Ord 1842 9/14/1959ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORI\TION
CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING ON ANY LOT OR LOTS ABUTTING ON A
CITY STREET,TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK ACCORDING TO THE SPECI-
FICATIONS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS AND ON FILE
IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER; AND PROVIDING THAT A
PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE
CITY ENGINEER; AND PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF SIDEWALKS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
SECTION I. Any person, firm or corporation cm structing
a building or buildings for any purpose on a lot or lots abut-
ting on a city street shall construct a sidewalk in accordance
with the specifications adopted by the City of Wichita Falls
and on file in the office of the City Engineer.
SECTION II. That no person, firm or corporation shall
construct, reconstruct, alter, remove or replace any sidewalk
or driveway on any public property, within the City of Wichita
Falls, without first obtaining from the City Engineer a permit
to do'so, and'all such persons shall construct, reconstruct,
alter, repair, remove or replace said sidewalks or driveways,
under the supervision of the City Engineer and in, accordance
with the specifications hereinbefore provided for, or such
other specifications as may be prepared by the City Engineer,
and adopted by the governing body.
SECTION III. Any person, firm or corporation may apply
for an exception to Section I provided that the exception is
for one of the following reasons
1) The building to be constructed is in an area
in which there are existing buildings on the
same street which do not have sidewalks built
in conjunction with the existing buildings.
7) The building to be constructed is in an area
in which the safety of children and pedestrians
does not require the construction of sidewalks.
SECTION IV. Any person, firm or corporation requesting
an exception based on Section III above shall first present
said request to the City Planning Board of the City of Wichita
Falls who shall have the authority to grant said exception and
provided that any person dissatisfied with the decision of the
City Planning Board shall have the right to appeal said decision
to the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls.
SECTION V. The City Engineer
for the construction of any buildings
ting on the city street unless there
application for the construction of a
with'said building or an exception to
walk, as set out in Section IV above.
shall not issue a permit
on any lot or lots abut -
shall also be presented an
sidewalk in conjunction
the building of a side-
SECTION VI. The fact that there are no mandatory provi-
sions for the construction of sidewalks within the City of
Wichita Falls and the fact that the safety of the children and
other people within the City of Wichita Falls requires that
provisions be made for sidewalks creates an emergency and an
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emergency is hereby declard to exist and by reason thereof,
this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from
€end after the date of its passage. /
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14 day of , 1959.
T To
Geo. T. Henderson, City Clerk
PREPARED BY
Frank Gibson, Cite Attorney