It shall be unlawful to construct, reconstruct or repair any sidewalk within the city until the plans first have been approved by the governing body and a permit issued for such work.

(Code 1984)

All sidewalks hereafter constructed or replaced in the city shall conform to the grade established by the city manager, which grade shall be established prior to the construction of any walk. On any street or avenue which has been heretofore or shall hereafter be paved, curbed and guttered, the sidewalk grade shall conform to the grade of the curbing.

(Code 1959, 16-101; Code 1984; Code 2015)

All sidewalks shall be of single-course construction and shall be constructed and laid in accordance with standard plans and specifications hereby adopted by reference and filed in the office of the city clerk as provided by K.S.A. 12-1802. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, reconstruct or repair any sidewalk except as provided by this article.

(Code 1959, 16-102; Code 1984)

When a petition signed by no fewer than 10 citizens owning real estate in the city requesting construction of a sidewalk is filed with the city clerk, the governing body may in its discretion, by a resolution, order such sidewalk constructed as herein provided.

(K.S.A. 12-1803; Code 1984)

When any sidewalk, in the opinion of the governing body, become inadequate or unsafe for travel thereon, the governing body may adopt a resolution condemning such walk and providing for the construction of a new walk in the place of the walk condemned.

(K.S.A. 12-1804; Code 1984)

The resolution providing for the construction or reconstruction of a sidewalk, as the case may be, shall give the owner of the abutting property not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after its publication one time in the official city paper in which to construct or cause to be constructed or reconstructed the sidewalk at his or her own expense. If the sidewalk is not constructed by the property owner within the time specified, the governing body shall cause the work to be done by contract.

(K .S.A. 12-1805; Code 1984)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the owner of property abutting on a street, who desires to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk at his or her own expense and in accordance with official plans and specifications for the purpose and which meet such other requirements as would have to be met if the sidewalk were constructed or reconstructed by the city, to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk without any petition or a condemning resolution by the governing body. If such property owner desires the sidewalk to be constructed and reconstructed by the city and an assessment levied as provided by law in other cases, he or she shall file a request with the governing body. The governing body, in its discretion, may provide for the construction or reconstruction of the sidewalk requested in the same manner as in other cases where citizens or taxpayers petition the governing body.

(K.S.A. 12-1806; Code 1984)

It shall be the duty of the owner of the abutting property to keep the sidewalk in repair, but the city may, after giving five days’ notice to the owner or his or her agent, if known, of the necessity for making repairs or without notice if the lot or piece of land is unoccupied, make all necessary repairs at any time. The same shall be done and the cost thereof assessed against the lot or piece of land abutting on the sidewalk so repaired as may be provided by law.

(K.S.A. 12-1808; Code 1959, 16-103; Code 1984)

In any case where the reconstruction or construction of a sidewalk is required to be done by contract as provided in section 13-106 hereof, the governing body may require the contractor to give a bond for the faithful performance of the contract and for the construction of the sidewalk in accordance with the plans and specifications, ordinances of the city or laws of Kansas, and for all contracts exceeding $1,000 entered into by the city for any such purpose a statutory lien bond required by K.S.A. 60-1111 shall be furnished.

(Code 1984)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to build or construct any steps or other obstruction, whether temporary or permanent, or to store leave or allow to be left any merchandise and display equipment on any sidewalk or other public way in the city for a period of more than eight hours during anyone day. If merchandise is placed on a sidewalk or public way, it shall be at the owner’s risk and located in a manner that will not impede pedestrians or vehicular traffic. Loading or unloading of merchandise may be permitted across sidewalks and public ways only for the time necessary for such loading or unloading. The city manager may authorize the granting of temporary permits for limited times only to the construction of improvements thereon provided that no permit shall be issued for such purpose until plans for warning and safeguarding the public during such obstruction of sidewalks or public way shall have been submitted by the owner or his or her contractor and approved by the city manager.

(Ord. 1250)

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any sign or other structure for advertising or other purposes across or upon any street or sidewalk unless the same is seven or more feet above the sidewalk or street and does not extend more than six· feet out from the building. No sign larger than three feet by three feet in size shall be constructed without first obtaining the permission of the governing body. Signs upon parkings are hereby prohibited

(Code 1959, 16-208)

(a)   It shall be the duty of the owner or occupier of any lot, part of a lot, or parcel of land, abutting on any sidewalk in the city to keep the sidewalk along such lot~ part of a lot or parcel of land, free and clear from snow, sleet and ice.

(b)   Within five hours after a fall of snow or sleet shall cease, or after any sidewalk becomes covered with ice, if between the hours of 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., or if such fall of snow or sleet ceases in the night-time, or any sidewalk becomes covered with ice in the night-time, then before 12 noon, such snow, sleet or ice shall be removed by the owner or occupier of any abutting lot, part of a lot or parcel of land, from the sidewalk along such lot, part of a lot or parcel of land.

(Code 1959, 16-401; Code 1984)

In case a lot, part of a lot or parcel of land abutting on any sidewalk is owned by a non-resident of the city and is unoccupied, and in case any owner or occupier of any lot shall fail to remove any snow, sleet or ice as herein provided, it shall be lawful for the city to remove any snow, sleet or ice from such sidewalk and the expense thereof shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk to be by him or her entered as a tax against such lot, part of a lot or parcel of land upon the tax rolls of the county, and to be levied and collected as other taxes.

(Code 1959, 16-403; Code 1984)