Peoria, IL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)
Key Facts
- Owner's repair notice window
- 30 days from mailed notice
- City reimbursement of contracted repairs
- 80 percent of lower of two bids
- Owner's lien share if city repairs
- 20 percent of repair cost
- Lien interest if unpaid past 60 days
- 10 percent per year
- Appeal deadline
- 30 days to construction commission
- Recording fee added to lien
- $50.00 plus recorder's fee
Summary
Peoria puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, but shares the cost. Once the director of public works flags a sidewalk as needing repair, the owner has 30 days to fix it or hire a licensed, bonded contractor; the city then reimburses 80 percent of the reasonable repair cost. Owners who ignore the notice face a city-hired contractor and a lien for their 20 percent share.
Sec. 26-231. - Declaration of disrepair; notice. The director of public works is hereby authorized to declare certain sidewalks in the city to be sidewalks in need of repair... The notice shall advise the owner that he must repair or contract for repairs of the sidewalk in need of repair within 30 days of the date of the mailing of the notice... The notice shall advise the owner that if he contracts for said repairs, that the city will reimburse 80 percent of the reasonable cost of said repairs... Sec. 26-236. - Cost of repair to be lien. (a)The owner's share (20 percent of the total) of the cost of repair of the sidewalk in need of repair is a lien on real estate immediately adjacent to the sidewalk in need of repair.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 119).
Full Breakdown
5 inches in commercial areas or 2 inches in residential areas, the neighborhood's foot traffic, holes and spalling, and the likelihood the defect gets worse. When a sidewalk is flagged, the owner of the adjacent property gets a mailed notice under Section 26-231 giving 30 days to repair it or contract for repair; if the owner contracts for the work using two bids from licensed, bonded contractors, the city reimburses 80 percent of the lower bid. Owners who neither repair the walk nor arrange for repair within 30 days lose control of the process: under Section 26-233, the city hires its own licensed, bonded contractor to do the work.
00 recording fee plus the recorder's fee. Where more than one parcel touches the same defective stretch, Section 26-237 apportions the cost among the owners by their frontage. An owner who disputes the disrepair finding can appeal to the construction commission within 30 days of the Section 26-231 notice; the commission must issue a written decision within seven days of the hearing, and if it upholds the finding, the owner gets another 30 days to repair before the city contracts the work itself.
Violations & Fines
Missing the 30-day repair window does not bring a fine; it shifts control to the city. The city hires a licensed, bonded contractor to fix the sidewalk under Section 26-233, bills the owner for 20 percent of the cost under Section 26-236, and records that amount as a lien on the property if unpaid within 60 days, growing at ten percent annual interest until it is paid or foreclosed by the corporation counsel.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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