§ 16-5. Maintenance of sidewalk areas.

(a)

Pursuant to Section 5610 of the State Streets and Highways Code, the owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any portion of a public street or place when that street or place is improved or if and when the area between the property line of the adjacent property and the street line is maintained as a park or parking strip, shall maintain any sidewalk in such condition that the sidewalk will not endanger persons or property and maintain it in a condition which will not interfere with the public convenience in the use of those works or areas save and except as to those conditions created or maintained in, upon, along, or in connection with such sidewalk by any person other than the owner, under and by virtue of any permit or right granted to him by law or by the city, and such persons shall be under a like duty in relation thereto.

(b)

The process of notifying property owners of repairs and levying costs, including but limited to, hearings by city council, execution of work, and collection of costs, shall be as provided in Section 5611 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code.

(c)

The city will be one hundred percent responsible for the cost of sidewalk maintenance to the extent that sidewalks may be damaged by parkway trees or the activity of city construction projects.

(Ord. No. 413, § 3.)