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Alameda council introduces revised sidewalk‑repair ordinance, drops lien enforcement
Summary
The Alameda City Council on March 3 introduced an ordinance to amend municipal code chapters on streets and sidewalks. The revision codifies the city’s pilot sidewalk program, extends temporary repairs regardless of cause, preserves payment‑assistance options and removes a proposed special‑assessment (lien) enforcement mechanism in favor of a collections process.
Alameda’s City Council introduced an ordinance on March 3 that rewrites parts of the municipal code governing sidewalk repairs to formalize the city’s recent pilot program and change how unpaid repairs are enforced. Public Works Director Erin Smith told the council the revised ordinance would allow the city to perform temporary repairs regardless of whether the damage was caused by a street tree, offer multiple financial‑assistance and payment‑plan options to property owners, and rely on a collections process rather than placing…
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