Diamond Bar Municipal Code Div. 6 Sidewalk and Curb Repair

When any sidewalk or curb constructed on any highway, road, boulevard, street, avenue, lane or alley shall be out of repair or in need of reconstruction or in a condition to endanger persons passing thereon or to interfere with public convenience in the use thereof, it shall be the duty of the owner of or other person in charge of or in control of the property abutting upon the sidewalk or curb to repair or reconstruct the sidewalk or curb.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(16.80.010), 6-27-89)

(a) Unlawful. It is unlawful for any owner of or other person in charge of or in control of any property abutting upon any sidewalk or curb constructed upon any highway, road, boulevard, street, avenue, lane or alley, to fail to repair or reconstruct the sidewalk or curb when the sidewalk or curb shall be out of repair or in need of reconstruction or in a condition to endanger persons passing thereon.

(b) Work performed by city; notice; costs. When any sidewalk or curb constructed on any highway, road, boulevard, street, avenue, lane or alley shall be out of repair or in need of reconstruction, or in a condition to endanger persons passing thereon, and when the commissioner shall have actual knowledge of such fact, he shall cause notice to be given to the owner or other person in charge of or in control of the property abutting upon such sidewalk or curb to repair or reconstruct the sidewalk, and if such owner or other person shall fail to repair or reconstruct the sidewalk or curb within five days after the giving of such notice, the director shall cause such sidewalk or curb to be repaired or reconstructed out of any funds which may be available for the purpose, and the expense thereof shall be a charge against such owner or other person to be recovered by action in the name of the city. The notice shall be served in the manner provided for by law for the service of summons in a civil action, if such owner or other person can be found in the city, or if such owner or other person cannot be so found, then by delivering the same to the person in possession of such property, if such property be occupied, or if unoccupied, by posting the same upon the property. The notice shall specify the manner of the repair or reconstruction and the materials to be used in such work, and shall state that if such owner or other person shall fail to repair or reconstruct the sidewalk or curb as required, within five days thereafter, such work will be done by the city at the expense of such owner or other person and that such owner or other person will be prosecuted for such failure as provided for by this division.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(16.18.020, 16.80.030), 6-27-89)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 1.04.010.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(16.80.040), 6-27-89)