1565 ORD REGULATING AND CONTROLLING CONSTRUCITON, REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS AND REMOVAL OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, ETC

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ORDINANCE NO. 1565 ~ AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE CONSTRUCZiON, R.EPAIRS, ALTERATIONS AND THE REMOVAL OF CONCR.ETE SIDEWALKS, CONCRETE CURBSs CONCRETE GUTTERS, CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTERS, AND CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS, WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS OF THE PUB- LIC STREETS AND ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF PARIS; ESTABLISHING STANDARD SECTIQNS AND SPECIFICATIONS; PROVIDIlVG FOR APPEALS; ESTABLISHING A PENALTY; ESTABLISHING A PER.MIT FEE; AND REPEAL- IIVG ORDINANCE NO. 286 AND 1288 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, EN- TITLED 'AN ORDINANCE REGULA TING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDE- WALKS ; AND 'AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE BUILDING AND LAYING OF CURBS AND GUTTERS'; RESPECTIVELY. BE IT OR.DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section I: Permits Required It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to build, construct, lay, alter, remove, demolish, repair or rebuild any section or portion, of a concrete sidewalk, concrete curb, concrete gutter, concrete curb and gutter, and concrete driveway, within the boundaries of the right-of-way of any public street or alley within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, without first obtaining a permit and paying the fee for same, from the City Engineer of the City of Paris, in conformity with the provisions of this Qrdinance. Section II: Engineering It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to forthwith establish the align- ment and grade for each Section of construction for which a permit is issued. No type of construction covered in this Ordina.nce will be built, constructed, altered, or reconstructed, except on alignment and grade so esta.blished, Section III: Materials (a) Cement: Cement sha.ll be sta,ndard Portland Cement conforming to ASTM Designation C74-39 or later revisions. (b) Aggregates: Concrete aggregates shall consist of natural washed and screened sand, and washed and acreened gravel or clean crushed stone, conforming to sta.ndard specifications for concrete aggregate ASTM Designation C33-39 or later revisions. Aggregates shall be well graded from coarse to finey and when tested by laboratory methods, shall conform to the following requirements: Fine Aggregate Coarse Aggregate Passing 1-1/21sieve - - - - 100°Jo Passing 1"sieve 90 - 100% Passing 1/21'sieve - - - - 25 - 60°jo Passing 1/411 sieve 100% - - - - Pa,ssing No. 4 sieve 95 - 100% 0- 10°jo Pa,ssing No. 16 sieve 45 - 800/o Passing No. 50 sieve 10 - 30% Passing No. 100 sieve 5- 150/o - _ - _ Pa.saing No. 200 mesh - not more 3% Fine aggregates shall be free from clay lumps and other foreign matter objectionable to good concrete materials. (c) Reinforcement Steel; If called for in the proposal, reinforcing steel for concrete driveways sha.ll conform to requirements as outlined in ASTM Specification A305-50 or later revisions.