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Resident group tells Dallas City Council the city wrongly charged homeowners for sidewalk repairs
Summary
A representative of the North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance told the council that city ordinances do not authorize charging residents for sidewalk repairs because private property does not abut sidewalks in Dallas; the speaker urged the council to stop erroneous assessments.
Rod Scales, representing the North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance, told the Dallas City Council during the April 9 open-microphone session that the city has been incorrectly charging homeowners for sidewalk repairs that lie on city property.
Scales said residential front property lines in Dallas stop “anywhere from 6 to 10 feet from the back of the curb,” and therefore, “you don't own the land where the sidewalks have been placed.” He cited Chapter 43,…
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