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of each such lien on the assessment books for city taxes against the respective parcels charged and thereafter the amount of each such lien shall be collected in the same manner, at the same time, and be subject to the same additional penalties as are established for the payment of general city taxes . SECTION 11. Proof of the posting or mailing of any notice, order or determination provided for in this ordinance may be made by the affi- davit of the person posting or mailing the notice, order or determination annexed to a copy of such order, notice or determination posted or mailed, as the case may be, and specifying the date when or at which the same was posted or mailed as the case may be. It shall be the duty of the engin- eer to keep among the official records of his office the affidavits of posting or mailing herein provided for, and no error in the name or address and no failure to receive a copy of the notices mailed as herein provided shall affect in any manner the validity of the procedure or of any lien imposed hereunder. SECTION 12. No charge, or any act relating to such charge, or the collection of the same hereunder, shall be illegal on account of infor- mality, or because the same was not completed within the time required by law. SECTION 13. This ordinance shall be known and designated as the "Sidewalk and Driveway Ordinance". ARTICLE II SECTION 1. No work of breaking out and/or construction of side- walks and driveways within any public right of way shall be undertaken by any person without a permit first being obtained from the engineer' s office. A required permit fee of W1.00 shall accompany each application for a permit. SECTION 2. No permit shall be issued by the engineer unless and until any contractor proposing to do such work shall fine a performance bond with and payable to the city, in an amount not less than 4500.00. SECTION 3. Any sidewalk or driveway shall be broken out and con- struced to standard city specifications, drawings of which are on file and available in the engineer ' s office. In case of defective work not corrected to the satisfaction of the engineer, no further permits shall be issued to applicant, and performance bond given hereunder shall be cancelled. SECTION 4. Applicantions for permits by individual owners of pro- perty shall be accompained by a cash deposit of 41)25..00 as a guaranty to construct the work to city specifications and to remove and dispose of debris left on city right of ways, which cash bond shall be refundable Anly after work has been accepted by city and all debris properly re- moved. SECTION 5. DRIVEWAYS. (a) Business and Industrial Driveways: No driveway shall be of greater width than 40% of the actual lot frontage on any one street, ncr more than 23 feet, whichever is the lesser. In case of more than one driveway in front of any property, the total width of driveways shall not exceed the 40% of frontage hereinbefore mentioned, and there shall be 20 feet or a multiple thereof of standard curb, gutters and sidewalk between such driveways. (b) Residential Driveways : Single driveways shall not exceed 12 feet in width and double driveways shall not exceed 23 feet in width between the tops of ramps at the ends of driveways. SECTION 6. REPLACEMENT OF CURB AND SIDEWALK AT ABANDONED DRIVEWAYS. (a) "Abandoned driveway" is defined as any driveway for which there appears to be no immediate reasonable use as such, or where the use or conditions of the abutting property has been so changed that the driveway is no longer needed. -3-