Subtitle 11 – Footways - Along Unpaved Streets
Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 11-1 (2026)
§ 11-1 Work done by property owners.LinkCopy Citation
(a)Scope.
This section applies whenever any unpaved street, lane, avenue, or alley:
(1)
is used as a public thoroughfare; and
(2)
either:
(i)
is without a proper footway; or
(ii)
the footway along the street, lane, avenue, or alley is out of repair or in a bad, unsafe, or dangerous condition.
(b)Director to notify owners.
The Director of Transportation must notify the owners of the lots binding or abutting on the unpaved street, lane, avenue, or alley in the same manner that notice is required to be given under Subtitle 10 of <cite data-path="|26">this article</cite>.
(c)Tenor of notice.
The notice must require the owner as follows:
(1)
in an area where no streetscape plan is in effect, to construct a footway out of cinders, crushed stone, wood, or other suitable material or to repair or put in good condition any already-existing footway within 5 days from the time the notice is given; and
(2)
in an area subject to a streetscape plan approved in accordance with Subtitle 10A of <cite data-path="|26">this article</cite>, to construct a footway or to repair or put in good condition an already-existing footway strictly in accordance with the streetscape plan.
History: Ord. 02-051
History: Ord. 48-319
History: Ord. 76-139
History: Ord. 00-010
History: Ord. 15-435
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 11-2 (2026)
§ 11-2 Work done by City; assessments.LinkCopy Citation
(a)City to do work.
On the failure of the owner of any lot binding or abutting on any unpaved street, lane, avenue, or alley to comply with a notice given under <cite data-path="|26|§11-1">§ 11-1 of this article</cite>, the Director of Transportation must:
(1)
construct the footways and make the necessary improvements, repairs, and grading; and
(2)
charge the cost of that work to the owner to whom notice was given.
(b)Collections.
These costs are a debt against the property, and the Director of Transportation must refer them to the Director of Finance, to be collected as the other claims of the City are collected.
History: Ord. 02-051
History: Ord. 48-319
History: Ord. 76-139
History: Ord. 00-010
History: Ord. 15-435
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 11-3 (2026)
§ 11-3 Grades.LinkCopy Citation
The Director of Transportation may cause all footways that the Director constructs or that otherwise are constructed in accordance with this subtitle, brought to proper grades, either by excavating where too high or filling in where too low.
History: Ord. 02-051
History: Ord. 76-139
History: Ord. 00-010
History: Ord. 15-435