§ 8-2. Alley work required.

(a) In general.

(1) DoT's responsibilities.

The Director of Transportation is authorized, at any time or times and from time to time, to do or have done, on the assessment plan hereinafter set forth, any or all of the following work in or adjacent to any public or private alleys of the City that he finds to be necessary for and to promote the public welfare, health, safety, and convenience, and for the local benefit of the property owners in the vicinity:

(i) the proper grading or regrading of any alley;

(ii) the paving or repaving of any alley with concrete or bituminous paving as, in the judgment of the Director of Transportation, may be necessary;

(iii) the repair or paving of any alley in the manner and to the extent as, in the judgment of the Director of Transportation, may be necessary; and

(iv) the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, removal, or relocation of any guard rails, guard fences, walls, embankments, supports, hedges, driveways, aprons, or approaches in or immediately adjacent to an alley as, in the judgment of the Director of Transportation, may be necessary.

(2) DPW's responsibilities.

The construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair of any and all drains, drainage facilities, and their appurtenances in or adjacent to these alleys shall be done by, under the supervision of, or with the approval of the Director of Public Works.

(b) Charter requirements.

Any and all such work shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter relating to public contracts and work, insofar as said Charter provisions may be applicable to said work.