Notice to repair sidewalks, driving lanes, parking lanes, swales and curbs.
Miami City Code § 54-55
in effectSec. 54-55. - Notice to repair sidewalks, driving lanes, parking lanes, swales and curbs.
(a) An abutting property owner is responsible for the repair or replacement of the existing sidewalk, driving lanes, parking lanes, swales, curbs, and gutter (hereinafter "street improvements") where damage is caused by the act or inaction of the abutting owner, its agent or contractor, or where the damage is the result of tree roots from trees located on the abutting private property.
(b) In case the surface of any walk or sidewalk in the city becomes so uneven as to make walking over it dangerous or detrimental, or if the driving lanes, parking lanes, swales or curbing becomes decayed, worn out or broken caused by the act or inaction of the abutting property owner, its agent or contractor, it shall be the duty of the director of resilience and public works to notify the owner, and if the owner cannot be served, to notify the occupant, and if there is no occupant, then to notify the agent of the owner of the property to which the street improvements are contiguous, to repair such street improvements. Notice to repair or replace such street improvements shall be in writing; shall allow such owner agent or occupant 30 days in which to repair such street improvements; shall describe the street improvements to be repaired; shall set forth that such street improvements shall be repaired, if surface work is to be done, with the same material as such street improvements were originally constructed; and shall be served, returned and filed in the office of the director of resilience and public works.
(c) Enforcement of this section shall be pursuant to chapter 2, article X, of the City Code. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the city from enforcing its ordinance or Code by any other means authorized by law.
(Code 1967, § 54-34; Code 1980, § 54-44; Ord. No. 13087, § 2, 9-10-09; Ord. No. 13360, § 2, 1-24-13; Ord. No. 13792, § 1, 10-11-18)
Source: City of Miami, Florida, City Code, City Charter, Special Acts and Related General Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/miami/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIITHCO_CH54STSI_ARTIICOEXRE_S54-55NORESIDRLAPALASWCUFetched: 11/1/2026