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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-2 Temporary footway required when digging up sidewalk.">
  <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>
</baltimore-city-law>
