Hereafter all sidewalks constructed or reconstructed in the city shall be constructed on the established grade. When the Mayor and Council shall order a sidewalk constructed as hereafter provided, the city shall pay the cost of bringing the street to grade for the sidewalk. Where no grade has been established, the owner of abutting property may construct a sidewalk on the natural grade, but before any such sidewalk shall be constructed, the persons proposing to do the same shall apply to the City Clerk for a permit before commencing the work. If the grade has been established, the Street Commissioner shall furnish the property owner with the official grade by reference to a stated distance above or below the street grade.

(K.S.A. 12 1801, 12 1807)

Hereafter all sidewalks shall be of single course construction and shall be constructed and laid in accordance with standard plans and specifications (including width and location in street) adopted by reference and filed in the office of the City Clerk as provided by law. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, reconstruct or repair any sidewalk except as provided by this article

(K.S.A. 12 1802)

When a petition signed by not less than ten (10) citizens owning real estate in the city praying for the construction of a sidewalk or sidewalks is filed with the City Clerk, the Governing Body may in its discretion, by a resolution, order such sidewalk constructed as herein provided.

(K.S.A. 12 1803; Code 2016)

When any sidewalk, in the opinion of the Governing Body, becomes inadequate or unsafe for travel thereon, the Governing Body may adopt a resolution condemning such walk and providing for the construction of a new walk in the place of the walk condemned.

(K.S.A. 12 1804; Code 2016)

The resolution providing for the construction or reconstruction of a sidewalk, as the case may be, shall give the owner of the abutting property not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after its publication one time in the official city paper in which to construct or cause to be constructed or reconstructed the sidewalk at his own expense. If the sidewalk is not constructed by the property owner within the time specified, the Governing Body shall cause the work to be done by contract.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the owner of property abutting on a street, who desires to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk at his own expense and in accordance with official plans and specifications for the purpose and which meets such other requirements as would have to be met if the sidewalk were constructed or reconstructed by the city, to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk without any petition or a condemning resolution by the Governing Body: Provided, That if such property owner desires the sidewalk to be constructed or reconstructed by the city and an assessment levied as provided by law in other cases, he shall file a request with the Governing Body, and the Governing Body, in its discretion, may provide for the construction or reconstruction of the sidewalk requested in the same manner as in other cases where citizens or taxpayers petition the Governing Body.

(K.S.A. 12 1806; Code 2016)

It shall be the duty of the owner of the abutting property to keep the sidewalk in repair, but the city may, after giving five (5) days’ notice to the owner or his agent, if known, of the necessity for making repairs, and without notice if the lot or piece of land is unoccupied, make all necessary repairs at any time. The same shall be done and the cost thereof assessed against the lot or piece of land abutting on the sidewalk so repaired as may be provided by law.

(K.S.A. 12 1808; Code 2016)

In any case where the reconstruction or construction of a sidewalk is required to be done by contract so provided in Section 12-105 hereof, the Governing Body may require the contractor to give a bond for the faithful performance of the contract and for the construction of the sidewalk in accordance with the plans and specifications, ordinances of the city or laws of Kansas, and for all contracts exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) entered into by the city for any such purpose a statutory lien bond required by K.S.A. 60 1111 shall be furnished.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days, or be both so fined or imprisoned.