# 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.

## § 11-1 Work done by property owners.

Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 11-1 (2026)

(a) 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) 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) 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*

## § 11-2 Work done by City; assessments.

Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 11-2 (2026)

(a) 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) 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*

## § 11-3 Grades.

Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 11-3 (2026)

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*