance therewith,
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Section 6, That no person shall put down Or constraot,,
or assist in or caase to be constraoted or Pat down within the
corporate limits Of the City of Salina any sidewalk in Violation
of the provisions of this ordinance, and any person or persons
violating any of the terms or provisions hereof shall be deemed
gailty of a misdemeanors and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in any sum not less than Five and not, more then Fifty Dollars,,
and every day sash sidewalk shall remain down shall be considered
a aeparate offense and punishable accordingly' and such sidewalk
may be deemed and considered an obstruction and be removed by said
City any time at the cost of the, owner of the abutting property.
Section -7. That ordinance Number 10.38, Ordinance Number
1971 and Ordinance Number 2039 together with all Ordinances or Parts
Of Ordinances in conflict herewith be and the Same are hereby repealed.
Section a. That In event any section of this ordinance shall
for any reason be finally declared to be invalid that the invalidity
of sash section shall not effect the Valldity:,of any other section
hereof.
Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
fall force from and after it's Publication once in the Official city
paper*
Passed and approved, October TI-Lird 1921.
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Attest-,
City Clerk,