The sidewalk areas in the residential, industrial and open space/public facilities zones of the city are designated and established for the use of the public in the following manner:
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the first five feet outward from the street gutter line shall be the area upon which shall be constructed the curb and main walkway for pedestrian travel. The area remaining, if any, between the sidewalk and the property line is reserved for use of the city in laying utility lines, buried electric or telephone transmission lines, or such other public use as the city may determine from time to time. Subject to such use, the area shall be available for pedestrian travel, beautification of surroundings, or such other use by the owner or occupant of the abutting property as may be authorized by the city.
B. In any block or area where the street master plan conflicts with the requirements of subsection A of this section, the design in the street master plan shall prevail and in any block here an existing sidewalk is in a good state of repair but does not conform to the requirements of subsection A of this section, any additional sidewalk constructed along an extension of the line of such nonconforming sidewalk in the same block shall be aligned with the existing sidewalk. (Prior code § 2.265)