Article III — Construction of Sidewalks

All cement or concrete sidewalks constructed in the city shall be built to and in accordance with the established grade therefor.

(Ord. No. 105, § 1.)

All cement or concrete sidewalks constructed in the city shall have a fall to the foot of the curb line of onequarter inch in one foot.

(Ord. No. 105, § 1.)

The base or foundation of cement or concrete sidewalks shall be eight inches below the completed surface. Four inches of sand or gravel shall be placed upon the base, and shall be tamped until solid.

(Ord. No. 105, § 2.)

Concrete used in sidewalks shall be four inches thick, except at driveways.

(Ord. No. 105, § 2.)

Concrete used in driveways shall be five inches thick. Driveways shall run to the gutter line. Driveways shall be grooved with grooves not more than six inches apart.

(Ord. No. 105, § 2.)

That certain map, filed and of record in the office of the city clerk, designated and marked "DRAINAGE MAP OF ALTURAS, - FILED JUNE 13, 1927", is adopted as an official map of the city for the purposes of this article, and shall be known as the Official Drainage Map.

(Ord. No. 137, § 1.)

An official grade is hereby established for streets and highways in the city, which official grade shall, at the various locations in the city, equal in height and conform to the elevations marked and indicated upon the Official Drainage Map at such locations, the particular points at which such elevations shall apply being at the center line of the street or highway, or intersection of center lines or streets or highways at such locations and the grade from point to point where such elevations are marked and indicated to be a regular slope, and from center line to bottom of gutter to be a regular curve.

(Ord. No. 137, § 2.)

An official grade is hereby established for all gutters along public streets and highways in the city, which gutter grade at the various locations in the city shall be eight inches below the grade established by section 22-17 as the official grade of streets and highways at such locations; provided, that where the grade for gutters is otherwise specified on the Official Drainage Map, the gutter grade at such locations shall be and is hereby established at the elevation indicated upon the map, the grade of gutters between established points to be a regular slope.

(Ord. No. 137, § 3.)

An official grade is hereby established for all curbing along public streets and highways in the city, which curb grade, at all points along the streets and highways shall be of the same elevation as the grade established by section 22-17 as the official grade of such streets and highways at such points.

(Ord. No. 137, § 4.)

An official grade is hereby established for all sidewalks along public streets and highways in the city, except along the portion of Main Street between the center line of 2nd Street and the north bank of the Pit River, which sidewalk grade, at all points along the streets and highways, shall be of the same elevation at the curb line as that established by section 22-19 as the official grade for curbings at such points, and shall slope regularly upward at the rate of one-fourth inch per foot from the curb line to the property line.

(Ord. No. 137, § 5.)

An official grade is hereby established for that portion of all sidewalks in the city, which lie within the intersections of Main and Carlos, Main and Modoc, Main and North, Main and 1st Streets and within the south half of the intersection of Main and 2nd Streets, which official grade shall be the same at the curb line as that established by section 22-17, as the official grade of the streets at such locations, and shall slope upward from the curb line to the property line at the rate of one-fourth inch per foot; provided, that where concrete sidewalks have heretofore been built and now exist within the intersections at an elevation of more than six inches above official grade as herein established, the official grade of sidewalks at such locations within the intersections is established at six inches above that hereinabove set out; and provided further, that between the center line of 2nd Street and the north bank of the Pit River, where concrete sidewalks have heretofore been built and now exist at an elevation of more than six inches above the official street grade as established by section 22-17, the surface elevation of such sidewalks for a distance of at least ten feet form the intersections shall be regularly sloped downward to an elevation of six inches above official street grade at the curb line and sloping from there upward at the rate of one-fourth inch per foot to the property line.

(Ord. No. 137, § 7.)

An official grade is hereby established for all crosswalks crossing public streets and highways in the city, which crosswalk grade shall be of the same elevation as that established by section 22-17 as the official grade of streets and highways at the point of crossing.

(Ord. No. 137, § 6.)

The curb elevation and horizontal lines along public streets and highways in the city, and along which the outer edge of all curbing hereafter built or placed, shall be established and marked upon the ground under the direction of the public works department, and which curb lines shall be as nearly straight as practicable throughout the length of the respective streets, and shall be located as follows: on Main Street, at a distance of ten feet, as nearly as practicable, from the property line; on all streets having a width of sixty feet or more, which includes the city's right-of-way, at a distance of eight feet, as nearly as practicable, from the property line, except the 400 block of East D Street which shall have, on the west side of the rightof-way, a distance of sixteen feet from the property line for the southern two hundred feet, more or less, and then taper back to eight feet in the northern one hundred feet, more or less; and to conform the setback to street width on respective streets of less than sixty feet, which includes the city's right-of-way, consideration of traffic lanes and uniformity throughout the street, as near as practicable; and that on all setbacks on streets less than sixty feet, which includes the city's right-of-way, shall be approved by the public works department of the city.

(Ord. No. 137, § 8; Res. No. 81-23; Ord. No. 422, § 1; Ord. No. 431, §§ 7, 8; Ord. No. 436, § 5.)

Secs. 22-24 through 22-29. - (Reserved) Article V. - Construction of Public Works Generally.

Except as may otherwise be provided herein, the provisions of the 1994 edition of the "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction", and subsequent editions as it may be revised from time to time, prepared and promulgated by the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association and the Southern California Districts of the Associated General Contractors of California, are adopted and applicable to all public works construction undertaken after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this article. This shall be referred to as the "greenbook".

(Ord. No. 436, § 6.)

Except as may otherwise be provided herein, the provisions of the 1994 edition of the "Standard Plans for Public Works Construction", and subsequent editions as it may be revised from time to time, prepared and promulgated by the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association and the Southern California Districts of the Associated General Contractors of California, are adopted and applicable to all public works construction undertaken after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this article. This shall be referred to as the "standard plans".

(Ord. No. 436, § 6.)