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AN ORDINANCE OTABLISHING STANDARDS AND S CIFICA3t0'ES
FOR THE CONSTROMON AND RE CONSTRtTCTION OF SIDEWALKS,
DRIVEWAYS, BOTH PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL, CURBS AND GCTiTBItS
ON PUBLIC I PRO-MMTY; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS TO BE ISSUED
BY 'M CITY B.T€LDING INSPECTOR UPON WRITTEN APPLICAT+ON
AND t, FE 3; ADOPTING STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIDE -
WK',?V , MUVEWAYS 2 WRBS AND GUTTERS IN THE CITY OF
L1'M. E AD=; PROVIDING FOR THE LOCATION MID GRADE FOR
co SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS, CUMI AND GUTTERS TO BE ESTABLISHED
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BY THE CITY ENGINEER; PROVIDING FOR APPROVAL BY THE
TRA'QFIC ENGINEER; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING EX-
CEPTIONS; MWIDING FOR THE VALIDITY OF THIS ORDINANCE;
0 01 a DEM ARING Alt AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES*
P4 i tBRFA►S, Tio &A:rd f Directors find . it %veld be
in the public i�mterest to establish and. define standards for
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co the construction and reconstruction of all sidewalks, driveways,
both private and commercial, curbs and combination curbs and
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gutters constructed on public property to protect and preserve
the public property and safety; NOW THEREFORE9
OD BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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SECTION 10 IMPRDVEMEM1 AND PZFMIT !MRED
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h A. It shalt be unl4wful for my person, firm or
corporation to construct, reconstruct, alter, remove and /or re-
place any curb or curb and gutter on any public property within
the City of Little Rock without first having obtained a permit
from the Building Inspector. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm, or corporation to construct any new sidewalk or driveway
on any public property within the City of Little Rock without
first having obtained a permit from the Building Inspector. All
such construction, reconstruction, alteration, removal or re-
placement shall be under the supervision of the Building In-
spector and in accordance with the plans and specifications
hereinafter provided.
Paragraph Bs Before a permit, required by Paragraph A,
Section 1 (One) of this Ordinance, shall be issued the Optting
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property owner or his duly authorized agent shall submit an
application therefor in writing with a plan made a part of such
application showing the location, design and layout of the
proposed improvement.
Paragraph C, When such written application and plan has
been duly submitted and the fee hereinafter required is paid,
the Building Inspector shall issue a permit for such improve-
ments, provided the plan showing the location, design, layout
and specification shall oobform with the basic standards,
specifications, details and designs hereinafter made and pro-
vided; and, provided further, that said application has been
approved by the Traffic Engineer,
Paragraph 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 made for residential drives or sidewalks
per lot and $5400 for each commercial drive or sidewalk per
lot, and such sum 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
l►ermit 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 his regular inspection
of the improvements being erected thereon, thereby permitting
both inspections at the same time,
PaMgMh E, No permit of any nature shall ever be issued
by the Building Inspector to make any construction, addition or
structural alteration on any building within the City of Little
Rook unless and until said applicant has complied with the pro-
visions of this Ordinance.
Paragraph F, Whenever the term "inner curbing" is used
in this Ordinance it shall mean only that portion of the curbing
required herein along driveways and sidewalks and not constituting
the curbing which borders and marks the margin of the street desig-
nated and constructed for vehioular traffic. Whenever the term
"street curb" is used it shall mean the portion of concrete curbing
and structure which borders and marks the margin of the street
designated and constructed for vehicular tfaffic
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Paragraph G, In those cases where the street, curb and
gutter has not been constructed when application for a permit
as provided in Paragraph A of this Section is made and the
City Engineer has established or c.-n establish the location and
grade of such street curb and gutter, then the person, firm or
corporation making such application stall have the option of
constructing such street curb and gutter according to the
Provisions of This Ordinance, or of omitting the construrti.on
of such street curb and ,gutter until such times as tte street
curb and gutter along said block is constructed by or at the
instance of the City of Little Rock.
pa , Ho, In those cases wheys the grade and location
of the street curb and gutter cannot be established because
of existing auditions, then the street curb and gutter must
be omitted until such time as the remaining street curb and
gutter along said block is constructed by or at_the_10"ce
of the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 2. LAYOTjT AND DESIGN
The design, layout and plans for the construction, re-
construction, alteration and /or replacement of all sidewalks,
curbs, driveways, both private and commercial, shall conform
and be constructed according to the design, layout, plans
and details shown and provided by the STANDARD DETAILS FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS, CURB AND GUTMS IN 111E
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, which are as follows:
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ONE FOOT IN WIDTH, FOR EACH FIVE FEET
ISLAND EXCEEDS TWENTY FEET. BUT IN NO
CASE SHALL DRIVEWAY AT THIS POINT
EXCEED FORTY FEET IN WIDTH.
