Fountain, CO Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Fountain Municipal Code § 12.20.010
- Who pays
- Owner of abutting property
- Notice period before city acts
- 30 days
- Non-payment result
- Special assessment lien
- Original enactment
- Ord. No. 28, 1905
- State cross-reference
- C.R.S. § 31-15-703
Summary
In Fountain, Colorado, the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk must build, rebuild, or repair that sidewalk at their own expense when the city council orders it. If the owner fails to act after written notice, the city's street commissioner or a contractor does the work and assesses the cost against the property as a lien.
Sidewalks shall be constructed by owners of property abutting on same, or at their expense, as provided in this chapter, throughout the city, in the manner provided for in section 12.20.020, and in such places and at such times as ordered by the city council.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 3).
Full Breakdown
020 and at the times and places ordered by the city council. 5 feet wide within that strip. 030 authorizes the street commissioner, under council direction, to build or repair the sidewalk instead. 040 requires the city clerk to serve the owner written notice giving 30 days to complete the work themselves, delivered personally or, for a non-resident owner or one who cannot be found, published for four weeks in the city's official paper. 070 requires the street and alley committee to inspect the finished work, report the cost to city council, and assess that cost as a lien against the abutting lot, collected the same as other property taxes if the owner doesn't pay directly. This chapter dates to the city's original 1905 ordinance (Ord. No. § 31-15-703.
Violations & Fines
There is no separate criminal penalty in this chapter; the consequence of an owner's failure to build or repair a sidewalk after 30 days' written notice is that the city performs the work through the street commissioner or a contractor and assesses the full cost, including inspection and administrative costs, as a special lien against the abutting property, collectible in the same manner as delinquent property taxes under § 12.20.070.
Frequently Asked Questions
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