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Village of Westville, IL
Vermilion County
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Grade; new construction required. No sidewalk shall be built above or below the established grade of the Village; and in all cases where no grade is established, any person building a sidewalk shall build the same according to the instructions of the Street Superintendent and the Village Board. No one shall build a sidewalk unless it consists of new construction. No one shall remove or destroy a sidewalk without replacing the same with a new sidewalk.
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Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to build, lay or construct any sidewalk along any property in the Village or along any of the streets, alleys, or public highways thereon without first filing an application for a permit with the Village Clerk and approved by the Village Board.
C. 
Subdivisions. This section is not applicable to new subdivisions.[1]
(See 65 ILCS 5/11-80-13.)
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 300, Subdivision of Land.
A. 
Request in writing. Any person owning property within the Village who desires to have new curbs and gutters constructed along the street adjoining his premises shall file a request with the Street Superintendent, giving the location of the property and the length of the curbs and gutters requested.
B. 
Cost to owner. If the funds are available and the Village Board approves the request, the property owner shall pay 1/2 of the cost of the construction, including engineering fees, and thereafter the curbs and gutters shall be maintained by the Village.
C. 
Approval by Village Board. The approval of the request for construction of curbs and gutters by the Village Board shall be dependent upon the approval of funds, priority of projects and continuity of construction for the best benefit of the Village as determined by the Village Board.
D. 
Subdivisions. This section is not applicable to new subdivisions.[1]
(See 65 ILCS 5/11-80-13.)
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 300, Subdivision of Land.
A. 
Description of stormwater sewers. Stormwater sewers shall be any pipe or sewer used for the carrying of surface drains, groundwaters, roof leaders, or stormwaters, rain waters, or other waters other than sanitary sewage.
B. 
Supervision. The Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Departments shall supervise all connections made to the public storm sewer system or excavations for the purposes of installing or repairing the same.
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Permits. Before any connection is made to the public stormwater sewers, a permit shall be applied for and approved by the Superintendent or his designated representative.
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Use of stormwater sewers required. Where a stormwater sewer is accessible in a street, alley or easement to a building or premises abutting thereon, the surface drains, groundwaters, roof leaders, or stormwaters shall be discharged into the stormwater sewer unless otherwise authorized by the Village. Under no conditions shall sanitary sewage or wastes or any substance other than surface waters, groundwaters, roof waters or stormwaters be permitted to flow into or be connected to the stormwater sewer; and no sanitary sewer shall be connected to the stormwater sewer system.
(See 65 ILCS 5/11-80-7.)