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UNCURBED FRONTAGE ON PAVED ROADWAY
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SHALL DRIVEWAY AT THIS POINT EXCEED
FORTY FEET IN WIDTH.
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SIDEWALK GRADE.
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SET BY CITY ENGINEER,``
GUTTER ARE INSTALLED._
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NO CONCRETE CURB
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PAVEMENT
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ROADWAY
EDGE OF EXISTING PAVEMENT�� -_
-THIS DISTANCE MAY BE INCREASED ONE FOOT
IN WIDTH, FOR EACH FIVE FEET ISLAND
EXCEEDS TWENTY FEET. BUT IN NO CASE
SHALL DRIVEWAY AT THIS POINT EXCEED
FORTY FEET IN WIDTH.
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20 -MIN.
6 "- CURB RETURNS AND PAVED DRIVEWAYS TO BE
INSTALLED WHEN STANDARD STREET CURB AND
GUTTER • SECTIONS ARE INSTALLED,
ROADWAY
DRIVEWAYS IN DITCH AREA MAY
BE IMPROVED tF SO DESIRED
BUT ONLY TO GRADE SET
8Y CITY ENGINEER
*-THIS DISTANCE MAY BE INCREASED ONE FOOT
IN WIDTH, FOR EACH FIVE FEET ISLAND
EXCEEDS TWENTY FEET. BUT IN NO CASE
SHALL DRIVEWAY AT THIS POINT EXCEED
FORTY FEET IN WIDTH.
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
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FIRE HYDRANT 6 POWER RESIDENTIAL
POLE MUST HAVE I"
EXP. JT. WHEN ENCLOSED MAX. SLOPE SIDEWALK
IN CONCRETE. 1/4 "PER.FT.ALL SECTION8.
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B SECTION A -A (`MARKINGS i/2 WAY THROUGH SLAB EVERY 5'
AND NO BLOCK SHALL EXCEED
25 SQ. FT.
STREET CURB 15 GUTTER DETAIL
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BUSINESS ONLY DRIVING
SURFACE
CURB ON EACH SIDE s
OF DRIVEWAY ENTR+ CE
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DOWELLED CONSTRUCTION JOINT
IF CURB IS SEPARATE FROM
DRIVEWAY
RETURN
CURB
5 =0"
S LO PIED
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�DRIVEWAY
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All such work shall conform with the following:
1. Radii shall be a minimum of five (3) feet and
a maximum of fifty (50) feet.
29 Ma3d== curb cut shall be thirty -eight (38)
feet at the sidewalk line, but may be increased one (1) foot
In Width for each five (5) feet of frontage on the street in
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At t point excood1forty (40) feet.
SOON 3. MSCMJAMWS, PRDyTsIONS
par ra. h A. On property situated at the corner of inter-
setting strests, sidewalks shall extend to the street curb line
of the intersecting street. Sidewalks are required on both the
side and front streets when-the property is being put to
business use and occupancy.
Parer�a, -h B., After all work is coMleted the Contractor
or other person in charge of such work shall remove all rubbish,
040* � aad ; +fie• s tam cia and ;baysr.'tbe mo& us", for ova-
s� rut °a d VIIAt-►f=ur arm in a
nest and clean appearing condition.
Paragraph Co Where sidewalks are to be adjacent to an-
off - street parking area, a concrete inner curb must be built
to separate the parking area from the sidewalk. This inner
curb must be at least four inches (4 1t) in width and extend a
minl=xn of four inches (41) above the driving surface and a
mir -Lam of six inches (6 ") below the driving surface. The
sidewalk may be used as this curb, provided the sidewalk extends
a minimum of four inches (4 ") above the driving surface.
Paragraph D. No step or offset shall be constructed in any
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City Engineer before constructing sme.
Parr x nh E. All driveways into private property, or
alleys mast be paved from the street curb line to property line
on such grades as may be determined by the City Engineer. They
shall be constructed as directed by the City Engineer and as
sbmn on the STANDARD DETAILS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIDM L.S,
DRt4MYS, CMMS AM GiTI'MS provided for by this Ordinance*
t h F. ue width *f alb.' s tt3: five
(5) feet except cohere pe=:Lssion has been granted' by the City
Engineer to construct sidewalks four (4) feet in width. In
comercizt and industrial zones, sidemlks shah extend f_=
the property line to the curb. No dr vemy apron shall extend
_out into the Street farther than the face of the curb, nor into
the gutter area; provided, however; the apron area shall be
paved from the sidewalk to the street psvem at ubere no curb
or gutter section is established.
