[R.O. 2012 §510.120; CC 1979 §27-36; Ord. No. 3978 §1, 8-18-1978; Ord. No. 5631 §1, 12-29-1992; Ord. No. A-6347 §§1 — 2, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 7291, 3-7-2003]
A. 
The City shall refuse to accept final dedication or maintenance responsibility for new streets within the City limits, until they shall meet the following specifications:
1. 
Streets shall be cut to grade, and the subgrade shall be compacted to ninety percent (90%) proctor density.
2. 
There shall be a four (4) inch or more layer of base rock (not gravel), compacted to ninety-five percent (95%) proctor density.
3. 
The final surface shall be rolled.
4. 
All streets shall be paved with hot-mix asphalt and have an asphalt surface of not less than three (3) inches, and any such asphalt surface shall comply with specifications established by the City of Monett.
5. 
Any street paved with concrete shall have a concrete surface of not less than five (5) inches of concrete containing a minimum of five and one-half (5½) sacks of Portland Cement per cubic yard with a water content not to exceed a four and one-half (4½) inch slump. All joints on any concrete street shall be sawed to one-half (½) the depth of the concrete slab and be properly sealed with an asphalt expansion joint. Any such concrete surface shall comply with specifications established by the City of Monett, and all sawing configurations and asphalt expansion joints shall be approved by the City.
[R.O. 2012 §510.130; CC 1979 §27-37; Ord. No. 3978 §2, 8-18-1978]
The City shall not be responsible for any street not having an asphalt or concrete surface. At such time as the street is upgraded to the specifications enumerated in this Article, the City shall assume maintenance at the improved level of surfacing. Resurfacing of non-paved streets is the responsibility of property owners and/or developers.
[R.O. 2012 §510.140; CC 1979 §27-38; Ord. No. 3978 §4, 8-18-1978]
The specifications enumerated in this Article will hold true in any area except new subdivisions, with the exception that the property owner must get a construction permit from the City Clerk and that provisions must be made to assure that the curb line will be in conformity with the existing curb line and level of the street. All curbs and gutters installed are the property of the property owners, and it is their responsibility to install and maintain the same.