Pennsylvania Act 1905-61 — FIRST CLASS CITIES, FOOTWAYS PAVED

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FIRST CLASS CITIES, FOOTWAYS PAVED
                  Act of Mar. 31, 1905, P.L. 86, No. 61               Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     To authorize the paving of footways, in cities of the first
        class, where property is assessed at suburban rates.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That when a majority of the
     property owners, or the owners of a majority of the feet
     frontage, on any one or both sides of any street, road or land,
     between any two intersecting streets, and used as a public
     highway, in cities of the first class, where property is
     assessed at suburban rates, shall petition the councils of said
     city for a paved footway along the same, councils shall, when
     such petition is received, direct the Department of Public
     Works, Bureau of Highways, of said city, to notify the owners of
     property on said street, or such parts thereof as may have been
     included in the petition, to have such footway paved in front of
     their respective premises, within thirty (30) days after
     receiving said notice.
        Section 2.  That should any of the property owners refuse or
     neglect to make said pavement, for thirty days after notice has
     been given, the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Highways,
     shall proceed, without delay, to have it made, and charge the
     cost thereof to the property in front of which it is made; and
     if said cost is not paid within thirty days after a bill for the
     same has been presented, a claim shall be filed in the proper
     court, for the amount thereof; which claim shall be a lien
     against the property, and shall be collected in the same manner
     as other municipal claims are now by law collected.
        Section 3.  That when said pavement requires repairing, and
     the owner or owners of property in front of which the repairs
     are needed neglect or refuse, after ten days' notice, to make
     such repairs, it shall be the duty of the Department of Public
     Works, Bureau of Highways, to have them made without delay, and
     the costs thereof shall be collected in the same manner as the
     cost is ordered to be collected by the second section of this
     act.
        Section 4.  That, should a majority of the owners of
     property, or the owners of a majority of the feet-frontage upon
     any of the said streets, where property is assessed at suburban
     rates, and upon which public lamps or lights have been erected,
     refuse to petition councils for a paved footway, it will be
     competent for the Department of Public Works, Bureau of
     Highways, to call the attention of councils to the necessity for
     a paved footway; and thereupon councils shall direct the
     Department of Public Works, Bureau of Highways, to notify the
     said owners to pave the footway, as is provided in section one
     of this act, the cost thereof to be collected as provided for in
     section two of this act.
        Section 5.  That nothing in this act shall prevent councils
     of the city of Philadelphia from directing the curbstones to be
     set and brick pavements laid on the footways of any of the
     streets within the limits of said city, whether assessed at
     urban or suburban rates, whenever said streets are opened and
     graded according to the confirmed surveys, and when, in the
     judgment of said councils, the advance of improvements may
     demand the same.