§11-502. Authorization of Paving.
(1) All special ordinances authorizing the Procurement
Department to enter into a contract for the paving of any street or portion of
it shall be enacted pursuant to this Section, and shall be in a form similar to
that prescribed in § 11-402.
(a) Where the paving is required or
necessitated by new residential development, the ordinance authorizing a
contract for such paving shall so indicate.
(2) Except as otherwise
provided by such ordinance, every paving contract shall be prepared by the Law
Department and shall provide that:
(a) the contractor shall collect the
costs of paving, exclusive of street intersections and properties exempt by law
from paving assessments, from the owners of the properties abutting on the
street, according to their respective fronts as provided in § 11-503;
and
(b) any amount in excess of such assessments shall be paid by the
City out of any item available for this purpose;
(c) the contractor
shall file a bond satisfactory to the Law Department, guaranteeing to keep the
paving in good repair for 5 years after the work is completed and accepted by
the City; and
(d) such other provisions as the Department of Streets
shall consider necessary.
(3) Unless otherwise provided, every ordinance
authorizing a paving contract shall, without further specification, authorize
the Procurement Department to advertise for proposals and to award contracts in
accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the Department of
Streets.
[24] (4) Whenever an ordinance
authorizing a contract for the paving of streets indicates that the paving thus
authorized is required or necessitated by new residential development, unless
otherwise provided in such ordinance, no advertisement shall be made for the
work until:
[25] (a) the applicant
builder files evidence satisfactory to the Department of Streets and/or a
certified statement, to the effect that the housing developments, for which the
particular paving is requested, will be undertaken and completed as a part of
the housing program for which the improvements authorized in the ordinance were
approved;
(b) the legal opening of the streets included in such
ordinance which were not legally opened on the date of approval of the
ordinance.