Glendale, CA Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)

Section 5610 shifts the sidewalk-maintenance burden from the City of Glendale onto the abutting property owner whenever the fronting street is improved or the parking strip between the curb and the property line is maintained as a park or strip. The duty covers any hazard that would endanger a pedestrian or interfere with public use of the walk, from a cracked slab to a heaved root lift, except for damage caused by someone else working under a permit the city itself issued, such as a utility cut.

When Glendale's superintendent of streets finds a section of sidewalk out of repair or dangerous, Section 5611 requires written notice to the owner or occupant directing repair. Section 5613 spells out how that notice is delivered: a postal card mailed to the owner, plus a copy posted on the property on a card at least 8 inches by 10 inches. If the first notice goes unanswered, the superintendent may mail a second postal card marked "Second Notice" seven to ten days later, though the second notice does not extend the repair deadline.

If the owner fails to start the repair and pursue it with due diligence, Section 5615 lets the superintendent step in and complete the work directly, even repairing additional frontage at the owner's written request, with that added cost folded into the same billing. Section 5618 then puts the bill before the city council, the legislative body, at a public hearing, where owners can raise objections or protests before the report is confirmed, revised or corrected; the council's ruling on any protest is final and conclusive, leaving no further administrative appeal.