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Sidewalk repairs in Daly City

Daly City's own rules on sidewalk repairs, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Daly City Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Daly City's code says

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  • The owner may join the city's sidewalk repair program and pay the city's estimated cost before work starts.
    Applies: Applies if the owner chooses the program. The city repairs the sidewalk together with other repairs in the area.
    § 12.16.080 · code text
    If the property owner elects to participate in the city's "sidewalk repair program," the property owner will pay the city's estimated cost of repair prior to the city, including the particular location for repair in the city's "sidewalk repair program" or commencing any repair work.
  • The owner pays the full repair cost; the city pays nothing unless the public works director agrees in writing.
    Applies: The director may agree only because of special circumstances or conditions.
    § 12.16.080 · code text
    property owner shall be responsible for the total repair cost and the city shall bear no part of the cost unless agreed to in writing by the public works director based upon special circumstances or conditions.
If the owner does not repair
  • The public works director repairs the sidewalk, and the cost becomes a lien on the property.
    Applies: Applies if the owner does not get an encroachment permit in time and start and continue the work without interruption.
    § 12.16.070 · code text
    the director of public works shall make such repair, and the cost of that repair shall be a lien on the property pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Deadline to repair
  • Within 14 days of the notice, get an encroachment permit and start work, then finish it without interruption.
    Applies: Applies if the owner chooses to do the repairs.
    § 12.16.070 · code text
    the property owner, within fourteen days after receipt of the notice to repair, shall: (1) obtain an encroachment permit
Who must repair it
  • The owner pays the full repair cost, including the encroachment permit.
    Applies: Applies if the owner chooses to do the repairs.
    § 12.16.070 · code text
    be responsible for the full cost of the repair including the cost of the required encroachment permit.
  • Owners must keep sidewalks next to or fronting their property safe and free of anything that interferes with public use.
    § 12.16.010 · code text
    The owners of properties adjacent to, with dual-frontage, or fronting on any portion of an improved street or place, or a street whose area between the property line of the adjacent property and the street line is maintained as a park or parking strip, shall have a duty to maintain and shall maintain any sidewalk in such condition that the sidewalk will not endanger persons or property

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Frequently asked questions

What are the sidewalk repair rules for homeowners in Daly City?

Daly City's code: The owner pays the full repair cost, including the encroachment permit. (Applies if the owner chooses to do the repairs.) (§ 12.16.070); The public works director repairs the sidewalk, and the cost becomes a lien on the property. (Applies if the owner does not get an encroachment permit in time and start and continue the work without interruption.) (§ 12.16.070).

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