[Adopted 6-30-1908 by Ord. No. 56]
The owners of abutting property on all streets
within the Borough of Baden shall furnish all materials and curbs
and pave the sidewalks in front of their respective properties, whenever
requested by the said Council to do so, at their own proper cost and
expense, in accordance with this article.
Concrete cement pavement shall be the only kind
to be laid on any of the sidewalks within said Borough and shall not
be less than five feet in width.
The pavements shall be laid in relation to the
curb and property line as follows: on all sidewalks 10 feet and over
in width, the outside edge of the pavement shall be placed 3 1/2
feet from the outside edge of the curb. On all sidewalks more than
7 1/2 feet and less than 10 feet in width, the outside edge of
the pavement shall be placed 2 1/2 feet from the outside edge
of the curb. On all sidewalks 7 1/2 feet and less in width, the
inside edge of the pavement shall be placed at the property line.
The slope on all pavements from the curb toward
the property line shall be as follows:
A.
On pavements six feet and over in width, the pavement
shall begin at the curb grade and thence by an ascending grade of
three inches to the property line.
B.
Pavements less than six feet in width shall have a
slope of 1/2 inch to the foot from the curb to the property line.
Stakes showing the established grade will be set by the Borough Engineer
whenever requested.
The excavation for the pavement shall be of
sufficient depth and width to provide for the following: Each layer
of the pavement shall be of the same width as the top of the pavement;
a foundation of eight inches of broken stone, none of which shall
be over three inches in diameter, or eight inches of well-tamped cinders,
clean and hard and clinkers excluded or finely broken. On top of broken
stone or cinders shall be a concrete base of three inches, on top
of which shall be a top coat of one inch.
The concrete base shall be not less than three
inches in depth and made of one part portland cement and two parts
clean sharp coarse sand and four parts gravel, the largest stone of
which shall pass through a one-and-one-half-inch ring. The sand, gravel
and cement shall be thoroughly mixed dry and then made to a proper
consistency with water, and then spread over the cinders, and well
and evenly compacted by tamping to a height not more than within one
inch of the surface to receive the wearing surface. The wearing or
top surface shall not be less than one inch in thickness and shall
consist of one part portland cement and two parts coarse, screened,
sharp sand; the sand and cement to be thoroughly mixed dry, and just
sufficient water shall be added that, when well-tampered into mortar
and well-tamped down, the base water will rise to the surface, after
which it shall be stroked with a straight edge and floated and troweled
to a true, finished surface exactly to grade and slope; the pavement
is to be put in between guide strips, securely fastened to grade and
line, and laid in sections four to five feet long with a square, vertical
sand joint 1/2 inch in width extending through the depth of the concrete;
the joint to be made by a strip of wood or equivalent. On steep grade,
the pavement shall be floated to a rough-grained surface. Only such
brands of portland cement shall be used as shall be approved by the
Borough Engineer or Street Commissioner.
A.
At the lower corner of each property and at intervals
of not more than 100 feet, the said bed of broken stone or cinders
shall be drained to the curb by digging a ditch 12 inches wide of
the same depth as excavation for foundation, the same to be filled
with eight inches of broken stone and leveled to the surface.
B.
All the above-mentioned side drains other than those
to be placed at the lower corner of each property shall be put in
where directed by the Borough Engineer or Street Commissioner. Whenever
it shall be thought necessary by the Borough Engineer or Town Council
by reason of running or standing water, or for any other reason necessitating
it being done, the eight inches of broken stone shall be underlaid
with a drain of broken stone, said drain to be eight inches in depth
and to be located where and made of such depth and width, length and
shape as to properly receive and dispose of all surplus water.
All work shall be done under the direction of
and to the acceptance of the Street Committee or the Borough Engineer,
and any material or work done not meeting with the requirements of
the foregoing specifications must be removed and replaced by work
and material satisfactory to the Street Committee and the Borough
Engineer.
A.
After the pavement is finished, the property owner
shall level and slope the portion of sidewalk not occupied by the
pavement, and the surplus dirt, if needed on the streets, shall be
taken away by the Borough of Baden, but otherwise shall be disposed
of by the property owner. The property owner shall cart away all rubbish
and put the street and sidewalk in clean and good order in front of
his premises as fast as the pavement is laid. Surplus earth and spawls
shall in no case be thrown in the roadway without permission from
the Borough Engineer or Street Committee. Should the property owner
neglect or refuse to remove the rubbish made and left by him within
three days after being notified by the Street Commissioner to have
the same removed, the Borough will proceed to dispose of it at the
property owner's expense.
B.
The property owner must keep the gutters cleaned and
unobstructed at all times.
Should any owner of property refuse to put down
his, her or its pavement, or to complete the same after work has been
begun, within 30 days after having been notified by the Town Council
so to do, the same shall be done by the Borough at the expense of
the lot owner, adding thereto 20% of the actual cost for such failure.
[Amended 5-15-1985 by Ord. No. 759; 6-9-2002 by Ord. No.
868]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine
of not more than $1,000, not less than $300, and the costs of such
proceedings or, upon default of payment of such fine and costs, by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than 30 days.