P xah G,
The top or wearing
surface
shall be
blocked
off and cut to
bass with a tXQWl
or tool
for
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purpose so that no block shall be longer than five (5) linear
feet, nor contain more than twenty-five (25) square feet in its
surface. All corners must be rounded so as not to leave any
square edges or sharp projections.
SECTION 4. STREET CURB AND GUTTER
All work under this Ordinance shall be done in accordance
with the City Of Little Rock Standard Plans and Specifications
for the c instruction of street curbs and gutters approved and
adopted by the Board of Directors, and all such construction
shall be done under the supervision and inspection by the
City Engineer or his duly authorized representative.-
SECTION 5. AtiTHORYTY OF LDm INSyN RR
Iftimm'k A* The Building In "tor si>a ll be mol*o +
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to suspend work on any job for any period whenever he may deem
such suspension to be necessary to insure good work or in the
public interest; but no such suspension shall ordinarily extend
longer than one meek.
Paragraph B. The Building Inspector shall be authorized
to give all notices and instructions with reference to the work
either to Contactor or his agent or to any person in charge of
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Par&EMh C. The decisions of the Building Inspector with
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reference to such work and with reference to all materials,
whether free or incorporated in the work, shall be fully binding
on all parties at interest, and such decision shall be in all
cases strictly in keeping with the intent and purpose of this
Ordinance and free from all bias and unfairness.
SECTION 6. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE (DNTW.C'TOR
PrMh A. From and after the effective date of this
Ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person, fl= or corpo�- a
ratUn to lag, coostructo build, repair, rebuild or in any
manner work on any of the sidewalke, curbs, guttera,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. Said privilege tan shall be in the sum of
$25.00 per year, and shall not be accepted by the City Collector
until satisfactory evidence, in the fom of a Certificate of
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Qualification issued by the City Engineer, is presented to him.
Such qualified contractor shall, in addition to the above, obtain
a permit from the City Engineer to perform each and every sepa-
rate job of construction of any sidewalk, curb, gutter or
driveway, and shall pay a fee to the City Collector for such
permit herein provided. Upon awaking application for an annual
privilege tax, each applicant shall state in the application for
such annual privilege tango Ow location of his place of business,
the name under which the business is to be conducted and shall
notify the City Collector and the City Engineer iomediately
of every change of address or of the organization. Such Certi-
ficate of lification or Privilege License shall not be
transferable and such contractors shall not sub -let any work
to any per-son" who 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
Shall notify, the, City Engineer of the date on which ha does
any work or contract concerning work upon curbs, sidewalks,
gutters or driveways located upon public property.
Paragraph B. Each and every contractor or other person
in charge of work Within the scope of this Ordinance shall
familiarize himself With all provisions of the Ordinance covering
such work and may, upon request, receive explanations and
instructions pertaining to the provisions of this Ordinance
from the Building Inspector.
RMFaph C. Whenever during the excavation for any
construction under provisions of this Ordinance, the Contractor
or party doing such work discovers a City monument or survey
mark, he shall notify the City Engineer and use all possible
caution to protect such monument or survey mark.
Paragraph D.
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Contractors shall begin work in all casts
within sixty (60) days after the permit for such work is issued,
and shall prosecute the same continuously until the work is
completed tqzulsas unavoidably delayed by weather condftions -
or other cause not within the control of the Contractor.
SECTION 7. BOND AND RESPONSIBILITY
Pa s`'�..h. A. The Building Inspector shall not issue
any permit herein provided for until the applicant therefor
has posted a bond, as provided in Paragraph B of this Section,
with the City Clerk to secure the City of Little Rack in
compliance x4th the provisions of this Ordinance.
