(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.
(6) Whenever any street is to be improved, and, in the
judgment of the Board of Surveyors a partial lessening of the width of a roadway
for a distance less than the entire block is desirable to improve the safety of
pedestrians and increase traffic calming, a plan shall be prepared showing the
proposed widths and location of the roadways, sidewalks and other surface
improvements, including divisors 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 shall be followed in making all street
improvements.
[12.1] (7)
Whenever any street is to be improved, and, in the judgment of the Board of
Surveyors a partial widening of the width of the roadway for a distance less
than the entire block that does not affect the abutting House Line but is
desirable to improve the safety of pedestrians, a plan shall be prepared showing
the proposed widths and location of the roadways, sidewalks and other surface
improvements, including divisors 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 shall be followed in making all street
improvements.
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