Grand Prairie, TX Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Section 29-113, 'Maintenance of the sidewalk and right-of-way,' applies to all provisions of the Code relative to the responsibility of a homeowner, lessor, lessee, resident, occupant, property manager, or agent for real property that abuts a street, alley, public easement, right-of-way, sidewalk, or driveway. It makes that maintenance duty joint and several, meaning the city can hold any one of those parties, owner, tenant, or manager alike, fully responsible for the condition of the abutting area, not just a proportionate share. The section requires the area to be kept in good and safe condition, free from any defects and hazards, including the curb and all right-of-way.

It also broadens every other maintenance obligation in the Code: whenever any provision says property shall be maintained, Section 29-113 directs that the requirement be read to include the building, the property itself, the adjacent right-of-way, the driveway, the sidewalk, the approach, and the surface of all easements. The section closes by barring the responsible parties from doing anything that would prevent the purpose and all incidental uses of such areas, meaning obstruction of the sidewalk or right-of-way is itself a violation, separate from physical disrepair.