Chapter 12.24 — SIDEWALKS, CURBS, AND GUTTERS

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 in charge of or in control of, the property abutting upon the sidewalk or curb to repair or reconstruct the sidewalk or curb. (Prior code § 38-136)

It is unlawful for any owner, or other person 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 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. (Prior code § 38-137)

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 County Road Commissioner shall have actual knowledge of such fact, he or she shall cause notice to be given to the owner of, 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 Commissioner shall cause the sidewalk or curb to be repaired or reconstructed out of the City funds which may be available for such purpose, and the expense thereof shall be charged against such owner or other person, to be recovered by action in the name of the City. The notice aforesaid shall be served in the manner provided 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 found, then by delivering the same to the person in possession of such property, if such property is occupied, or if unoccupied by posting the same upon the property. Such 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 to repair or reconstruct. (Prior code § 38-138)