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Ripon residents ask council to reconsider ordinance that shifts sidewalk repairs to homeowners
Summary
Multiple Ripon residents urged the City Council to repeal or amend Municipal Code chapter 12.16 after receiving notices that they must repair or be billed for sidewalks adjacent to their homes; city staff described the program's history and relief options.
Several Ripon homeowners told the City Council on Feb. 11 that they received certified notices requiring them to repair sidewalks adjacent to their properties or face city-performed repairs billed to the homeowner.
The complaints centered on City of Ripon Municipal Code chapter 12.16, which residents said transfers sidewalk repair responsibility and related costs to property owners for sidewalks next to their lots. Eric Davis, who identified himself as a veteran and retired engineer, told the council, “This was an offending notice that demanded that the work would be completed within 14 days or else be billed for the repairs.”
The residents said the sidewalks and trees were installed by the original developer and that tree roots from trees the city approved as part of the subdivision are causing…
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