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05/02/1914I r i 499 500 i t � 1 I � i I t yr. � t • :.� x" .. _ ._ • SIDEWALK ORDINANCE I AN ORDINANCE Providing for the Construction of a Concrete Cement Sidewalk an the ............. • • • • • • • • •`'ii • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .1• • •.• . • • • • • • • . • . • . • • • • • • • . . •�• . . • • • • . • • • • • • . • • • • . • • • • ... . ith7e . ••. : ..• •....•.••.••. •..••..•.•.....•.••....•.•...•. •.A o� ofak nd St�ate Illinois : B i Ordained by the`~ - f ' nd�Syt�tl bf %T,l of i� Sectio i. That a concrete cement sidewalk be and is hereby ordered constructed in the said o`f" in, upon and along the ............. ......... ............................... ..... i in front of ............... ............. .......... ............................:.. .. ....................... :. .................... in the said �• /o S sisidewalk shall .... b..e . constructed . and . laid . of .. concrete . with * ci.nder or . sand * foundation, according to the following specifications, directions and provisions, namely: A sub or earth foundation shall be made by- grading and filling so as to bring the same to the grade hereinafter specified, which, foundation shall be 4« eet_and -six• inches wide, the inside line or edge thereof shall be distant n�'� eteen inches from the lot, 'lots or parcels of land upon which such sidewalk touches or abuts and shall be parallel therewith, the inner and outer edges of said foundation to be parallel. Said foundation shall be graded and filled as aforesaid so that the same shall have an uniform depth of 'ten and one -half inches below the grade of the surface of the finished sidewalk. This sub or earth foundation wherever necessary must be consolidated by wetting and ramming so as to give proper stability.: -•Soft and spongy places not. affording a firm foundation must .be -dug out and filled p; with clean boiler cinders or sand and well compacted so that when said foundation shall be wet and rammed with iron shod rammers eight inches square and weighing twenty pounds, so that the same shall have the grade aforesaid. Over and upon this entire sub - foundation there shall be spread and laid a bed of clean boiler cinders, or sand, six inches in depth, which shall constitute the foundation for said walk. Said foundation shall be thoroughly puddled with water and compacted and leveled by ramming with rammers as aforesaid so that the first layer of concrete work to be laid on the same as hereinafter provided shall have a clear thickness of four inches. On the aforesaid foundation there shall be spread a layer of concretee feet wide so that the center line -thereof shall be the same as the center line of said cinder or sand foundation and so constructed that the inside line or edge of said concrete* wh wen en completed shall be at a distance of tt 0two inches from the lot, lots or parcels of land on which such sidewalk touches or abuts and shall be parallel therewith, the inner and outer edges of said sidewalk to be parallel, which layer of concrete shall be four inches thick. Said concrete shall have said thickness after being thoroughly rammed over its whole surface with iron -shod rammers of the size and weight aforesaid. Said concrete work shall be made by thoroughly incorporating in a dry state one part cement, equal in quality and efficiency to the best Portland Cement, two-parts of clean torpedo sand and five parts of crushed limestone or gravel, which limestone or gravel, shall measure not more than one inch in any dimension and not less than one - quarter of an inch in any dimension, which shall be so added that when it is rammed in place in manner as aforesaid a film of moisture shall appear on the top. j ~ - Upon! and -over, said: concreteahall,be•laid a,top..surface, _or finishing layer,�� feet wide, which shall when finished be one -half inch in thickness and shall be composed of`two parts`of'cemenf; equal`in quality and efficiency to the best Portland cement and three parts of clean torpedo sand, which shall be mixed to the proper consistency with water and spread smoothly before said first layer has set, and thoroughly troweled Off to a smooth finished, surface, . All sand and stone used upon said work shall be clean, free from dirt, dust, loam and any - foreign matter whatever and shall be kept - thoroughly dry until used. Said sidewalk shall be laid in sections or blocks of five feet runway length, enclosed in wooden forms. All wooden forms shall be removed when cement is set. Any part of said sidewalk 'which shall