§ 12.12.040. Grades and lot lines.  


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  • It shall be the duty of the city engineer, or other employee so authorized by the council, to give to any property owner desiring to lay a sidewalk, the proper grade, and to establish the lot line immediately adjacent thereto. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the council, all sidewalks in the residential areas shall be located one foot outside of the lot line. All sidewalks in the business district shall be as follows:

    The sidewalks on and around the public square, as previously defined in this code, and the sidewalks running along both sides of the streets intersecting with the public square, a distance of one block from the intersection of such streets with the public square and the sidewalks in the 200, 300, and 400 block of High Avenue West and the sidewalks in the 200 block of First Avenue West, shall extend from lot line to the curb. In other areas, as defined by the zoning ordinance, the council may, by resolution, establish the location of sidewalks.

(Ord. 729 §4(part), 1987)