Orlando, FL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Section 54.41 requires the owner of real estate adjoining a right-of-way to construct or repair a sidewalk or parkway within 45 days once the City gives proper notice under Section 54.43, but only where the disrepair is due to action attributable to the adjoining property owner or his employees or agents. Section 54.43 lets the City Engineer or another designated officer serve that notice by personal delivery or registered mail; if there's no known address, notice runs instead as a published legal ad once a week for two consecutive weeks, or as a posting on the lot itself for two weeks, using the name on the last confirmed county tax roll as the presumed owner.

Section 54.42 carves out the key exception: sidewalk damage caused by roots, falling limbs, or removal of a tree standing in the City parkway is repaired by the City at no cost to the abutting owner, but damage from a tree on the owner's own private property is treated as attributable to the owner and falls back under Section 54.41's 45-day duty. If an owner who received proper notice fails or refuses to repair within the 45 days, Section 54.44 lets the City construct or repair the sidewalk or parkway itself and place a lien on the property for the reasonable cost of the work, a lien that is superior to all other liens except for taxes.

Before any of this, Section 54.40 lets the City Engineer inspect and condemn newly built sidewalks or driveways that don't meet standard specifications, including coring concrete to check compliance, and order the adjoining owner to rebuild within a specified time.