intersect a driveway or carriage entrance to any lot, tract or parcel of land touching upon. the line of said walk shall be. constructed as above, except the 'thickness of the first layer of concrete for the width of such driveway sall be five inches, and the depth of said cinder or sand 'foundation shall be six inches and the thickness of said finishing or top layer shall be one inch + throughout, which finishing layer shall be grooved for the full width of said driveway or entrance with lines four inches apart and one - fourth inch deep, parallel with each other and with the edges of said sidewalk. And provided further that on each side of said finished walk at said driveway or entrance a flange or pro - jection of concrete walk shall be constructed, extend eighteen inches from said walk and extending the full width of said driveway or entrance. The thickness of the first or bottom layer of concrete to be four and one -half inches thick and of the top layer of concrete to be one inch thick and shall be constructed in such manner that said flange shall slope uniformly from the edge of said sidewalk nearest to it, down to the sur- faces of the driveway. Which concrete shall be laid on a foundation made as aforesaid, and six inches in depth, and so constructed as to permit the concrete to be depressed down to said driveway as above pro- vided. Said flange or projection shall also be grooved with lines as aforesaid six inches apart. For said flange or projection and its cinder or sand foundation there shall be made an earth or sub - foundation in man- ner as aforesaid, the size of said foundation to correspond with the dimensions of said flange or projection. Said sub or earth foundation shall have a sufficient depth to accommodate the cinder or sand foundation six inches in depth,":and concrete to be laid thereon as aforesaid for such flange or projection, and so that the same can be depressed as aforesaid. Said sidewalk shall be so constructed, that the grade above city datum, as fixed by ordinance of said city, ,of the top of said finished walk next to the lot line, shall, when completed, be ................... .... .................................................................. ............................... ..................................................................... ............................... and from said inner line or edge of said walk the surface of said finished walk shall slope uniformly towards the street with a fall of one -third of an inch for each foot in width of said walk. The materials and construction of said sidewalk shall be tinder the supervisio ,.and subject to the ap- provalof the ......................... ............................... of the % of Section' Z. That the owner or owners of any lots or parcels of land, touchin upon the line of said proposed sidewalk, are hereby required to construct said sidewalk in front of their respective lots or parcels of land, and thereby relieve the same from the special tax herein provided to vied thereon for the con- struction of said sidewalk, within thirty days after the mailing of notice by thrtlerk of the passage of this ordinance, addressed to the party or partieyv o aid a *as eral taxes on said lots, or parcels of land, which not' shall be in the name of thef �, y said Clerk and under the corporate seal of the Y�� 11 . Section 3. That so much id improvement as shall not be made by the owners within the time aforesaid, shall becmade by sat entering into a contract for the furnishing of said materials and the construction of said sidewalk an�the ho le cost thereof be paid for by special taxation of the lot, lots or parcels of la r , nt' uous to and touching upon the line of so much of the proposed sidewalk as shall be built by said . levying the whole cost thereof upon such lot, lots or parcels of land, in proportion . to their respective fr ntages upon said proposed sidewalk. Section 4. A bill of the cost of so much of said sidewalk as shall be built by saidye+ty, owing the cost of the construction and supervision thereof, shall be de by the sai c .. .. ............................... .... .. ....... .. ... .of tl of fir„ ,together with a list of the lots or parcels of land touching upon the line of said sidewalk, the re s ctive frontages thereof, and the names of the parties who paid the last general taxes on the respective lots or parcels of land, and thereupon, if the owner of any lot, block, tract or parcel of land has failed, neglected or refused to construct said sidewalk in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, said ................... ............................... ............................. shall proceed to prepare a special tax list against said lots, blocks, tracts or parcels of land in front of or touching upon which said sidewalk has not been constructed by said owners, ascertaining by 'computation the amount of the special taxes to be charged against each of said lots, blocks, tracts or parcels of land, on account of the construction of said sidewalk, according to the rule fixed for the levy of said special tax by this ordinance, which special tax list shall be lec in the office of the ......... .............................................. of the�! and si ............. ....... shall thereupon issue warrants directed to tlfe Collector of said of ,for the collection of the amount of the special tax so ascertained nd appearing from said special to 1st to be due from the respective lots, blocks, tracts or parcels of land, touching upon the line of said sidewalk, and said Collector shall proceed to collect said warrant by giving notice in writing by mailing the same to the address of the party who paid the last general taxes on the respective lots, blocks, tracts and parcels of land in said list, that said tax list is in the hands of said officer for collection al moneys so coil cted by said officer, shall, by him, be immediately paid over to the Treasurer of said Se o In c4, se of the failure to collect said special tax in the manner aforesaid, "said �ollector Of said 75 "all, on or before the first day of April, next ensuing after the completion of said'/sidewalk as herein provided, make report of said special tax in writing, to such general officer of the County of Lake, as may be authorized by law to apply for judgment against. an& sell lands for taxes due, county or state, of all the lots or parcels of land upon which said special tax shall be so unpaid, with the names of the respective owners thereof, so far as the same are known to said officer and the amount due and unpaid upon each tract, together with a copy of the ordinance ordering the construction of said sidewalk, which report shall be ac- - companied by the oath of said officer 11�t h list ' r ect turn of the lots and parcels of land on which the special tax levied by authority of tKe �'of for the cost of the said sidewalk in said ordinance specified, remains due and unpai and that amounts therein stated as due and unpaid have i not been collected, nor any part thereof. Sections 6. All of the proceedings hereunder, for the construction of said sidewalk and the collection of said special tax, shall be in conformity with, and in.the manner prescribed by the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled, "An Act to provide additional means for the con - struction of sidewalks in cities, towns and villages, approved April 15th, 1875, in force July 1st, 1875, as the same is now amended and supplemented, and as now in force. Section 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances conflicting with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 8. This ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage and approval. F' u 'sna�va Vt r- DR. J. R. A. CROSSLAND 1 RETURN IN 6 DAYS TO OFFICE PHoNs 666 Orrice 903 FREDERICK AVCNuc - ( ERNEST S. GAIL "cf IDCNCC PHONs 966 1 ST. J081'PN. MO, i LAWYER 1 Orricz Nouns 10 To 12 A. M., I To 6:90 P.M., 7 To 9 P. M. 1 EPSKINE BANK BUIL61NG 1 HIGHLAND PARK 1 ILLINOIS 1 Vr"V' i 1 1 � TAR■ THIf TO d��>„/ . BENDER'S PHARMACY / IITH AND FREDERICK AVE. . _ a i �� 4 ..$.a]i �,:,7 1. .. . 1 /`]1f 5 .,. � _ `. + 't s __ i < r ERNEST S. GAIL LAWYER j� ERSKINE BANK BUILDING 4 TELEPHONES: OFFICE 309, RESIDENCE 723 L i HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. May 10th, 1912. f Mr. Theodore Knaak, Deerfield, Ill. , Dear Sir:- I have looked over the opinion in"' "Kofsky vsl Kofsky, 254 Illinois - 88. On Page 90 it appears that there was a contract between the parties whereby Jacob Kofsky should occupy all the rooms downstairs free of rent aid in case they desired to move John Rof sky was to move them without compensation. I .am of. the... opinion, that,..this _is a family quarrel, and it would pay the Board of Health to let them make their own place sanitary, if no one but themselves are involved;; v' It may, be it is -an effort to have the Board disposers: one party 'or the other and might in this way involve the Village in litigation. Respectfully yours, AiT ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGHLAND PARK AVENUE AND ON BOTH SIDES OF LINCOLN AVENUE AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF