Grant County, WA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

GCC 10.50.010 declares that the Board of County Commissioners wants sidewalks, trails, and footpaths along county roads maintained for public use. GCC 10.50.020 distinguishes the three surfaces the chapter covers: a "sidewalk" is a raised concrete or asphalt walkway separated from traffic by a raised curb; a "trail" is an at-grade gravel, asphalt, or concrete walkway separated from traffic by a ditch or green strip; and a "footpath" is an at-grade native-soil walkway separated the same way. GCC 10.50.030 then places the maintenance duty on "persons occupying property or the legal property owner, if the property is vacant," for the walkway frontage adjacent to their land, and defines that duty to include keeping the surface "free of snow, ice, winter sand, obstructions, and other objectionable things." This is a newly enacted chapter (Ord.

No. 25-031-CC, effective March 25, 2025) and, unlike the county road-naming and addressing chapter next door, it does not itself cross-reference the Unified Development Code's enforcement provisions or the Title 1.32 code-enforcement chapter's public-nuisance list, which enumerates specific chapters (GCC 1.32.040) that does not include 10.50. Development Services and Public Works remain the departments responsible for county road frontage generally.