City of Yonkers, NY
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2023-11-28
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The Code
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Part IX: Public Property and Streets
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Chapter 103 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article I Repair of Sidewalks
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch CA Charter Appendix
- The Code
- Part I: General Provisions
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Part II: Administration of City Government
- Ch 4 Departments, Boards and Commissions
- Ch 5 Officers and Employees
- Ch 6 Freedom of Information
- Ch 7 (Reserved)
- Ch 8 Continuity of Government
- Ch 9 Administration of Government
- Ch 10 Approval and Reimbursement Rate for Use of City Property
- Ch 11 Campaign Finance Reform Code
- Part III: Finance and Taxation
- Ch 12 Budgets, Capital and Current
- Ch 13 Contracting and Purchasing
- Ch 14 Service Charges for Handling of Funds
- Ch 15 Taxes
- Ch 16 Business Improvement Districts
- Part IV: Business Regulations, Licensing and Consumer Protection
- Ch 19 Enforcement Procedures
- Ch 20 Food Vendors, Hawking, Peddling, Transient Business and Home Solicitation
- Ch 21 Noncommercial Solicitation
- Ch 22 Billposting and Distribution
- Ch 23 Cabarets, Dance Halls and Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 24 Theaters, Shows and Motion-Picture Film Storage
- Ch 25 Auctions, Auctioneers and Sales
- Ch 26 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 27 Amusements
- Ch 28 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 29 Locksmiths
- Ch 30 Laundromats and Currency-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 31 Consumer Protection Code
- Ch 32 Garages
- Ch 33 Newsracks
- Ch 34 Games of Chance
- Ch 35 Bingo
- Ch 36 Parking Lots
- Ch 37 Plastic-Straw-Free Yonkers
- Ch 38 Third-Party Food Delivery Services
- Ch 39 Hotel Licensing
- Part V: Land Use
- Ch 43 Zoning
- Ch 44 Land Use Boards
- Ch 45 Historic and Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 46 Realty Subdivisions
- Ch 47 Outdoor Signs
- Ch 48 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 49 Greenway Compact Plan
- Ch 50 Green Buildings
- Ch 51 Energize New York Open C-Pace Financing Program
- Ch 52 Community Choice Aggregation (ENERGY) Program
- Part VI: Fire and Buildings
- Ch 55 Fire and Building Code
- Ch 56 Building and Electrical Code
- Ch 57 Plumbing and Drainage Code
- Ch 58 Housing and Building Maintenance Code
- Ch 59 Fire Code
- Ch 60 Steam Engineers
- Ch 61 Exterior Hoisting
- Part VII: Nuisances, Public Welfare and Criminal
- Ch 65 Animals and Dogs
- Ch 66 Noise
- Ch 67 Refrigerators, Abandoned and Discarded
- Ch 68 Smoking
- Ch 69 Weeds and Vacant Property
- Ch 70 Curfew for Minors
- Ch 71 Dangerous Substances
- Ch 72 Graffiti
- Ch 73 Exposure of Females
- Ch 74 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 75 Police
- Ch 76 Insects and Rodents
- Ch 77 Industrial Hygiene
- Ch 78 Emergency Reporting
- Ch 79 Insurance
- Ch 80 Shade Trees
- Ch 81 Imaging Privacy
- Ch 82 Bamboo
- Ch 83 Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs
- Ch 84 Video Camera Systems
- Ch 85 Forfeiture of Vehicles in Connection With Criminal Acts
- Ch 86 Aggressive Panhandling
- Ch 87 Intentional Balloon Release Ban
- Ch 88 Catalytic Converters: Business Recordkeeping for Purchase, Sale and Installation; Individuals in Possession
- Part VIII: Garbage, Landfills and Public Utilities
- Ch 91 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 92 Recycling
- Ch 93 Littering
- Ch 94 Landfill Projects
- Ch 95 Water Supply
- Ch 96 Sewerage, Sewers and Liquid Waste
- Part IX: Public Property and Streets
- Ch 100 Parks and Public Places
- Ch 101 Conveyance of City Property
- Ch 102 Franchises
- Ch 103 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 103 Art I Repair of Sidewalks
- § 103-1 Duties of owner.
- § 103-2 Multiple residences.
- § 103-3 Notice to repair or improve.
- § 103-4 Action upon failure to repair or improve.
- § 103-5 Certificate of expenses; bill.
- § 103-6 through § 103-7. (Reserved)
- Ch 104 Street Paving
- Ch 105 Right-Of-Way Management
- Ch 108 Snow Emergency
- Part X: Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 109 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 110 Taxicabs
- Ch 111 Tow Trucks and Immobilization Devices
- Ch 112 School Bus and Driver Licensing
- Part XI: Miscellaneous
- Ch 119 House Numbering
- Ch 120 Memorial Day Observance
- Ch 121 Reserve Fund for Cooperatives and Condominiums
- Ch 122 Wharves, Docks and Bulkheads
- Ch 123 Commissioners of Deeds
- Ch 124 Marriage Certificates
- Ch 125 Display of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Flag
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Parallel Table
- Ch PT Parallel Table
[Adopted 12-26-1911 as Art. III, Sec. 7, of the Code of 1911]
It shall be the duty of the owner of any lot or piece of land
in the City to keep the sidewalks in front of the premises owned by
him at all times in good repair and in a safe condition for public
use.
[Added 10-26-1965 by G.O. No. 50-1965]
It shall be the duty of an owner of any multiple-residence development
in the City of Yonkers to keep the sidewalks on and about said multiple-residence
development at all times in good repair and in a safe condition for
public use.
[Amended 4-12-1977 by G.O. No. 3-1977]
In case any sidewalk shall at any time, in the judgment of the
Commissioner of Public Works, require repairing or improving, the
Commissioner of Public Works shall serve a notice, either personally
or by registered mail, upon the owner or owners of the lot or piece
of land in front of which such sidewalk is out of repair or in an
unsafe condition requiring the owner or owners, within 30 days from
the service of such notice, to repair or improve such sidewalk so
that the same shall be in a safe condition.
If any owner shall neglect or refuse to repair or improve such
sidewalk within the time limited therefor, the Commissioner of Public
Works shall make such repairs and improvements in such manner as he
shall deem proper and suitable.
The Commissioner of Public Works shall file a certificate of
the expense thereof, together with a description of the property in
front of which the improvement or repairs are made, with the City
Comptroller and with the City Assessor and shall either personally
deliver or send by registered mail to the owner a bill for the expenses
incurred.
