HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 710 - ORD Regulating the Laying Construction, Building, Repairing Or Rebuilding of Sidewalks, Driveways Curbs or Gutters
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, ORDINANCE NO. 710
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE LAYING, CONSTRUCTING, BUILDING,
REPAIRING OR REBUILDING OF SIDEWALKS , DRIVEWAYS, CURBS OR
GUTTERS ON ANY STREET, ALLEY, EASEMENT, OR THOROUGHFARE
WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE: ADOPl'ING STANDARD
SPECIFICATIONS; PROVIDING PENALTIES ;CO:NTAINING SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING FQR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF TEE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE:
Section~. Bond and License for Sid~yalkBuilders_ That hereafter no-per~on, firm
or corporation shall lay, construct, build, repair or rebuild any sidewalk, driveway,
curb, or gutter on any street, alley, easement, or thor.oughfare within the City of '
West University Place without first applying to the City Manager of said city or
his authorized representative, fora license to do such work, and having made and
executed a bond to such city in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and
having paid a license fee of Five Dollars ($5.00), and having obtained a permit
from the Building Inspector to do such vTork. Said license shall expire one (1)
year from the date of issue, arid shall be issued anew for each succeeding year.
Section 2. Requisites of License and Bond. The license hereinabove mentioned
shall be issued by the City Manager, or his authorized representative, and before
the issuance of same, the applica.nt shall file :i.nCthe office of the City Manager
a yearly bond in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) conditioned that the
principal ~herein will construct, reconstruct or r"egrade all sidewalks, driveways;-
curbs or gutters in accordance with the ordinances of the Ci~y^of West University
Place and on the line and grade as established by the City Engin~er and further
conditioned that such person will saye the City harm~ess from all loss or damage
of whatsoever character to any per.son,' arising by re~son of negligence on the part
of the Contractor in performing said work, or in leaving the same ungraded, or
from any other cause. The said bond shaLL fu:rther! recite that all work done by
the Contractor during the yekr for which said bond shall hold good shall be performed
to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
Section 3. Permit; now obtained. That after such license is issued and such bond
filed as hereinabove provided, the licensee shall before dOing each individual.
piece of work contracted for obtain a permit from the Building Inspector for each
separate piece of work contracted to be done, together with plans,sp~cifications,
grades and lines for such work, and all such work shall be done according to the
plans, specifications, grades and lines furnished by the City Engineer, and shall
at all times be subject to the inspection and approval of said City Engineer, or
other persons designated by him for such work. A fee of One Dollar($l.OO) shall be
paid to the Building Inspector for the issuance of a permit in all jobs the total
cost of which is Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) or less to the property owner and a
fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be paid to the Building Inspector for the issuance
of a permit in all jobs the total cost of which exceeds Twenty-five ($25.00)
Dollars to the property owner.
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Section 4. Suit U'oon Bond. Upon any breach of any covenant in the above described
bond by the maker thereof, the City of West University Place shall have the innned- 0: :'.
iate right and authority to sue upon said bond for the breach thereof, and to
recover irra court of competent jurisdiction the damage caused by such breach;
and said bond shall not become void upon first recovery, 'but sha1:1 remain valid
upon subsequent suits until ~he entire principal of such bond is recovered upon.
Section 5. Plans. Methons Run ~~P.~;?;~Rt.;nn~ RPv,1Rt.ing Yn~k TPat the City of
West University Place hereby adopts and approves standard specifications for cement
or concrete sidewalks, driveways, curbs and'gutters, a copy of such specifications
being attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance~
Section 6. Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pre-
ceding sections hereof shall be deemed guilty ofa misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined in any sum not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than One Hundred
Dollars ($ioo.oo) , 'and in addition thereto upon the final conviction of any such
violatlon, said conviction shall of itself constitute and be a cancellation of the
license held by such person, firm or corporation so convicted, and in such event no
new license shall be issued for a period of one (1) year.
Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of
this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be
only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other respects this ordin-
ance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject
matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 8. If any section or provisions, or parts thereof in this ordinance shall,
be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity of the ordittance as a whole or of any other section
or provision or part hereof.
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Section 9. This' ordinance shall take effect from and after ten days from its
passage by the City Commission. The City Manager is hereby directed to give notice
hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the official
newspaper of the City of West University Place once prior to the effective date
hereof.
