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0013 (Sidewalk Construction)ORDINANCE O. 13s AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND CURBS ON `IHE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUTH PARK STREET BETWEEN THE ONNOITATCKEE RIVER AND THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY'S TRACKS, PRE-. SCRIBING THEIR MATERIAL, WIDTH AND TIICKNESS, TIME TD BE BUILT AND REMEDIES FOR NON ■COMPLIANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY TIE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA: SECTION 1. The owners of land abutting upon the South side of South Park Street between the Onnohatchs• River and the right of way of the Florida East Coast Railway Company's tracks shall and they are hereby required to construct sidewalks and curbs along the line of their said properties abutting upon said street of the width and thickness herein- after set forth. Said sidewalks shall b • six feet wide and least four inches thick, constructed of good Portland cement`, the mctar in the top dressing to be one half inch tick to be in proportion of one part sand to ono part cement, and the mortar in the lower part of said side- walk to be of one part cement to four parts sand. Said sidewalks shall be constructed so as to amain t owards the our The said curb shall by six inches wide and the top level with sidwwalk and shall be constructed of good portland anent in proportions of one part cement to four parts sand. Said curb shall b e reinforced a t all corners with iron rods. The inner edge of a aid curb shall b e located eighteen inches from the outside of said sidewalk and curb shall be constructed at such exact plies and grade as may be designated b* the City Engineer. SECTI ON 2. The above designated sidewalks and curbs shall be completed within sixty days after the passage and approval of this ordinance, and in default thereof, sidewalks and curbs as herein provided shall be constructed by the City of Okeechobee and the cost thereof, with all expenses of celleotion and a reasonable attorney fee, shall be a lien against the real estate abutting on sidewalks and curbs so constructed bythe City, which lien shall be enforced in the manner provided by law. SECTION S. Contracts shall be let by the City Council at for the construc- tion of all sidewalks and curbs required by this ordinance ah ere the same have not been constructed by owners within the time herein limited, and the coat of constructing said sidewalks and curbs shall be a UMW as heretoDore provided. SECTION 4. Bills for said sidewalks and curbs shall be made out by the City Clerk and sent by United States mail toe soh owner of r sal estate on which same is a lien, to the last known address of such owner, and if the address is unknown, such bill shall be mailed to him 'with Okeechobee, Florida, as the address. SECTION 5. The t ole amount of said bill may be paid in cash without intereet if paid within thirty days after mailing by said Clerk; or at the option of payee, said bill may be paid in * installments as follows: One third in cash within thirty days after the date of mailing of bill, and balance in two equal annual installments payable one and two years after dilate of bill, with interest after date at eight per cent per annum, to be evidenced by promisory nofe payable to the City of Okeechobee, to be delivered to the City Clerk at time of payment of cash installment, If the *olio amount of bill is not paid as herein provided, or if default is made in payment of any installments, as above provided, it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to certify such fact to the Mayor together with a copy of the bill and a description of the real estate against which it is a lien, and thereupon the Mayor shall proceed to have said lien enforced for the collection of said indebtnesa in the manner provided by law. SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, notices of till liens claimed by the City under the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 7. The Mayor is hereby authorized to bid at the s ale of any real estate for the enforcement of such lien or liens the amount of the judgement or decree a nd c oats, and if said property is sD ld to the City, the Mayor is authorised to s ell and make conveyance thereof to any purchaser who will pay the amount whichsaid real estate has coat the City, and the proceeds of such sale or sales or of all collections under this ordinance shall be turned over to the City Treasurer to be applied to the proper fund. SECTION 8. All ordinances, or parts or ordinances, in conflict here- with are hereby r epealed. SECTION 9. This ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.