TITLE 11. STREETS
CHAPTER 11-300. BOARD OF SURVEYORS
§11-301. Street Improvements. [12]
(1) The Board of Surveyors shall adopt and keep on file
plans and cross sections of streets showing the locations and widths of
sidewalks, roadways, and planting spaces.
(2) No improvement of any
kind, for which a location is shown upon such plans and cross sections, or upon
the plans filed as provided for in § 11-301(4), shall be made in any street
except in the location so provided, and no persons shall place any such
improvements in any street without first obtaining the location and the lines
and grades from the district surveyor and regulator.
(3) If the owner of
a property fails to conform to such plans in the setting of a curb, the laying
of sidewalks, or the making of other improvements, for the cost of which the
owner is liable, the Department of Streets shall notify the owner to reconstruct
the improvements in accordance with the approved plan within 30 days. If the
notice is not complied with, the improvement shall be reconstructed by the
Department of Streets, itself or by contract, and the cost charged against the
abutting property and collected by the City, or by the contractor as provided in
Chapter 11-500.
(4) Whenever any street is to be improved and in the
judgment of the Board of Surveyors a temporary reduction in the width of said
roadway is desirable, a plan shall be prepared showing the proposed widths and
locations of roadways, sidewalks, and other surface improvements, including
divisor's or median strips, in accordance with a standard cross-section
for a street of that width on file with the Board. This plan, upon approval by
the Board of Surveyors, shall be filed as a supplement to the records of the
confirmed plan, and the new plan shall be followed in making all street
improvements.
(5) Whenever, because of an increase in traffic, the
roadway of any street previously improved under a supplementary plan as provided
in § 11-301(4) shall be required to a greater width than that shown on the
supplementary plan, the Board of Surveyors may by resolution direct that the
said roadway be widened to the lines as originally confirmed. The date of the
resolution shall be placed upon the plan, and as soon as practicable thereafter
the Department of Streets shall regrade, reset, curb, pave, or repave, and
rebuild inlets on the confirmed lines in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 11-500.