Per City ordinance, property owners must keep adjacent sidewalks, parkways, and driveways in safe condition. Certain Type A-E thoroughfare frontages are exceptions.
Garland requires the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk to keep the sidewalk, parkway, and driveway approach in good repair and free from defects and hazards, under Chapter 36 Article IX (Construction or Repair of Sidewalks). Exceptions exist for certain residential properties fronting streets classified on the Thoroughfare Plan as Type A, B, C, D, or E. The City operates a Sidewalk Participation Program to share costs with qualifying owners. Sidewalk construction or repair requires a permit, and contractors must have a Sidewalk Bond on file with the City.
Failure to repair can result in Code Compliance notice, City-performed repair billed to the owner, and possible lien. Unpermitted sidewalk work is a Chapter 36 violation, Class C misdemeanor.
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