The Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Muscatine; Together with Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa Relating to Cities Under Special Charters (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ... is to be served. 4. Council, on failure to obey its order, may have such gutter constructed or relaid at expense of.owner, and assess the same as a special tax, or may bring a civil action to recover the same. 5. Marshal must notify persons whose gutters need repairing. Must notify Council if such repairs are not made. Council may order same done, at the cost of the owner of the property. 6. Work to be done under the supervision, and to the satisfaction of Street Commissioner. 7. Penalty for obstructing or incumbering gutters., 8. Gutters must be kept clean by occupant of adjacent property. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Muscatine: Section I. That it shall be the duty of the owner of every lot or part of lot, fronting on any of the streets of said city, which is or shall be brought to grade, to provide and keep in proper repair, gutters next to the sidewalks, as hereinafter required. Sec. 2. Such gutters shall be six feet wide on Iowa avenue, and on other streets shall be four feet wide, and shall be not less than ten inches in depth; shall be constructed of good sound limestone, and shall be of one or the other of the following forms, viz.: The slope of the gutter shall commence on the outer edge, three inches below the top of the curb, and the curbing shall be ten inches in the clear, and of good sound limestone, or other hard or durable stone. Or the said gutters may be constructed of like material, in the form of an ellipse, commencing even with and conforming to the grade of the outer edge of said sidewalk on the one side, and to that of the grade of the streets on the other. Sec. 3. When the Council shall, by any order or resolution, require any gutters to be made or relaid, the Marshal shall serve a notice of such order or resolut...