Kokomo, IN Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Section 97.06, Maintenance of Sidewalks, was added to the Kokomo Code of Ordinances by Ordinance 6567, passed December 8, 2008. It places a specific, narrow duty on the person owning premises that adjoin a sidewalk: immediately notify the Board of Public Works and Safety of any damage, defects, or obstructions to that sidewalk that might impede, endanger, or preclude the public's lawful use of it. The text does not require the adjoining owner to perform the physical repair or pay for it directly; the operative obligation is the notification itself, which then puts the Board on notice to act.

That distinguishes § 97.06 from a repair-cost-shifting ordinance, and it sits inside the same General Provisions subchapter as § 97.02's ban on damaging street or sidewalk construction materials, § 97.03's general obstruction ban, and § 97.04's ban on depositing debris on a sidewalk, all enforced together under Chapter 97. A cross-reference in § 97.06 points to Chapter 95's health and sanitation rules, tying sidewalk hazard reporting to the city's broader nuisance-abatement framework. Failing to notify the Board of a known hazard carries the same Chapter 97 penalty that governs the rest of the General Provisions subchapter, and the Board of Public Works and Safety is the same body that issues sidewalk-dining and right-of-way permits under § 97.03(C) and the excavation provisions later in the chapter.