"SPECIFICATIONS"
SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONCRETE SIDEWAlKS. DRIVEWAYS I CURBS ANn GtJT1TF:RS
1. DESCRHTION:
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This item shall consist of sidewalks, driveways, curbs and gutters composed
of' Portland Cement concrete and mortar, constructed as herein specified on an
approved subgrade in conformity with the lines and grades established by the en-
gineer and the details shown on the plans.
2. MATERIALS: All materials shall be secured from approved sources.
(a) Cement shall be Portland, and shall conform to the latest A.S.T.M.
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~tequirements, and, if the Engineer so requires, shall be tested by a
laooratory selected by the Engineer at the cost of the Builder.
(b) Sand shall consist of clean, sound, durable grains free from dirt, dust,
clay or other harmful substances.
(c) Stone or Gravel. Aggregate shall be of hard crystalline rock or gravel
free from shale or decomposed pieces. It shall be uncoated and clean.
The gradation shall be uniform and between the limits of l~ inches and
-k inch in size.
(d) Water shall be clean and free from oil and salt or other injurious
substance.
(~) Concrete shall be so proportioned as to give a strength of ,2500 pounds
per square inch at 28 day settings. The total water content shall not
exceed 7 gallons per sack of cement.
3. LOCATION, GRADES AND, DErAILS:
All s.idewalks, driveways, curbs and gutters shall be :built as located by the
City Engineer, and on the grade as established by him. Details shall conform to
the City of West University Place Dravling No. SDC' 3 Revised 7-26-56 except, in a
case with a special condition, and with the approval of the City Commission, a
sidei'Talkmay be constructed to conform with the width of existingsidevlalksin
the same block. Driveways of more than 30' in width for commercial establishments
shall be divided by islands so as to break the continuous run, of the driveway
width at a maximum of 30' in length.
4. CONSTRUCTION METHODS:
The sub grade shall be excavated six inches beyond the outside lines of the
structure, shaped to line, grade, ahd cross-section, and, if considered necessary
by the Engineer, tamped and sprinkled. The subgrade ~hall be moist att~e time
the concrete is placed.
~ shall be of wood or metal, of a section satisfactory to the Engineer,
straight, free from warp ,and of a depth equal to the thickness of the finished work.
They shall be securely staked to line and grade and maintained in a true position
during the depositing of the concrete.
Concrete shall be placed in the forms to the specified depth and thoroughly
tamped.
The mortar top~ing may be applied wet or dry. In the use of dry topping, the
materials must be thoroughly mixed and then applied while excess water is on the
concrete, and must be worked to a plastic mixture by the use of wood floats. The
addition of water to the dry mortar topping will not be allowed unless there is
insufficient water in the concrete to thoroughly wet the dry mortar. The mortar
topping shall be struck off with a wood strike board to a smooth finish. The
surface shall then be smoothly finished with ,a wood hand float working in a cir-
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cular or orotary motion.
The walk shall be marked off one-eighth inch deep, at a spacing equal to
the width of the walk, with a joint tool equal in width to the width of the
edging tool. All edges shall be edged with a tool having a k" radius.
An approved type of commercial pre-molded expansion joint one-half inch thick
shall be placed where tvTO lines of sidewalks it;ltersect, where meeting existing
walk, and at intervals of not more than thirty~~ix feet throughout the entire
length of the structure. At all places where sidewalks meet curbs, a one-inch
approved type of commercial pre-molded expansion joint shall be provided. All
expansion joint material shall extend entirely throughout the structure and
shall extend the entire width of the structure.
The structure shall be covered with burlap or suitable cotton mats which
shall be kept wet continuously for a period of forty-eight hours after the
placing of the burlap or mats and the curing shall commence as soon as the
concrete has hardened sufficiently to be unmarked by the method of curing, In
lieu ,of sprinkling, an approved material for maintaining a moist surface may
be used. The structure shall be protected from traffic for a period of forty-
eight hours after pouring.
After the concrete hasket sufficiently,_ the space along the sides of, the
structure shall be refilled with suitable material to the top of the structure,
and tamped until firm and solid. Excess material shall be disposed of by the
Contractor and at his expense.
REINFORCEMENT: All concrete driveways shall be reinforced with an equiv-
alent !"round bar spaced at a minimum of 18" both ways, and extend from the
gutter line to the property side of the sidewalk line. Curb and gutters shall'
be reinforc~d as shown on Drawing No. SD3 Revised 7-26-56. Reinforcing steel
shall meet the requirements of the American Society for Testing Materials
Standard Specifications for Billet Steel Concrete Reinforcement Bars.
INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
Commission of the City of West University Place on this the 27th day of August,
, 1956.
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MAYOR, City of West University
Place, Texas
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