GRAND AVENUE AS IS HEREINTAFTER DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE, IN THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, COUITTY OF LAKE, AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF.THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD:- SECTION 1. That..a sidewalk be constructed and laid in the Village of Deerfield, as per report of Committee on Roads and Public i1 Improvements, in, upon and along the following streets: Beginning at the west village limits or the northwest corner of the property owned by 77illiam Lange, thence east along the south side of Highland Park Avenue to a point opposite the -east line of the John Kopfskie road,,thence along the north line of said Highland Park Avenue to the village limits. SECTION 2. That.a sidewalk be constructed and laid upon the north, side of Highland'Park Avenue commenoing at the west village limits or the southwest corner of property owned by Henry Segart, thence east along the north side of said Highland Park Avenue to Kniekerbockerts gate, or road that enters-. his premises. SECTION S. That a sidewalk be constructed and laid on Lincoln Avenue,commeneing at a point on the west side of the said Lincoln Avenue and thirty feet south of the village limits on the north, thence south - an the -west "aide` of �-said street -to the small gate or ontranee to .D. 11. Erskinets premises. SECTION 4. That a sidewalk be constructed and laid on the east side of Lincoln Avenue commencing at the northwest corner of premises owned or occupied by Charles 11au, and thence south along the °east side of said Linooln,Avenue to D. N. Lidgerwoodts small gate or entrance to- his' house. SECTION b. That a sidewalk be constructed and laid on Grand Av � �3r:i 3aL... 4�1 .��n_iH�s+s:<+.�na.N._w+._va _ r..:m._�w.��..�. w.: iedawr_.r..i:.a.- .wr_t. _ _.�m.wi.�.:.✓.m.rr,.�.xwrc Z AiT ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGHLAND PARK AVENUE AND ON BOTH SIDES OF LINCOLN AVENUE AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF GRAND AVENUE AS IS HEREINTAFTER DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE, IN THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, COUITTY OF LAKE, AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF.THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD:- SECTION 1. That..a sidewalk be constructed and laid in the Village of Deerfield, as per report of Committee on Roads and Public i1 Improvements, in, upon and along the following streets: Beginning at the west village limits or the northwest corner of the property owned by 77illiam Lange, thence east along the south side of Highland Park Avenue to a point opposite the -east line of the John Kopfskie road,,thence along the north line of said Highland Park Avenue to the village limits. SECTION 2. That.a sidewalk be constructed and laid upon the north, side of Highland'Park Avenue commenoing at the west village limits or the southwest corner of property owned by Henry Segart, thence east along the north side of said Highland Park Avenue to Kniekerbockerts gate, or road that enters-. his premises. SECTION S. That a sidewalk be constructed and laid on Lincoln Avenue,commeneing at a point on the west side of the said Lincoln Avenue and thirty feet south of the village limits on the north, thence south - an the -west "aide` of �-said street -to the small gate or ontranee to .D. 11. Erskinets premises. SECTION 4. That a sidewalk be constructed and laid on the east side of Lincoln Avenue commencing at the northwest corner of premises owned or occupied by Charles 11au, and thence south along the °east side of said Linooln,Avenue to D. N. Lidgerwoodts small gate or entrance to- his' house. SECTION b. That a sidewalk be constructed and laid on Grand Av � �3r:i 3aL... 4�1 .��n_iH�s+s:<+.�na.N._w+._va _ r..:m._�w.��..�. w.: iedawr_.r..i:.a.- .wr_t. _ _.�m.wi.�.:.✓.m.rr,.�.xwrc (2) enue commencing at a point thirty feet south of the north village line, and thence south along the west side of the said Grand Avenue to the north west corner of property owned and occupied by August Winter, thence east on the south side of street to the northeast corner of said August Winterle property, thence south on the west side of West Railroad Avenue to the southeast corner of the lot owned and occupied by W. F. P1agge as his residence. SECTIOIl 6. That all sidewalks shall be constructed of Plank or Ce- xent, and laid according to the following specifications, directions and .e: provisions, namely Said sidewalks shall be four feet wide. The inside line or edge of said sidewalk