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AMENDED 6/29/90 ORDINANCE N0. 90-20 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Carmen and Council as a Whole AN ORDINANCE ENACTING NEW CHAPTER 903 OF THE CODTFIED ORDINANCES OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO PERTAINING TO SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE AND DECLARTNG AN EMERGENCY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. The existing Part 9, Street, Utilities and Public Services Code, of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio, be and the same is hereby amended by enacting Chapter 903, entitled "Sidewalk Maintenance," to read as follows: Chapter 903 Sidewalk Maintenance 903.01 Sidewalk Maintenance Responsibility. Public sidewalks serving all classifications of property are the responsibility of and shall be maintained by the abutting property owner, it being deemed necessary by Mayfield Village to require the repair and mainte- nance of sidewalks. 903.02 Inspection Procedure. The Building Department of Mayfield Village shall attempt to inspect all sidewalks every two (Z) years from the date of passage of this Ordinance. (a) The inspection shall include surface condition, i.e. spalled or checked surface cracks or joint separation, a differential elevation in sidewalk sections. A differential elevation of sidewalk sections of one-half (1/2) inch or less shall be deemed satisfactory and not require replacement or leveling. (b) Property owners or their agents shall be informed, in writing, of the repairs required to bring the sidewalks abutting the property into compliance. (c) Such notice shall be served on the property owners or their agents by certified mail, returned receipt requested. If such notice is returned undelivered, then such notice may be served by ordinary mail which shall be deemed completed when the fact of mailing is entered on record. If the ordinary mail envelope is returned undelivered, then such copy shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the property to which it relates and a copy of such notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within Mayfield Village.