High Point, NC Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Every owner of a lot abutting on a paved street, if so ordered by the Council of the City of High Point, shall pave, repave, repair and maintain in such manner as the council may direct, the sidewalk as far as it may extend along such lot, with such materials and in such manner as may be required by the council, and all work done under this section shall be under the strict supervision of the city manager, and on failure to do so as directed within 30 days after notice from the city manager or the director of public works of the city to such owner (if the owner be a nonresident, once a week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper published in High Point of a notice directed to said owner), calling on the owner to pave, repave, repair and maintain the sidewalk, the Council of the City of High Point may cause the same to be made, and the expense shall be paid by the owner or owners in default, and the expense thereof shall be a lien upon the lot superior and prior to all liens except taxes, and collected in the same manner as provided by law for the collection of taxes.