when completed shall be at a distance of eighteen, inches from the lot or lots which touch or abut upon the line of such sidewalks. SECTION 7. Plank sidewalk shall be constructed of good pine lumbar• of sound quality of two inch planks dressed on one side, each plank to be not less than six nor more than eight inches in width, and each plank shall be four feet long which shall be laid orosswi ise with the -dressed side up and out to a true line, so that the inner and outer edges of said walk shall be parallel with the lot line upon which said sidewalk touches or abuts, said planks to be laid on two bearings of hemlook joist* of sound quality, not so that there will be a projection on each end of plank of four inches over bearings. Said joist shall be'three or four inches in dimensions and net upon the narrowest side. Each plank shall be nailed to the bearing with four thirty - penny nails, two to each*bear- ing. SECTION 8. Cement sidewalks shall be constructed and laid of con- . r orete, with cinder foundation, according to the following specifications, directions and-provisions, namely: ` A sub . of earth foundation shall be made by grading and filling,• so as to bring the same to the grade, here- inafter specified, which foundation shall be four feet wide, the inside line or edge thereof shall be distant eighteen inches from the lot of dots upon which such sidewalk touches or abuts, and shall be parallel therewith, over and upon all sub- foundations'or trenches made for cement walks. There shall be spread and laid abed of cinders which shall con- M 4 (3) stitute a oinder foundation for said walk. Said cinder foundation shall not be less than sir inches in thickness. Said cinder foundation shall be thoroughly puddled with water and leveled by pounding down. Over this cinder foundation there shall then be spread a layer of con- Crete not leas than three and one -half inches in thickness. Said con- Oret eshall. be made of in a dry at at v, one part of bust English or German Portland Cement, or a cement equal'-in kind— quality and ef- ficienoy; two parts of Olean Torpedo sand.and five parts of crushed stone or gravel, not more than one inch in dimension, which shall be thoroughly mixed together, after which just sufficient water shall be added to wet the mans, that, when it is pounded or rammed down a film Of moisture will appear on the top. Upon said concrete shall be laid a top surface or finishing layer which shall not be leas than five - eights inch in thickness and shall be Ocpposed of two parts-beat im- ported English or German Portland Cement, or a cement equal in kind, and three parts Torpedo card which shall be mixed to the proper oon- sistency with crater and spread smoothly before said l _._ ayer has set,. and thoroughly trowled off to a smooth finished surface. All sand stone or Gravel used upon said work shall be clean, free from dirt, dust, loam and any foreign matter whatever. Said sidewalk shall be laid in seo- tions or blooks of four feet runway length enclosed in wooden forms. Said cement sidewalk shall be no constructed that the outer edge of the finished top shall be.not leas than one -half inch lower than inner line. SECTIO17 9. That the grade line of all sidewalka constructed and laid as provided for in this ordinance or any sidewalks construct - ed and-laid upon any other streets not herein provided for shall be es- tablished by the Village Engineer or a Committee appointed by the President. SE`. CTION 110, That the owner of any lot, lots or parcels of ;land touching upon the line of said proposed sidewalk shall be allowed thirty days after this ordinance shall have been published in which to construct said sidewalk alongside of his lot, lots or piece of ground, and thereby relieve the sane from the special tax herein provided to be levied thereon for the construction of said sidewalk. Said materials and Constructions of all sidewalk upon the streets in the Village of N Deerfield whether provided for in this ordinance or not shall be under the supervision of, and subject.to the..proper committee or some other person appointed by the President and Village Board of the Village of Deerfield, Ill. SECTION 11. That so much of said improvement as shall not be made by said owners within the time aforesaid, shall be made by said Village and the cost thereof be wholly paid for by special taxation of the lot, lots or parcels of land contiguous to and touohing upon the line, that so much of the proposed sidewalk as shall be built by said Village by levying the whole cost therof upon such lot, lots or parcels of land in