Parma, OH Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

14(a) requires every sidewalk, driveway and parking area in the City to be kept in a proper state of repair, though the section does not reach damage caused by utility infrastructure or by tree roots growing in a tree lawn. Subsection (b) requires public sidewalks to stay clear of vegetation growing through cracks or joints, and treats any change in sidewalk level, or any crack, over one inch as hazardous and requiring repair. Subsection (d) bars patching or resurfacing a public sidewalk: a damaged sidewalk must be replaced with concrete built to the specifications in Chapters 1197 and 1512, though leveling sidewalk sections is allowed.

Subsection (e) applies the same repair duty to driveway aprons, which must stay free of holes, deterioration and cracks that make sections loose or hazardous, and any repair must use concrete unless the Code Official grants a written waiver to use asphalt over a drainage pipe. Subsection (f) is the core duty provision: no owner or occupant of abutting land may fail to keep the sidewalks, curbs or gutters in repair and free from snow, ice or any other nuisance. Subsection (g) separately requires marked parking areas to keep their painted space lines in good condition.

The City's separate Chapter 903 gives Council power to order a specific sidewalk repaired by resolution and assess the cost to the abutting owner if the owner does not act within thirty days of notice.