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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 9 – Footways - In General">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-1" heading="General standards.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Width and location.">
      <para num="(1)">Every footway installed along any paved or unpaved street, lane, or alley of the City must be of the width and in the location that the Director of Transportation directs in each instance.  In no event, however, may the width be less than 4 feet.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Wherever required by the Director of Transportation , the streets, lanes, and alleys of the City must be paved to the building line, to the full width of the sidewalk reservation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">If the proprietor of any lot refuses or neglects to comply with this section, the owner of the lot is subject to a fine of $10 for each day the neglect or refusal continues, to be recovered as other fines and forfeitures are recoverable.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1879, art. 47, §60</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1893, art. 48, §61</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 45, §81</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 35, §33</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 26, §28</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 26, §32</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1868-071</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 12-102</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-007</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-319, Ord. 76-139</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-010</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="9-2" heading="Temporary footway required when digging up sidewalk.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">Whenever any sidewalk is dug or torn up by any person or corporation, that person or corporation must construct a substantial footway over the sidewalk so dug or torn up.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The footway must:<para num="(i)">be constructed within 2 days from the start of the digging or tearing up;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">be at least 3 feet wide, with proper guards on the side for the use of the public; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">be maintained until the sidewalk is restored and repaved in a proper manner.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Work under streetscape plan.">If the work is done in an area subject to a streetscape plan approved in accordance with Subtitle 10A of &lt;cite data-path="|26"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;:<para num="(1)">the work performed and the temporary footway must conform to all provisions of the plan that govern temporary footways; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">all restoration and repair must be performed in accordance with the streetscape plan.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Penalties.">Every person or corporation who refuses or neglects to comply with this section is liable to a penalty of $10 for each day that passes without a footway being in place as required by this section.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 45, §82</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 35, §34</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 26, §29</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 26, §33</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1894-013</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-010</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="9-3" heading="Director’s authority.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In  general.">The Director of Transportation has full power:<para num="(1)">to grade and regulate the footways in all paved streets, lanes, and alleys in the City, and all streets, lanes, and alleys to be paved, repaved, or repaired, to the grade of ½ of an inch ascent (as nearly as practicable in each case) for every 1 foot in width of the footway, from the top of the curb or gutter to the line of the street, lane, or alley; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">to require that all drainage across footways be carried underground and through the curb to the gutter, in accordance with the specifications of the Director of Public Works.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Work under streetscape plan.">In addition, the Director of Transportationmay implement a streetscape plan approved in accordance with Subtitle 10A of &lt;cite data-path="|26"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; to the same extent and with the same authority as other repairs and work described in Subtitle 10 of &lt;cite data-path="|26"&gt;this Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1879, art. 47, §49</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1893, art. 48, §50</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 45, §62</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 35, §27</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 26, §22</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 26, §25</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Rev. Ords. 1858-013</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-319</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-139</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-010</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
