Celina, TX Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)
Key Facts
- Who's responsible
- Abutting property owner/occupant
- Citation
- City Code § 6.02.001
- Max fine
- $2,000 (health/sanitation offense)
- Extra remedy
- City may summarily abate
- Adopted
- Ordinance 2011-43, Dec. 2011
Summary
Celina places sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner. City Code § 6.02.001 makes it the owner's or occupant's duty to keep the sidewalk fronting their property free of trash and debris.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person owning, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control of any real property, occupied or unoccupied, within the corporate limits of the city to permit or allow any trash, rubbish, carrion, filth, brush, ... or other impure or unwholesome matter to accumulate or remain thereon or therein. It shall be the duty and responsibility of that person to keep property and the sidewalks in front of this property free and clear of the same.
Full Breakdown
Under City Code § 6.02.001 (Article 6.02, Property Maintenance), any person owning, occupying, or controlling real property in Celina, vacant or built, is barred from letting trash, rubbish, brush, cut vegetation, stagnant water, or other unwholesome matter accumulate on the property, and the ordinance extends that duty to the sidewalk in front of the property: it must be kept free and clear of the same debris. The code doesn't set a separate concrete-repair or trip-hazard standard for sidewalks, the codified obligation on abutting owners is this clear-and-clean duty, adopted by Ordinance 2011-43 in 2011.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 6.02.001 is a code offense; since it falls under health-and-sanitation regulations, § 1.01.009(b) caps the fine at $2,000, and the city may summarily abate the nuisance itself under § 1.01.009(f).
Frequently Asked Questions
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