Pasco, WA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)
Key Facts
- Responsible party
- Abutting private property owner
- Trigger
- City finds owner-caused sidewalk damage
- Maximum penalty
- $250.00 civil code infraction
- Non-compliance backstop
- City builds it, liens the property
- Permit needed first
- Right-of-way permit, PMC 12.04.040
Summary
Pasco assigns sidewalk repair and replacement cost to the property owner next door, not the City. PMC 12.04.140 lets the City order repairs when an owner's actions cause damage, and abutting owners must also build sidewalks, curbs, and gutters along their own frontage under PMC 12.04.030.
Whenever any street, lane, square, place or alley in the City shall have been improved by the construction of a sidewalk along either side thereof, the duty, burden, and expense of the maintenance and cleaning ... of such sidewalk shall devolve upon the owner of the private property directly abutting on the sidewalk. Whenever the City has persuasive evidence that the actions of the property owner or its agents have resulted in damage to an abutting sidewalk, it may order the repair or replacement of such sidewalk, and the repair or replacement shall be made by the owner in the manner provided by the ordinances of the City and the laws of the state. It shall be unlawful for any person after receiving notice from the City to fail to maintain, clean, repair, or replace such sidewalk pursuant to the obligations created above. A violation of this section shall be a civil code infraction carrying a maximum penalty of $250.00.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
00 penalty. 040 requires the applicant to get a right-of-way permit from the City first. 080 turns unpaid assessments into a lien on the property, collectible with interest.
Violations & Fines
Failing to repair or replace a damaged sidewalk after a City order is a civil code infraction under PMC 12.04.140, with a maximum penalty of $250.00. If an owner never complies, the City can construct or repair the sidewalk itself under Chapter 12.08 PMC and assess the full cost as a lien against the property, collectible with interest.
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