[CC 1976 §24-1; Ord. No. 1045 §1, 2-26-1968]
All public roads and streets in the City which hereafter may
be established, and all public roads and streets and private roads
and streets hereafter mapped or platted in subdivisions hereafter
created in the City shall not be less than fifty (50) feet in width,
and the central portion thereof shall be paved with portland cement
concrete, having a thickness of not less than six (6) inches and a
paved width of not less than thirty (30) feet as measured from back
to back of curbs.
[CC 1976 §24-2; Ord. No. 953 §§1 — 2, 2-28-1966; Ord. No. 1773 §1, 11-24-1980]
A.
Preliminary
and final plats of residential subdivisions shall provide for sidewalks.
The City Council, by majority vote, may waive this provision on application
from the subdivision developer, provided:
B.
Unless the provisions of this Section have been waived by the City Council pursuant to Subsection (A) hereof, the Director of Public Works shall not issue building permits for any structure on a lot in a residential subdivision unless and until the person seeking such permit places in escrow with the City an amount deemed sufficient by the Director of Public Works to construct sidewalks, as set out in the preliminary and final plat of the proposed residential subdivision.
[CC 1976 §24-3; Ord. No. 1290 §1, 3-26-1973; Ord. No. 1333 §1, 2-11-1974]
The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf
of the City such affidavits as may from time to time be required by
law with regard to the use and application by the City of funds received
from the county road and bridge tax refund. Such use and application
of said refund shall be in accordance with the laws of the State.
[Code 1961 §7-18; CC 1976 §24-4]
The Director of Public Works may grant permits for the erection
of street lights and poles on public rights-of-way, and shall establish
general regulations and conditions for the same.
[CC 1976 §24-8; Ord. No. 1463 §§1 — 5, 4-12-1976]
A.
No
person, firm or corporation engaged in the provisioning or servicing
of utilities within, for the use of, or through the City of Overland
shall construct or repair any utility equipment, structure, accessory,
appurtenance, system or any part thereof, including but not limited
to, pipelines, pipes, wires, cables, coaxial cables, conduits, valves,
or culverts, which traverse, enter, or lie upon, over or under any
of the streets or rights-of-way of the City of Overland without first
having applied in writing to the Director of Public Works, for a construction
or repair permit and without having first received said construction
or repair permit from the Director of Public Works.
B.
The
Director of Public Works shall not issue any such construction or
repair permit to any utility unless and until said director is satisfied
that he/she has received an adequate description of the construction
or repair to be done and that said construction and repair work includes
the replacement and restoration of the public streets or rights-of-way
in as good or better condition as they were prior to the construction
or repair. The Director of Public Works shall not issue any permit
for construction or repair to any utility if the work contemplated
includes the breaking of the surface of any street or right-of-way
belonging to the City of Overland unless the Director of Public Works
finds that the breaking of the surface of said street or right-of-way
is the only reasonable, practicable, and workmanlike manner in which
to perform such construction or repair and that the contemplated breaking
of the surface is restricted to the minimum amount of surface disruption
consistent with the aforementioned criteria.
C.
In
all cases where the Director of Public Works finds, in his/her sole
discretion, that the plans submitted for repair and restoration of
the street or right-of-way are inadequate to insure the return of
said street or right-of-way to the condition in which it is prior
to the requested construction or repair, the Director may direct the
applicant or permittee to take such measures as may be necessary in
the discretion of the Director to correct such inadequacies in the
return or restoration of the prior condition of the street or right-of-way.
D.
All
applications for permits pursuant to this Section shall be filed in
the office of the Director of Public Works not later than fourteen
(14) days prior to the date contemplated for the start of construction
or repair.
E.
The
provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to prohibit or restrict
in any way the ability of persons, firms or corporations engaged in
provisioning or servicing utilities for making emergency repairs to
utility property within the City of Overland when such property, whether
due to wear and tear, accident, natural disaster or other cause, is
in a condition which is dangerous to the health, safety and welfare
of persons or property. However, in such cases, the person, firm or
corporation performing said emergency repairs or construction shall,
as soon as it is reasonably practical after the commencement of such
emergency construction or repair, provided said construction or repairs
affects the streets or rights-of-way of the City of Overland, notify
the Director of Public Works of the performance of said construction
or repairs and submit to said Director of Public Works the plans for
the restoration of the prior condition of said streets or rights-of-way.
The Director of Public Works shall thereupon issue such directives
as he/she may deem necessary and appropriate under the circumstances
to insure the proper restoration of the street or right-of-way involved
to its prior condition.
