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CIRA presenter outlines sidewalk-ordinance options as Cloverdale wrestles with homeowner liability
Summary
A CIRA representative briefed Cloverdale’s administrative subcommittee on a model ordinance that can shift sidewalk maintenance responsibility to adjacent homeowners; staff and residents debated equity, insurance impacts and assistance programs. No ordinance vote was taken.
A risk-pool representative told Cloverdale’s administrative subcommittee that state Streets and Highways Code historically places sidewalk maintenance on adjacent property owners and that some cities adopt local ordinances to make that transfer explicit.
E. Wright, identified in the meeting materials as the presenter from the California inter-municipal risk authority, said many member cities have adopted model language after test litigation and that a review of the pool’s data showed claims have increased since COVID. Wright said the packet included local data showing three recent Cloverdale claims with roughly $100,000 in incurred costs so…
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