[Adopted 6-13-1978 as Ord. No. 204]
The owner of every property fronting upon or
alongside of any of the streets in the Borough of Economy is hereby
required to maintain and keep in a state of repair all of the sidewalks
in front of or alongside such property, so that the sidewalk is in
safe and usable condition.
Every owner of property in the Borough of Economy
shall, on 20 days' notice from the Borough Council, construct or reconstruct
a sidewalk, which shall conform to all applicable requirements of
this Article, in front of or alongside of such property.
Every owner of property in the Borough of Economy
shall, on five days' notice from the Borough Council, repair the sidewalk,
in the manner stipulated in such notice, in front of or alongside
such property.
All sidewalks shall be constructed, reconstructed
and repaired of concrete only, according to specifications determined
from time to time by the Borough Engineer, provided that a bituminous
surface, meeting specifications determined by the Borough Engineer,
may be applied as a protective coating only where an entire block
of concrete does not have to be replaced, but where a block of concrete
has to be replaced, such replacement shall be with concrete only,
provided further that, where the existing sidewalk is of brick and
at least 2/3 of such sidewalk is in good repair, such sidewalk may
be repaired with brick.
All sidewalks shall be constructed, reconstructed and repaired and the grading therefor done upon the line and grade obtained by the property owner from the Borough Engineer and not otherwise. Upon notice, as provided in §§ 160-11 and 160-12 of this Article, as the case may be, such work of construction or repairs shall be done by the owner or owners of such property.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the
Borough Engineer to determine, in the case of any individual property,
whether or not the sidewalk shall be reconstructed or repaired and,
if so, the specific part or parts thereof to be reconstructed or repaired.
The Engineer may at any time during the course of the work of constructing,
reconstructing or repairing any sidewalk visit the site of such work
to ascertain whether such work is being done according to requirements,
and he or one of his assistants shall visit any such site for such
purpose whenever requested by the property owner. Within two days
after completion of the work of construction, reconstruction or repair
of any sidewalk, it shall be the duty of the owner of the property
where such work was done to notify the Borough Engineer of that fact,
so that he may inspect such sidewalk to determine whether the grade
thereof has been observed and followed.
Any property owner, upon his own initiative and without notice from any Borough authority, may, construct, reconstruct or repair a sidewalk in front of or along his property, provided that such owner shall first make application to the Borough Engineer, and it shall conform to the requirements of this Article as to line and grade and as to material used, and that he shall also notify the Borough Engineer as required by § 160-16 of this Article, in two days after completion of the work.
Upon the neglect of any property owner to comply
with any of the requirements provided in the preceding sections of
this Article, the Borough may, after notice, cause the construction,
reconstruction or repair to be done at the cost of such owner and
may collect the cost thereof and 10% additional, together with all
charges and expenses, from such owner and may file a municipal claim
therefor to collect the same by action in assumpsit.
All such notices shall be served upon the owner
of the premises to which the notice refers, if such owner is a resident
of the Borough. If the owner is not a resident, then the notice may
be served upon the agent or tenant of the owner or upon the occupant
of such premises. If the owner has no agent or tenant or if there
is no occupier of such premises, then service shall be by notice posted
upon the premises.