proportion to their respective frontages on said proposed sidewalk built as aforesaid. SECTION 12. That a bill of the cost of so much of said sidewalk as shall be built by said village shoring in separate items the cost of grading, materials, laying down and supervision shall be filed in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Deerfield and oerti- fied to by the Village Marshall or some other person designated by the Village Board of said Village, together with a list_ of the lots-or par - oels of land touching upon the line of said sidewalk, the names of the owners thereof and the frontage thereof as well. Whereupon the said Village Clerk shall prepare a special tax list against suoh -lot, lots or parcels of land and the owners thereof, and ascertaining by computa- tion the amount'of special tax to be charged against each of said lots or parcels and the owners thereof on account of the oonstruotion of said sidewalk in proportion to the frontage of each of said lots on said sidewalk which special tax list the Clerk of the Village shall place on file in his office, and the said Village Clerk shall thereupon issue warrants directed to tho person designated by the Village Soard as Collector for the collection of the amounts of special tax so asoer- twined and appearing from said special tax list to be due from the re- x speotive owners of lots or parcels of land touching upon said sidewalk and the said Village Collector shall proceed to collect said warrants .by making a demand therefor upon the owners of the lots and parcels of ,land touching upon the line of said sidewalk, if they shall be found in ,the Village of Deerfield, and shall make returns thereof with the, t r 1 r. + I moneys collected thereon to the Village Clerk of the Village of Deor— field within sixty days from the date of the issue of the warrants in the manner provided for in Section Three of the Act of the General Assembly.of the State of Illinois, entitled, "An Act to provide addition— al means for the construction of sidewalks in Cities, Towns and Villages: enforced. July 1, 1875. <t SECTION 13. That in case of the failure to collect said special tax in the manner aforosaids the Village Clerk shall within one year thereafter make a report of all such spooial -taxes in writing to the County Treasurer and Ex Offioio County Collector of Lake County, of all the lots or parcels of land upon which such special tax shall be so. un— paid with the names of the respective owners thereof so far as the same r are known to him and the amount due and unpaid upon each tract, together with a Copy of this Ordinance in the manner prescribed by Section Four of the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled An Act to provide additional means for the construction of sidewalks in Cities, Towns and Villages ", enforced July 1, 18759 ` -SECTION 14..,.. This- Ordinance shall be enforced from and after its., passage and publication. 4 t;n i - AN!* ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION i OF SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF DEERFIELD AVENUE AND ON BOTH SIDES OF LINCOLN AVENUE, AND THE VEST SIDE OF GRAND AVENUE, AS IS HEREINAFTER R DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE IN THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, COUITTY.OF LAKE, STATE OF ILLINOIS,' PASSED AND APPROVED ON LSAY 1ST, 1905. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD. -SECTION 1. That Section Six (6) of the ordinance providing for the construction of sidewalks on both sides of Deerfield Avenue and on both sides of Lincoln Avenue, and the West side of Grand Avenue as is hereinafter described in this Ordinance in the Village of Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois, be, and the carne is hereby amended by striking out the words "Plank or. "" SECTION 20 _-That-Section Seven,},_(7) of said ordinance be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the Entire Section Sven (7). 4 X 0 4 t. 5 ERNEST S. GAIL LAWYER ERSKINE BANK BUILDING TELEPHONES: OFFICE 209, RESIDENCE 722 L HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. May 10th, 1912. r.. - Theodore, Knaak, Deerfield, Illinois. Dear Sir:- In regard to the sidewalk ordinance you submitted to me for examination/ I am of the opinion that the ordinance would not be sufficient to enable the Village to construct side- walks and enforce payrre nt thereforX. I enclose herewith a printed form such as is used in Highland Park which can be adopted fo r your_ use. in the Village if you see fit. Kindly m mmunicate this to the President, Yours very truly