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City of Waterloo
2017 Sidewalk Repair Program, Zone 7
I; Black Hawk County, SS Notice was published in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls
Courier, a daily newspaper printed in Waterloo, Black
Hawk County, Iowa, once a week for 2 consecutive
weeks commencing on the 11th day of May, 2017 in
the issues of
2017 SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM--
ZONE 7
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS May 11, 2017
May 9,2017 May 18 2017
As required by the Iowa State Cade and ,
the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, notice is hereby given
that the public sidewalk abutting your
property is in need of repair. Under Of said newspaper, and that the annexed rate of
Section 7-1-6 of the City Ordinances,the
property owner is responsible for the advertised is the regular legal rate of said newspaper,
maintenance and repair of the public
sidewalk abutting their property. Per
Section 7-2A of the City Ordinances,the and that the following is a correct bill for publishing
City has the responsibility to inspect
sidewalks and see that the repairs are said notice.
completed.
SIDEWALK INSPECTION AND REPAIR
PROGRAM
Section 7.2A-4 of the Code of Ordinances
places the responsibility of inspecting all
public sidewalks within the City of Printer's Bill $173.93
Waterloo with the office of the City
Engineer.The city is divided into ten(10)
sidewalk zones and inspected on a ten
(10) year cycle. This years inspected
area is bounded by:
East 4th St.-Walnut St.-Independence
Ave.-East City Limits-Cedar River
East 4th St.
and is known Zone 7.
The necessary sidewalk repair is shown
on the enclosed Sidewalk Repair Survey
Form and the type of defect(s)explained J LD [Cato, g
as well.If the sidewalk needs repair,one Signed
of the following symbols may be found on
the sidewalk:
• White paint circle - single sidewalk
panel replacement
•White"X"-a sidewalk panel that may
need to be replaced
White"F"-a sidewalk panel that can be Subscribed and sworn to before me thisC-^'J JL
repaired by patching
Each property owner has until Friday,July w/
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repairs. If no sidewalk repairs are made Day of
re this date, the City shall include the
repairs within its sidewalk repair assess-
SL program, typically beginning in September. Mq1A
You may call the City Engineering /
Department at (319) 291-4312 for a 1
reinspection,or present your reasons for
or against the proposed repairs at a
hearing with the C'fly Council,on the date Notary Public
indicated below.
PERMITS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY BONDS:
The property owner may elect to make U
the repairs themselves or hire a contrac. Received of
for to make the repairs. To obtain a
sidewalk repair permit,a properly owner
Or contractor must first have a Right-of-
Way Bond on file with the City. Permits
will only be issued to those who have an
N1 approved Right-of-Way Bond on file.The
City Engineer's Office will only verify if a
contractor is bonded to work in the
right-of-way. the sum Of
If you elect to make the sidewalk repairs
yourself and currently do not have an
approved Right-of-Way Bond,a Right-of-
Way Bond may be obtained through your Dollars.
insurance company. The Right-of-Way
Bond application form is available in the
Enggineer's Office. Once completed, the
Rightof-Way Bond appplication form must
be submitted to the Engineer's Office and In full for publication of the above notice.
then approved by the Waterloo City
Council. Right-of-Way Bond application
form and fond must be received by
Tuesday to be approved by City Council
on the following Monday. ai:ME
it you are not bonded in 2017, the odeadline to submit Right-of-Way Bond apaperwork to the Engineer's Office is tTuesday,June 27,2017,oy 12:00 noon.
Please schedule your repairs with this
processing time in mind.
Sidewalk repair permits cost$40.00 and
can be obtained at the City Engineer's
Office,2nd Floor City Hall,715 Mulbe
Street. Permits are issued Monday thru
Friday between the hours of 7:30 to 8:30
a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. or by
appointment by calling(319)291-4312.
To insure that sidewalk reoairs are made