Par aZrlt By The Bond herein required shall be in the
principal sum of not loss than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
and made parable to the City of Little Rock and shall be
conditioned that the principal or obligator on said bond shall
well and faithfully at his own cost and expense furnish all
proper materials, tools and appliances, and perform, execute,
construct and complete all such work within the scope and
purview of this Ordinance; and will observe and comply with all
the rules, regulations, specifications, plans and details and
other requirements of this or any other Ordinance of the City
of Little Rock; and such bond must be approved by the City
Attorney before it shall be deemed as having been filed with
the City Clerk. Whenever the Building Inspector may declare
in writing that the contractor has failed or refused to con-
struct and complete any such work in accordance with the permit
for such work and in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance, then and thereupon either the City or the contracting
property owner injured on such construction agreamot may re-
cover his damages upon such bond. Such bond shall be a
corporate surety bond and shall be executed by .any corporate
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surety company permitted under the laws of the State of Arkansas
to act as sureties on bonds and each such bond shall continue
in effect for wid during a period of one (1) year. No surety
may cancer. 13s obligations on said surety bond without having
first given ten '(la) days' written notice to the Building
Inspector that they so intend to do. And when such surety
bond has been cancelled, then the contractor who was the prin-
cipal shall not begin or complete any work unless and uxrtil a
new bond, as herein provided, shall be filed with the City Clerk.
'ararak�KCa At all times and periods during which any
work under t Us Ordinance is being performed and until such work
is completed and ;accepted and approved by the Building Inspector,
the Contractcr shall place and maintain all necessary and proper
barriers and miner safeguaMde, including watelmen, if necessary,
upon and around the work for the prevention cf anci.d.ent% and
at night he shall place, maintain and keep suitable and sufficient
lights and flares to warn of the ob4tructions and hazares; and
the parson doing such work under said permit shall and *III
Wemnify and save harmless the City of Little Mock from and
against any and all actions and claims and against all costs,
damages and expense to which the City may be put by reason of
any injury or alleged injury to any person or property resulting
or alleged to result from or to be occasioned by any act,
negligence, carelessness or want of skill in connection with or
in the conduct of any of said work, or in guarding same, or from
any improper methods, tools, implements or materials used in
its prosecution or by or on account of any alleged act or
omission whatever of the Contractor or his agents, employees
or servants; and, the Contractor, person, firm or corporation
doing said work under the permit as herein provided for shall
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well and truly make payment of any and all sums so recovered
against the City of Little Rock in any suit or suits on account
of such alleged injuries to which the City may be made a party,
together with all such costs, damages and expenses as may be
suffered of the City of Little Rock, all in such manner as to
save the City whole and harmless from all such actions or claims.
SECTION 8. PENAL1I' 11 ft.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pro.
visions of this Ordinance shall, upaA conviction, be fined in
any
sum not exceeding TW
Hundred Dollars
($200.00),
and each
day
a violation continues
shall constitute
and he a
separate
offense.
SEMON 9. IAUDITY OF THIS ORDINANCE
In the event any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid
for any reason, the remainder of said Ordinance shall not be
affected the and it is intended that every other section,
paragraph, sente�ace, clause and phrs se of this Ordinance shell
remain and be in full force and effect.
SEMON 10. EXCEPTIONS
Paragraph A, The provisions of this Ordinance shall not
apply to the construction of any public works by or at the
instates of the City of Little Rock on any public ptoperty. But
it shall be the policy of the City oi' Little Bock to construct
all public wotbe consistent with the provisions of this Ordi-
nand .except in those cases where the Ord of Directors should
find it necessary in the public interest to vary therefrom.
Iar_ h B. The provisUMg of this Ordinance shall apply
only to the street area abutting the lot or lots on which the
Improvements or set of improvements comprising the component
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unit or units of a separate individual house, apartment or
business with and including all appurtenant structures and areas
used ir. cone-- --ion therewith and as a part thereof; and, in
those rasea where an application for a permit is made for m-
provements on land, or addition or alteration to improvements
already situattd on land, not subdivided or platted into the
desired ultimate divisible units or lots thereof, then the
j"t shall show on the plan submitted with the applications
U I mi*34above required, the propesed boundaries of the individual
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tract of land on which such improvements with all appurtenant
structures and areas comprise the whole of the separate house,
apartment or business, and'such tract as shown on the plan shall
constitute the "abutting property" within the meaning and scope
of this Ordiru -)mce; provided, that this exception shall never
be construed as permitting the erection of buildings prohibited
by other Ordinances as amended or of authorizing permits for
improvements or construction not heretofore authorised by
ordluannce of 46a City of Littler Bock.
SECTION 11. It has been determined that there is,an
Immediate need for comprehensive standards and specifications
for the construction and reconstruction of sidewalks, driveways,
both p%,jvate..and commercial, and curbs and gutters on public
property, all for,,the public safety; and that the enactment
of this Ordinance will accomplish this purpose; now therefore,
an emergenay is hereby declared to exist,and this ordivAnce
being necessary for the preservation of public peace, health
and safety shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage and approval.
PASSED: June 16, 1958
A1"ES T APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor! 71
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