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<br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />SInEW ALKlTRAIL INSPECTION <br />AND <br />MAINTENANCE POLICY <br /> <br />1. Introduction <br /> <br />The City of Centerville has approximately _ miles of public sidewalks/trails. Public <br />sidewalks/trails may vary in age and in quality of condition. Public sidewalks are primarily <br />the responsibility of the adjoining property owner, trails are primarily the responsibility of <br />the City. Not every mere inequality or irregularity in the surface of the way rises to the <br />level of a defect. The City recognizes that some sidewalk/trail conditions can create <br />unreasonable hazards for pedestrians and other sidewalk users. <br /> <br />-The City does not have unlimited employee or financial resources and cannot reasonably <br />ensure that all sidewalks needing replacement or repair will be accomplished within the <br />same year the sidewalk is identified as needing replacement and repair. Sidewalk/trail <br />replacement and repair can be costly. Comprehensive sidewalk/trail surveys are expensive <br />and require the use of limited City personnel and other resources. Under appropriate <br />circumstances, some or all of the cost of sidewalk/trail replacement may be passed to the <br />adjacent property owner. . <br /> <br />Accordingly, the City and its Public Works Department must exercise both discretion and <br />professional judgment in determining whether and when sidewalks/trails need to be <br />replaced or repaired. The City expects that its agents, employees, and City officials will <br />exercise discretion in identifying conditions requiring replacement and repair, in the <br />scheduling of replacement and repair, and in establishing priorities for replacement and <br />repair. By inspecting the City's sidewalks/trails the City does not relieve property owners <br />from maintaining safe sidewalks/trails. These inspections are performed as a public service <br />in order to apprise property owners of problems and ensure that property owners effect <br />timely repairs. <br /> <br />2. Sidewalk/trail inspection procedures <br /> <br />The Director of Public Works shall establish procedures for regular sidewalk/trail <br />inspection. Those procedures will include: <br /> <br />A. An initial City wide sidewalk/trail survey to be completed by (date) <br />B. A schedule for routine sidewalk/trail inspections on a regular basis <br />C. Establishing criteria for determining whether a particular sidewalk/trail condition is in <br />need of replacement or repair. Those criteria will include, but not necessarily be <br />limited to, a deviation or difference in elevation greater than 3/4 inch, as determined <br /> <br />C:\Documents and Settings\TBender.CENTERVILLEMN\Desktop\Sidewalk Inspection 2006v2.doc <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />J;5 <br />