# § 11-1 Work done by property owners.

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*