Chapter 18. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ACT)  


§ 18-1. General powers of commissioner of public works; police to report street defects, etc., to commissioner; general function of city engineer.
§ 18-2. Certification of public work by commissioner of public works or engineer; copies of certain contracts to be filed with such officers.
§ 18-3. Employment of helpers to inspect work performed by special assessment; compensation of same; cost of same to be paid from special assessment funds; certificate of total cost of special assessment projects and collection of same.
§ 18-4. City engineer to keep records of streets, parks, sewers, etc.; city engineer to establish street, sewer, etc. grades; compensation and other functions of city engineer.
§ 18-5. Certain terms defined.
§ 18-6. Authority of common council to have certain work performed by special assessments; certain work authorized to be a general city charge.
§ 18-7. Special provisions for sprinkling, flushing, etc., of streets by special assessment.
§ 18-8. Sidewalk vaults; authorization and cost.
§ 18-9. Sidewalk, cellar, vault and gutter construction by special assessment—Notice of and objections to improvements; exemption of certain property from improvement; grade to be established prior to sidewalk construction.
§ 18-10. Same—Assessment of costs; collection, billing, etc.
§ 18-11. Construction of sidewalks or gutters as a general city charge.
§ 18-12. Construction of sewers in streets by special assessments—Authorized.
§ 18-13. Same—Declaration of intent; survey and estimate of expenses.
§ 18-14. Same—Notice of proposed construction; objections to same.
§ 18-15. Cost of constructing sewers [as general cost]; assessments and payments therefor.
§ 18-16. Official map governing size, location, etc. of sewers.
§ 18-17. Procedures for extension of sewer city beyond city limits.
§ 18-18. Special assessment improvements upon petition from abutting property owners—Generally.
§ 18-19. Repair or replacement of defective sewers by special assessment.
§ 18-20. Same—Paving or grading streets.
§ 18-21. City to pay for assessments against parkways for pavement or sewers.
§ 18-22. Special provisions for paving Erie or Oswego Boulevard.
§ 18-23. Authority of common council to order street paving and grading work performed by special assessment without petition.
§ 18-24. Additional information to be included in plans, estimates, etc., of street paving or sewer improvements.
§ 18-25. Replacement or construction of water, sewer or gas pipes upon repair or improvement of road.
§ 18-26. Construction of extensions of sewer laterals or inlets by or at expense of abutting property owner; specifications for sewers.
§ 18-26.1. Replacement of gas mains, etc., of franchisees; written permission or ordinance required to tear up pavement to lay gas line, etc.; right of city to do work at franchisees expense; collection of expenses.
§ 18-27. Duty of property owners to keep abutting sidewalks and gutters, or sidewalk cellars or vaults, safe and free of snow, ice or other obstructions; notice to owners to clean, construct, repair, etc., sidewalks or gutters.
§ 18-28. Construction, repair, etc., of sidewalk or gutters, or sidewalk cellars or vaults, by commissioner of public works at owner's expense after notice; removal of snow or ice or repair of railroad crossings by city without notice; collection of expenses of same; time limits for removal of snow or ice.
§ 18-29. Local improvements to be done under city engineer's supervision and to plans, specifications, etc., prepared by him; time for opening bids or proposals for such work; all specifications or plans for street improvements to include provisions for proper grading.
§ 18-30. When persons who petitioned for local improvements may object to same.
§ 18-31. Moneys realized from local assessments for public improvements to defray obligations incurred.
§ 18-32. Use of moneys realized from local assessments authorized between July 1, 1944 and March 1, 1957, or from property sales for nonpayment of same.
§ 18-33. Source of monies used to pay bonds issued to finance local improvements.
§ 18-34. Payments to contractors performing local improvements authorized prior to completion of work.
§ 18-35. Authority to perform local improvements as a general city charge.
§ 18-36. Paving commission generally; paving to conform to regulations thereof.
§ 18-37. Repair of certain streets paved by special assessment to be general city charge.
§ 18-38. Damages awarded for change of grade to be collected as part of improvement.
§ 18-39. Other definitions.
§ 18-40. Judicial notice of chapter; liberal construction of chapter.
§ 18-41. Prior rights not affected by chapter.
§ 18-42. Chapter to be continuation of prior law; general definitions and rules of interpretation.
§ 18-43. Laws repealed.
§ 18-44. Effective date.
§ 18-45. Program for the replacement of residential water service lines containing lead—Established.
§ 18-46. Same—Additional rules and regulations.