§ 50-42. Request to city by abutting owner; when.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the owner of property abutting a street, who desires to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk at his own expense and in accordance with official plans and specifications for the purpose and which meets such other requirements as would have to be met if the sidewalk were constructed or reconstructed by the city, to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk without any petition or a condemning resolution adopted by the board of city commissioners, provided that if such property owner desires the sidewalk to be constructed or reconstructed by the city and an assessment levied as provided by law in other cases, he shall file a request with the board of city commissioners, and the board of city commissioners in its discretion may provide for the construction and reconstruction of the sidewalk requested in the same manner as in other cases where citizens or taxpayers petition the board of city commissioners.

(Prior Code(1), § 22-103; Prior Code(2), § 13.40.030)