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10815S M 10,815 xd `it no Z ING ORDINANCE NO. 1Qs.8OZ SAME BEING, "AN ORW 28TABLISHING StANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE OOIiSTRUCTION AND REOONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, 84ry AYS, :NI PRIVATE AND COMERCIAL, CURBS AND GUTTERS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS TO BE ISSUED BY WE CITY BUILD= INSPECTOR UPON WRITTEN APPLICATION AM A FEE; ADOPTING STANDS FOR OONSTRUCTION OF SIDE - WALUS, DRIVEWAYS, CURBS AND GUTTERS IN THE CITY OF LIrLE PAM ; PROVIDING FOR was LOCATION AND GRADE FOR Imam-, AW AV Irm 1'lTEs 6 TO BE ESTABLISHED TRAFFIC M1011 R; CBPTIONS; PRD'iiIDG FOt TIM {iALIDI.R OF THIS ORDINARCE; DECLARING AN BMEEGBNCY; AND FOR OT{ , PJ00SES. "; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. M 00 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTGRs of Tim, CITY OF LITTLE C ROCK, ARKANSAS: S=iON 1, Section 1s IMPROVENENTS AND PERMIT REQUIRED, Paragraph D of Ordinwee No* 10,807„ is hereby amended to a a read as follows: P+ 'ipaph D. A fee of $2.50 shall be charged by the Building Inspector at the time an application for a permit as herein required is pale for residential drives or sidewalks per lot and $5.00 for each commercial drive or sidewalk per lots and such an shall be paid into the general fund of the City of Little Rock. Provided, however, where the General Contractor constructs and pours his own drives or sidewalks provided for herein, there shall be no necessity.for a separate permit fee for such purposes; provided further, however, the actual pouring for such drives or sidewalks shall be done at a time when the Building Inspector is making one of his regular inspections of the improvements being erected thereon•" SECTION 2. Section 39 -MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIQNSs Para- graph F of Ordinance No. 10807 is hereby amended to read as follows: "p�apli F. The width of all sidewalks shall be four (4) feet. In commercial and industrial zones, sidewalks shall Ob0-.5 1�q - (o .2- extend from the property line to the curb. No driveway apron shad extend out into the Street farther than the faces of the curbs nor into Vhe gutter area; provided, however, the apron Area shall be p frois the sidewalk to the street pavement cohere no tkwb or,,Sutter section is established.' SBCTMM 3. Sect an 6 it8SPONSIBIL OF THE CDWMCTOR, Paragraph A of Ordinance No. 12,^80? is hereby amended to read as follows: '=paragraph A. From and after the effscative date of this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpo- ration to lay, construct, build, repair, rebuild or in any wanner vork on any of the sidewalks, curbs., gutters, streets, alleys or public thoroughfares within the City of Little Rock without first having obtained a Certificate of Qualification from the City Engineer, The City Engineer shall investigate the qualifications of any applicants to adequately perform said work; and, if found qualified by the City Engineer, a Certificate of Qualification shall be issued by the City Engineer. The holder of such Certificate of Qualification so issued will then apply to the City Collector for a Privilege License as a contractor building concrete sidewalks, gutters and driveways. Provided, however, that where a General Contractor is constructing his own sidewalks, gutters and driveways and has paid a Privilege Tax as such General Contractor, he shall not be required to obtain the Privilege License herein provided for. Said privilege tax shall be in the sum of $25.00 per year, and shall not be accepted by the City Collector until satisfactory evidence, in the form of a Certificate of Qualification issued by the City Engineer, is presented to him. Such qualified contractor shall, in addition to the above, obtain -3.. a permit from the City Engineer to perform each and every sepa- rate job of construction of a" sidewalk, curb,gutter or driveway, and shall pay a fee to the City Collector for %uch permit herein provided. jjp6&& ing application for an annual k privilege tax, each applicant shall state in the application for such annual privilege tax, the location of his place of business, the name under which the business is to be conducted and shall notify the City Collector and City Engineer i mediately cf every change of address or of the organization. Such Certi- fizate of Qualification or Privilege License shall not be transferable and such contractors shall rc _ sub -let any work to any person uho has not been duly qualified by the City Engineer and who has not paid the annual privilege tax for the privilege of engaging in such business. Each and every person, firm or corporation licensed under the terms of this Ordinance i shall notify the City Engineer of the date on which he does any work or contract concerning work upon curbs, sidewalks, gutters or driveways located upon public property.' SECTION 4. Section 63, RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR, Paragraph D is hereby amended to read as follows: 'Pa_,ragraph D. Contractors shall begin work in all cases within one - hundred and twenty (120) days after the permit for Guth work is issued, and shall prosecute the same continuously until the work is eampleted unless unavoidably delayed by weather conditions or other cause not within the control of the Contractor SECTION 5. It has been determined that there is an immediate need for comprehensive standards and specifications for the construction and reconstruction of sidewalks, driveways, both private and cpanercial, and curbs and gutters on public property, all for the public safety; and that the enactment of this I t V 4440 Ordinance will accoWlish this pu3*ose; now therefore, an emergnacy is hereby declared to W4st, and this ordinance berg necessary for the preservation of public peace, health and safety shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approvals PASSED: July 7, 1958 City Clerk Ma or r � � I � f l ~ h V 4440 Ordinance will accoWlish this pu3*ose; now therefore, an emergnacy is hereby declared to W4st, and this ordinance berg necessary for the preservation of public peace, health and safety shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approvals PASSED: July 7, 1958 City Clerk Ma or