The City Engineer.
Section 18
SEC. 18. The City Engineer.—There shall be a city engineer who shall have the following general powers and duties: He shall have charge of all the surveying and engineering work of the city, and shall perform such services in connection with public improvements, or any work entered upon or projected by the city, as may require the skill and experience of a civil engineer. He shall ascertain, record, and establish monuments of the city survey and from thence extend the surveys of the city, and locate, establish, and survey all city property, and also private property abutting on the case, whenever directed by the Director of Public Works; shall make such tests and inspection of engineering materials used in construction and repair as may be necessary to protect the city from the use of materials of a poor or dangerous quality; shall inspect and report upon the condition of public property and public works whenever required by the Mayor; shall have the care and custody of all public buildings, including markets and slaughterhouses, and of any system established for lighting the streets, public places, and public buildings; shall prevent the encroachment of private buildings and fences on the streets and public places of the city; shall inspect and supervise the construction, repair, removal, and safety of private buildings; shall regulate and enforce the numbering of houses in accordance with the ordinances of the city; shall have the care of all public streets, parks, cemeteries, and bridges; shall maintain, clean, sprinkle, and regulate the use of the same for all purposes as provided by ordinance; shall collect and dispose of all garbage, refuse, the contents of closets, and cesspools, and all other offensive and dangerous substances within the city in accordance with ordinance; shall prepare plans and have charge of the construction of any sewer and water supply systems of the city hereafter authorized: shall have the care and custody of any such public system of waterworks and sewers, and all sources of water supply, and shall control, maintain, and regulate the use of the same in accordance with the ordinances relating thereto; shall inspect and regulate, subject to the approval of the Mayor, the use of all private systems for supplying water to the city and its inhabitants, and all private sewers and their connection with the public sewer system; and shall prepare plans, maps, specifications, and estimates for buildings, streets, bridges, and other public works, and supervise the construction and repair of the same. But no construction involving public buildings, laying out of street or parks or change of existing buildings, streets, or parks shall be begun without first having obtained plans therefor approved by the Director of Public Works, and it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to advise the Mayor, the City Council, and the city engineer of the city on all matters pertaining to the architectural features of construction, repair or alterations of a material nature of public buildings and monuments of a permanent character, or any construction involving a modification of the development plans, including the laying out or alteration of public streets and parks, and, upon request, to prepare plans, specifications, estimates, and other information for public buildings or works of a permanent character for the city. He shall file and preserve all maps, plans, notes, surveys, and other papers and documents pertaining to his office. He shall have power, subject to the approval of the Mayor, to cause buildings dangerous to the public to be made secure or torn down, and shall supervise and regulate the locations and use of engines, boilers, forges, and other manufacturing and heating appliances in accordance with the law and ordinance relating thereto.