Sidewalk Ordinance
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CITY OF DES MOINES PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Sidewalk Maintenance Standards
Effective February 1, 1984

DEFECTIVE SIDEWALK SAMPLES
Any public sidewalk exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics:
(a) Vertical Seperation (b) Horzontal Seperation (c) Holes or Depressions (d) Spalling (e) Cracked (f) Missing Parts (g) Deviation


(a) Vertical separations equal to three-fourths (3/4) inch or more.   Vertical Seperation  
   
(b) Horizontal separations equal to three-fourths (3/4) inch or more.   Horizontal Seperation
   
(c) Holes or depressions equal to three-fourths (3/4) inch or more.    
   
(d) Spalling over fifty (50) percent of a singe square or panel of sidewalk with one or more depressions equal to one-half (1/2) inch or more.   Spalling
   
(e) A single square or panel of sidewalk cracked in such a manner that no part thereof has a piece greater than one (1) square foot, or is cracked in such a manner that it constitutes danger or potential danger to the public.   Cracked
   
(f) A sidewalk with any part there of missing to the full depth.   Missing Full Depth
   
(g) A deviation on the staked and constructed grade equal to three-fourths (3/4) inch or more.   Deviation
   
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