Palm Beach Gardens, FL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Section 62-3 places routine sidewalk upkeep on the contiguous property owner rather than the city's public works crews. The section requires that owner to maintain all grass, landscaping, and sidewalks located in the public rights-of-way and swales next to their property, and it breaks the duty into four specific pieces. First, grass and landscaping in the right-of-way must be maintained under the separate standards in section 79-5 of the Code. Second, sidewalks in the right-of-way must be kept free of grass, weeds, and trash, and cleaned of sand, dirt, discoloration, mold, and debris; the section is explicit that structural deficiencies in the sidewalk itself remain the city's responsibility, but flips that back onto the property owner or a utility provider if their negligent or intentional act caused the damage, in which case that party must make the necessary repairs.

Third, any landscaping root system shown to be damaging public property has to be removed. Fourth, turnouts, driveway aprons that cross the right-of-way, must be kept in proper condition under the same section 79-5 standard that governs right-of-way landscaping. The rule sits in article I of chapter 62, added by Ordinance No. 4, 2015, alongside the chapter's definitions of terms like sidewalk, swale, right-of-way, and contiguous that frame exactly whose property line triggers the duty.