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California law states property owners are responsible for damage to the sidewalk in front of their property. How can you prevent costs?
Critics argue that such ordinances are a criminalization of homelessness, a criminalization of ordinary activities – hence prone to selective enforcement – and unnecessary, since existing, narrowly targeted laws ban the undesirable activities such as aggressive begging, obstruction of sidewalks, loitering, and aggressive pursuit.
The 2003 law applies only to sidewalks; the city remains liable for hazards in streets. [16] The production of maps ceased after the new 2003 law, but—as of 2009—there are still thousands of cases utilizing the maps from injuries predating the law. [1] A December 18, 2008 ruling by the New York Court of Appeals, D'Onofrio v.
Road verges are often considered public property, with maintenance usually being a municipal responsibility. Some local authorities, however, require abutting property owners to help maintain (e.g. watering , mowing , edging , trimming / pruning and weeding ) their respective verge areas, as well as clean the adjunct footpaths and gutters , [ 2 ...
Council member Keith Powers is renewing his push to overhaul the city's "archaic" scaffolding laws -- following a Post report on the city's worst stretch for sidewalk sheds on the Upper West Side ...
Tree roots have buckled the sidewalk in front of your house? Here’s who the city says is responsible to repair the damage.
The Safe Sidewalk Vending Act is a 2018 California law decriminalizing street vending and legalizing street vending under certain conditions. The purpose of SB 946 is to decriminalize and legalize street vending throughout the state.
The law restricting pedestrians from walking on roads has been revised to let pedestrians use roadways in certain situations. New state law allows walking on roads when sidewalks are blocked or unsafe