Clayton County, GA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Sec. ' Rather than building the sidewalk themselves, the code lets the owner make a written request to the zoning administrator; if both the zoning administrator and the director of transportation and development consent, the county will install the sidewalk on the owner's behalf. The financial obligation still lands on the owner: the section requires payment of 'an amount to be determined by the Director of Transportation and Development to cover all costs necessary to install the sidewalks as required by all applicable laws,' and the owner must also convey to the county, at no cost, whatever portion of the property the installation needs.

Once the owner has paid that amount and conveyed the necessary land, the section deems the owner to have satisfied the sidewalk-construction requirements of the Clayton County Code. The design standard behind the obligation comes from Sec. 86-154, which sets sidewalks at five feet wide along residentially zoned roads and six feet wide in commercial, industrial, and mixed-use areas, built to state DOT and county land-disturbance guidelines. Together the two sections establish that sidewalk construction along a subject property is the property owner's financial responsibility, whether the owner builds it directly or pays the county to do the work in the owner's place.