Kansas City, MO Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 64-243 makes it the abutting owner's duty to keep the sidewalk, curbing, drive approach and guttering in good repair and at the established grade. If the director of public works finds a sidewalk out of repair, the city mails a 30-day repair notice; if the owner doesn't fix it, city crews or a contractor do the work and the cost becomes a special assessment lien against the property, billed by the front-foot rule. Since April 4, 2017, though, the city has suspended issuing new special assessments for sidewalk repair while a $150 million general obligation bond program covers the cost instead.