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one whole number for every house or tenement, if practicable,
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<br />and, as near as may be, one whole number for every twenty-five
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<br />feet on vacant lots. He shall also furnish all owners of houses
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<br />with the information necessary for them in placing their num-
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<br />bers on their houses, and shall give a certificate of the proper
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<br />number applicable to any house, when requested by the owner.
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<br />Sec. 143. Penalty for alteration, removal, etc.
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<br />Any person owning or occupying a house who shall number
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<br />or attempt to number it otherwise than in conformity with this
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<br />ordinance, and any person who shall deface, alter or remove a
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<br />number placed upon a house in accordance with this chapter,
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<br />shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two nor more than
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<br />five dollars.
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<br />Sec. 144. Streets and sidewalks—general provisions.
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<br />The term "streets" when used in these ordinances shall be held
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<br />to mean public streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes and highways of
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<br />the City, except where by the context or by reasonable intend-
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<br />ment sidewalks are not included.
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<br />Sec. 145. Streets and sidewalks—grading and paving.
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<br />Whenever the paving, grading, or making of sidewalks or
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<br />streets anywhere in the City is ordered by the Council, it shall
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<br />be the duty of the City Manager, when in his opinion such street
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<br />or sidewalk should be so graded as to raise or lower the same
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<br />materially with reference to the property of abutting lot owners,
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<br />to make his plans of such improvement, showing accurately in
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<br />feet and tenths the elevation or lowering of the street with refer-
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<br />ence to such adjacent property.
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<br />Before proceeding with the work the City Manager shall ob-
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<br />tain from the owners of the property to be affected by such
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<br />change of grade, a written waiver of all damages. If such prop-
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<br />erty owners refuse to sign such waiver the City Manager shall
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<br />report the situation to the Council and receive authority from
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<br />that body before proceeding with the work.
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<br />Sec. 146. Streets and sidewalks—laying sidewalks.
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<br />Whenever any citizen or property owner desires a sidewalk to
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<br />be laid along the street boundary of property he shall make writ-
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<br />ten application to the Council through the City Manager agree-
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<br />ing to pay two-thirds of the cost of such construction and waiv-
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<br />ing all damages by reason of such construction. The City
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<br />Manager shall have an estimate made of the cost of such im-
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<br />provement, and upon the applicant making a deposit of two-
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<br />thirds of such estimated cost, the City Manager shall present said
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<br />application to the Council for its action.
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<br />Upon completion of the work the City Manager shall cause
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<br />an account of the cost of the work to be made and delivered to
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<br />the City Auditor, who shall make three copies of the same, for-
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<br />warding one copy to the City Collector, one to the Department
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<br />of the City under whose supervision the work was done, and one
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<br />to the applicant. Said statement shall be credited by the deposit
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<br />and the residue, if any, shall be returned to the applicant.
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<br />Whenever any citizen or property owner desires to lay a side-
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<br />walk for themselves in a City street, he shall make application to
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<br />the City Manager in writing who shall grant such permission
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<br />upon condition that the applicant make such improvement at his
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<br />own expense and do the work under the supervision of the City
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<br />Manager.
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<br />Where no application is received the Council may require a
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<br />sidewalk to be laid as provided by the State law or may direct a
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<br />sidewalk to be laid in such other manner as it may specify not in
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<br />conflict with the State law.
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<br />Sec. 147. Streets and sidewalks—removing pavements
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<br />and excavating in streets and alleys.
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<br />No person, unless specially authorized by the Council, shall
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<br />take up or remove any portion of the surface of the sidewalk, or
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<br />street, or excavate in any public street or alley of the City with-
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<br />out written permission of the City Manager, who shall not refuse
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<br />permission to any applicant except for cause, but in case of re-
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<br />fusal the applicant may appeal to the Council. Before such per-
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<br />mit is granted the City Manager may require a deposit sufficient
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<br />to pay for resurfacing the street to be disturbed, the amount of
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<br />such deposit to be determined by the City Manager. It shall be
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<br />the duty of every person to whom a permit to remove a pave-
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<br />ment or street surface or excavate in any street or alley, shall
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<br />have been granted, to institute at once and prosecute without de-
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<br />lay the work for which such permit was obtained, and promptly
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<br />on its completion give written notice thereof to the City Manager.
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<br />No pavement, sidewalk, or street surface shall be replaced, after
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<br />being taken up, by any person except under the direction of the
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<br />City Manager. If the applicant fails to resurface the street dis-
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<br />turbed promptly and in a manner approved by the City Manager,
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<br />the City Manager is authorized to cause said work to be done at
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<br />the expense of the applicant.
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<br />Any person found guilty of taking up any pavement, side -
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<br />walk, or street surface, or excavating in any street or alley in the
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<br />City without the written permission of the City Manager shall,
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<br />upon conviction, be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than
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<br />$10.00 for each offense, and each day that such violation con-
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<br />tinues shall constitute a separate offense.
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<br />Any person to whom a permit is granted to do such work as
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<br />provided in this section shall place guards or barriers around such
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<br />excavation and shall protect it by warning lights at night, and
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<br />shall be responsible for damages to persons or property caused
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<br />by such excavations until taken in charge by the City Manager.
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<br />Any person failing to place such guards, barriers or lights as re-
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<br />quired by this section, shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more
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<br />than $10.00, and each day's neglect shall constitute a separate of-
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<br />fense.
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<br />Every person who shall make application as above specified
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<br />shall be deemed to have assented thereby to all the provisions and
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<br />terms of this section including the right of the City to collect the
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<br />actual cost of replacing the pavement, sidewalk or street surface
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<br />in the manner above directed.
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<br />The provisions of this section shall not apply to work done by
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<br />City forces under the supervision of the City Manager, but the
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<br />City Manager may prescribe regulations for work done on City
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<br />streets by City forces.
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<br />Sec. 148. Streets and sidewalks—exposed water pipes.
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<br />When, in repairing or grading or otherwise disturbing a street,
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<br />any water pipe is left uncovered or exposed, it shall be the duty
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<br />of the person in charge of such work to forthwith notify the
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<br />City Manager of such exposure. For failure to give such notice
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<br />the party in default shall be liable to a fine of not less than $2.00
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<br />nor more than $25.00.
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<br />Sec. 149. Street signs, fire hydrants and monuments.
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<br />Any person who shall unlawfully deface, remove or displace
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<br />any street signs, fire hydrants or monuments marking the street
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<br />lines or City boundaries shall be punished by a fine of not less
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<br />than $10.00 nor more than $50.00, or by imprisonment in jail of
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<br />not more than thirty days, or both.
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