Ordinance 1971-007 Constructing Sidewalk Where Street Has Not Yet Been ConstructedORDINANCE N0. 7-71
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA,
PERMITTING A PROPERTY OWNER TO ESCROW MONEY FOR SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF CON-
STRUCTING A SIDEWALK FOR ANY PORTION OF A PLOT OF LAND WHICH FRONTS UPON
A DEDICATED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY WHERE THE STREET HAS NOT YET BEEN CON-
' STRUCTED.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 35-23 of the Village of North Palm Beach
Code is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to be numbered Section
35-23(3), which said subsection shall read as follows:
"Sec. 35-23(3). Where a sidewalk would have
to be constructed under Section 35-23(1) above,
in that it fronted on a dedicated public street,
and where a portion of such public street had
not yet been constructed, the provisions of
Section 35-23(1) shall be waived and the property
owner shall deposit with the Village a sum of
money equal to the cost of constructing said
sidewalk. The cost of constructing said side-
walk shall be determined by the Building Inspector
' securing three bona fide bids and taking the
lowest such bid as the determination of cost.
It shall not be necessary in acquiring these
bids to publicly advertise for same in a newspaper.
The monies acquired by the Village in lieu of
the construction of a sidewalk under this sub-
section may be added to the general fund and
notation made thereof on the building permit for
said property. Upon the construction of the
street in the dedicated right-of-way adjacent
to the property under construction, it shall be
the obligation of the Village of North Palm Beach
to construct a sidewalk at the same time that
the street is constructed so that all improved
properties in the Village of North Palm Beach
shall have sidewalks wherever the properties
front upon a paved and usable public street."
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 27 DAY OF MAY, 1971.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 10 DAY OF JUNE, 1971.
' (s/ H. Mallory Privett, Jr.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk