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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinances - No. 429..- c 4 In the city Council, city of Lodi, Lodi, California. ORDINANCE NO, 429 ADOPTING SPECIFICATIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR INSTALLATION OF COMC€U3TE SIDEMALKS, CURBS AND GUTTERS IN mE CITY OF LODI. The clty council of the City of Lodi does ordain as follows: 1. Permits: No person, firm or corporation shall construct, repair, remove or demolish any curb and gutter driveways or sidewalk on public streets or publ5.c property without first obtaining a per- mit for such work from the City Engineer. This permit must be posted on the premises at the time work begins arid shall not be peltloved except by the City Engineer or a duly authorized represen- tative. Plans showing construction details will be issued with the pemit. 2. Supervision and Inspection: After having obtained permit and at least one day prior to beginning any work, the City Engineer's Office shall be contacted so that stakes can be set for proper alignment and grade, After forms have been completed and at least one-half day prior to placing of concrete, the City Engineer's Office shall again be contacted so that forms may be checked to assure proper alignment and grade. authorized representative will check work and take samples as necessary to assure compliance with these specifications. Upon completion of' finishing of the concrete, the City Engineer or his representative will make a final inspection and accept or reject the work. or corrected to the satisfaction of the Engineer. The City Engineer or his duly If work is unsatisfactory, it must be entirely removed 3. Subgrade Preparation: The subgrade shall be constructed true to grade and cross-section. It shall be thoroughly watered and rolled or hand tamped until hard and solid before placing the concrete. of not less than six inches (6*) below subgrade elevation, and the resulting space filled with earth, sand or gravel of a quality that will pack when moistened. Soft and spongy materials shall be removed to a depth This material shall then be watered and thoroughly rolled or tamped until a solid foundation is secured. The completed subgrade shall be tested for grade and cross section by means of a template extending to a depth of not less than four inches (4*) below finished grade for sidewalks and to a depth of not less than six inches (6") for curb and gutter or driveways. The template shall be supported by side form. The subgrade and forms shall be thoroughly watered in advance of placing concrete 4. Portland Cement Concrete: Concrete shall be composed of Portland cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water, pro- portioned and mixed so as to produce a concrete having a compressive strength of not less than 3000 lbs. per square ineh after curing for 28 days. water for retempering any concrete that has partially hardened will not be permitted. oil, organic matter or other deleterious substances. \< All concrete shall be used while fresh. The use of All aggregate and water used shall be free from The maximum sim of aggregate shall be 1$ inches. In no event shall less than 5 sacks of cement be used per cubic yards of mixture. It will be assumed that any concrete being placed that has a slump in excess -2- of four inches (4") will produce a 28-day concrete having a com- pressive strength of less than 3000 lbs. per square inch. The Engineer or his representative will make slump tests when concrete is placed and will reject any concrete being placed that has a slump in excess of four inches cq"). 5. Forms: Timber forms shall be surfaced on the top and on the side which is placed next to the concrete. The timber used shall not be less than 1 5/8" thick after being surfaced and shall be of a width within 1/2" of the full depth of the concrete to be placed. rigi'dly placed, may be used, smooth, straight upper edge shall not be used. Side forms shall not be removed in less than 12 hours after the finishing has been completed. On radii of less than thirty feet (30') thin plank forms, Warped forms and forms not having a 6. Expansion Joints: Transverse expansion joints shall be installed at returns and at intervals of 18 feet. Expansion joints shall be filled with premolded expansion joint filler strips lh" thick consisting of non-extruding and resilient types conforming to requirements of' the American Association of State Highway Officials, Specifications M58-42 as amended,or bitwninuous fiber types conforming to the requirements of the American Asso- ciation of State Highway Officials, Specifications M59-42 as amende&. Where sidewalk is adjacent to curb, expansion joints in sidewalk shall be placed opposite expansion joints in adjacent curb. layer of 30 lb. felt shall be placed between sidewalk and adjacent curb A -3 - 7. Concrete Construction: After forms have been filled, the concrete shall be thoroughly spaded away from the forms until there are no rock pockets. either by mechanical Beans or by use of grid and wire mesh tampers, Tamping shall be continued until a layer of mortar not less than 3/8v thick having aggregate no larger than 1/bTf in size has been brought to the surface. The surface shall then be finished to grade and Cross section with a wooden float. The concrete shall be thoroughly compacted After floating the surface shall be troweled smooth. The surface except for square type curbs shall then be finished with a fine hair push broom drawn over the surface transverse to the line of traffic. The surface of sidewalks shall be marked with lines one foot from and parallel to the side forms and at intervals of three feet at right angles to the side forms. marked at six foot intervals at right angles to the forns. marking will be done with a tool which will leave the comers rounded and marks at least 1/4." in depth, cent to curb markings shall match. shall be rounded to a radius of l/sw with an edging tool. Curb and gutter shall be The Where sidewalk is adja- Contact joints and all edges Iramediately after the surface is finished the exposed surface of the concrete shall be cured either by the blanketing method, cotton mat method, impervious paper method or by the pigmented sealing compound method. The method selected shall conform to the requirements of Section 32 article (m) of the Standard Speci- fications of the Division of Highways, Depart;ment of Public Works, State of California, dated January 194-9. -4- When a 10 foot straight edge is placed on the sidewalks, flow line of gutter or top of curb and gutter the surface shall not vary more than l/S inch from the edge of the straightedge except at grade changes or returns. 8. Public Convenience and Safety: Work shall be so planned and executed as $0 limit the restrictions to pedestrian and vehicular traffic to as short a time as practical. Such fences, barriers, lights and signs as are necessary to give adequate warning at all tines to the publie shall be erected and maintained. 9. Responsibility for Damage: The City of Lodi, the City Council, its officers, employees or duly authorized representatives shall not answerable or accountable in any manner for any loss or damage that may happen to the work or any part thereof; or for any material or equipment used in performing the work; or for injury or damage to any person or persons, either worben or the public; for damage to adjoining property, or for damages to utilities or facilities, from any cause whatsoever, during the progress of the work or at any time before final acceptance. 10. Final Cleanup: Upon compleGion and before making appli- cation for acceptance of the work the City right of way or ground disturbed or occupied in connection with the work shall be cleaned of all rubish, excess mat and all parts of the work shall be left in a neat and presentable eondition. 11. Violations and Penalties: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof -5- during which any violation of my of the provisions of this or- dinance is comitted, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation, each person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $300, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 12. re hereby repealed in so far as such conflict may exist. A11 ordinances or parts of ordtnances in conflict here- --------x-------- pproved this 6th day of Se The foregoing Ordinance No. 429 was regularly introduced in the City Council of the City of Lodi on August 16, 1950, and thereafter, on the 6th day of September, 1950, passed, adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES : Councilmen, Bull, €BskeU,, Rim and Tolli'VW? NOES : ABSENT : Councilmen, Councilmen, Bone gone Ordinance No. 429 was approved and signed by the FJfayor e date of its final passage and approval and was pub- d at the time and in the manner required by law. Attest: Sex) tember 15.19 5@9 50