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Hayward Council adopts sidewalk maintenance ordinance amendment, establishes $30,000 hardship fund
Summary
The Hayward City Council adopted an ordinance amending the municipal code to clarify property owners’ responsibility to maintain and repair sidewalks and approved a hardship program with an initial $30,000 allocation.
The Hayward City Council voted Oct. 28 to adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 7, Article 2 of the Hayward Municipal Code to clarify who must maintain and repair sidewalks and to establish a hardship program and waiver of related encroachment-permit fees.
City staff told council the amendment creates a "rebuttable presumption" that adjacent property owners are responsible for sidewalk defects and any resulting injuries, while preserving defenses where the city is the cause. An assistant city attorney said the…
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