Glasgow Petition, Order to Build Sidewalks ordinance (§ 520.030)

When a petition shall be presented to the Board of Aldermen signed by a majority of the property owners residing in the block on which said walk is to be built, asking that a sidewalk be built on that side of said street, and the property owned by said petitioners on said street shall constitute the largest number of feet from the beginning to the terminus of said walk proposed to be built, said Board of Aldermen may order each and every person, resident or non-resident, owning property on said side of such street, or the known tenant or agent of such person to build and construct a sidewalk in front or alongside of such property, and to prescribe the material out of which said walk shall be built and the dimensions thereof, and if any one (1) of said property owners or agents shall, for the period of fifteen (15) days after being required so to do by a written notice by the City, fail or refuse to construct by ordinance such sidewalk, the Board shall cause the same to be constructed at the expense of such owner or owners.