Bluffton residents on the east side of Main Street will be receiving sidewalk letters in late May or early June in anticipation of a new sidewalk ordinance  currently passing its way through Bluffton council.

Once the ordinance is in effect home owners east of Main Street have until May 1, 2014, to install a sidewalk, which conforms to the design standards set by the ordiance.

After May 1, 2014, the village will contract the sidewalk and bill the home owner. Should the bill not be paid in 30 days, the amount will be accessed to the taxes for a seven-year period.

Two verisons of the proposed letter are in the council members' packets and may be reviewed during the Monday, April 8, council meeting. Those letters are also in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

The council packet also contains the agenda for the April 8, meeting.