[CC 1985 §61.010]
Whenever the Board of Aldermen shall find and determine any
sidewalk or any portion thereof within the City of Canton, Lewis County,
Missouri, to be defective, the Board of Aldermen may by resolution
condemn the same.
[CC 1985 §61.020]
When the Board of Aldermen shall condemn any sidewalk or any
portion thereof, the owner of the property abutting thereon shall
be immediately notified by the City Clerk of that fact; and it shall
be the duty of such abutting owner within a period of sixty (60) days
after such condemnation and notice to repair or construct such sidewalks
to specification which may be established by the Board of Aldermen
and to pass inspection by such officer or employee of the City as
may be delegated to inspect the same.
[CC 1985 §61.030]
When, after condemnation by the Board of Aldermen of any sidewalk
or portion thereof and notice of such condemnation to the abutting
property owner, such abutting property owner shall fail within a period
of sixty (60) days after such condemnation to repair, construct or
reconstruct such sidewalks so condemned, the City shall have authority
to repair, construct or reconstruct the same keeping an accurate account
of the amount expended for the labor and materials, including grading
and filling, opposite each lot or piece of ground, and each lot or
piece of ground abutting on said sidewalk so repaired, constructed
or reconstructed shall be liable for the actual cost thereof as reported
to the Board of Aldermen by the officer or committee authorized by
the Board of Aldermen to have charge of the matter, and special tax
bills shall be issued for the amount thereof, which said special tax
bills shall be a lien against the respective lots and pieces of ground
therein described as in the case of other special tax bills issued
by the City of Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
[CC 1985 §61.040]
Whenever the Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Missouri,
shall find that there is no proper, safe and adequate sidewalk upon,
along or adjoining any lot or piece of ground within the corporate
limits of the City of Canton, Lewis County, Missouri, and shall determine
that the public safety and convenience require such construction of
such sidewalk, the Board may require that such sidewalks be built
according to the specifications to be determined by the Board of Aldermen,
and to pass inspection by the person delegated by said Board of Aldermen
to inspect the same. The Board of Aldermen shall order the establishment
by the delegated officer or employee of the City of Canton of the
grade upon which said sidewalk shall be constructed.
[CC 1985 §61.050]
When the Board of Aldermen shall order the construction of any
new sidewalk, the owner of the property abutting thereon shall be
notified immediately by the City Clerk of that fact; and it shall
be the duty of such abutting property owner, within a period of sixty
(60) days after such construction shall have been ordered and notice
forwarded to the abutting property owner by the Board of Aldermen,
to construct such sidewalk according to the specifications which may
be established by the Board of Aldermen and to pass inspection by
such officer or employee of the City as may be delegated to inspect
the same.
[CC 1985 §61.060]
When, after the Board of Aldermen shall have ordered the construction
of any new sidewalk and the notice of such order shall have been served
upon abutting property owner, such abutting property owner shall fail,
within a period of sixty (60) days after such order, to construct
such sidewalk so ordered, the City shall have authority to construct
the same keeping an accurate account of the amount expended for labor
and material, including grading and filling, opposite each lot or
piece of ground, and each lot or piece of ground abutting on said
sidewalk so constructed shall be liable for the actual cost thereof
as reported to the Board of Aldermen by the officer, employee or committee
authorized by the Board of Aldermen to have charge of the matter,
and special tax bills shall be issued for the amount thereof, which
said special tax bills shall be a lien against the respective lots
and pieces of ground therein described as in the case of other special
tax bills issued by the City of Canton.
[CC 1985 §§61.070—61.090; Ord. No. 396-C §§1—3, 5-17-1993]
A.
New Revenue Line Item. That there shall be created a new
City of Canton, Missouri, budget line item to be designated as "sidewalk improvement/replacement" which shall be within
the City of Canton, Missouri.
B.
Contributions To "Sidewalk Improvement/Replacement". All
contributions by any person, firm or corporation for sidewalk improvements
or replacement shall be included in the "sidewalk improvement/replacement" line item and shall be used for no other purpose than improvement
or replacement of sidewalks within the City of Canton, Missouri.
C.
Control Of Expenditure Of Funds. The Board of Aldermen of
the City of Canton, Missouri, shall have the sole and exclusive authority
to determine how and when funds contributed by any person, firm or
corporation to the "sidewalk improvement/replacement" line item shall be expended, so long as those funds are expended
for sidewalk improvement and replacement within the City of Canton,
Missouri.
