Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 16.80 Sidewalk and Curb Repair

When any sidewalk or curb constructed on any 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, firm or corporation in charge of or in control of the property abutting upon said sidewalk or curb to repair or reconstruct said sidewalk or curb.

(Ord. 713 § 1, 1921.)

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

(Ord. 713 § 2, 1921.)

When any sidewalk or curb constructed on any 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 road commissioner shall have actual knowledge of such fact, he shall cause notice to be given to the owner or other person, firm or corporation in charge of or in control of the property abutting upon such sidewalk or curb to repair or reconstruct said sidewalk, and if such owner or other person, firm or corporation shall fail to repair or reconstruct said sidewalk or curb within five days after the giving of such notice, the road commissioner shall cause said sidewalk or curb to be repaired or reconstructed out of any funds which may be available for said purpose, and the expense thereof shall be a charge against such owner or other person, firm or corporation, to be recovered by action in the name of the county of Los Angeles. The notice aforesaid 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, firm or corporation,

can be found in the county of Los Angeles, or if such owner or other person, firm or corporation, 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 said property. Said 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, firm or corporation shall fail to repair or reconstruct said sidewalk or curb as required, within five days thereafter, such work will be done by the county at the expense of such owner or other person, firm or corporation, and that such owner or other person, firm or corporation, will be prosecuted for such failure as provided for by this chapter.

(Ord. 713 § 3, 1921.)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each separate day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof said person, firm or corporation, shall be fined, for each offense, not to exceed $100.00, or imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 713 § 4, 1921.)