Nashua, NH Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Owner requests edgestone from Board
- Deadline
- 30 days from edgestone setting
- Material
- Brick, concrete, or Board-approved
- Penalty
- Owner billed for edgestone cost
- Citation
- Nashua Revised Ordinances § 285-6
Summary
When Nashua's Board of Public Works sets an edgestone at an owner's request, the landowner must build the sidewalk within 30 days or pay the City for the edgestone and its removal.
In all requests for edgestones granted by the Board of Public Works, the landowners shall agree with the Board, in writing, to lay, within 30 days from the setting of the edgestone, a sidewalk of hard-burned brick, concrete or other material satisfactory to the Board in front of the land to the satisfaction of the Board. If the sidewalk is not built within the time specified, the landowners shall pay the City the cost of such edgestone and setting. If the Board so elects, the edgestone may be removed for use elsewhere, the expense of setting and removing to be charged to the landowners. All of such expenses shall be collected from the owner or owners as other bills due the City.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4805762; v29 updated 2026-02-10; through 02-10-2026).
Full Breakdown
Nashua doesn't impose a blanket sidewalk-repair mandate on every abutting owner. The duty is triggered when a landowner asks the Board of Public Works to set an edgestone in front of their property (§ 285-5): once granted, § 285-6 requires the owner to sign a written agreement to lay a sidewalk of brick, concrete, or other Board-approved material within 30 days of the edgestone being set. Miss the deadline and the City may remove the edgestone and bill the owner for both the original setting and the removal, collected like any other City bill.
Violations & Fines
Failing to build the sidewalk within 30 days doesn't bring a fine: it shifts the edgestone cost, and removal cost if the Board pulls it, onto the landowner's City bill.
Frequently Asked Questions
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