Who Owns the Sidewalk?
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I suggest contacting the City Planning department or Bureau of Building Inspection with the information about your address:
http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/main/
The following are portions of the Pittsburgh , PA municipal code:
§ 413.02 SIDEWALK AND CURB BOND AND PERMIT REQUIRED; WORK APPROVAL.
(a) No person shall construct, reconstruct, repair, cut, alter or grade any sidewalk curb or driveway in the public right-of-way without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Public Works.
(b) All construction, reconstruction, repair, cutting, alteration or grading shall be done in the manner specified by the Department and subject to its approval.
The Director of the Department of Public Works shall have the authority to establish yearly fees for all rights-of-way, easements or other uses of public property over or under any public streets, bridges, sidewalks or other public ways in the City by persons supplying telecommunications, electric, light, heat, water, steam, power or any other service. The fees shall be established by the Director, subject to approval by Council, based on historical costs to the City of maintenance of the public property and estimated prospective costs of maintenance thereof. Costs of maintenance chargeable to such suppliers shall include inter alia all costs to the City for relocation of any and all City facilities located upon, over or under the public property.
RIGHTS-OF-WAY. The surface and space above and below any real property in which the City has an interest in law or equity, including, but not limited to any public street, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, lane, alley, court, sidewalk, parkway, swale, river, tunnel, viaduct, bridge, park, or any other place, area, or real property, other than real property owned in fee by the City.
§ 419.03 REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE.
Every tenant, occupant or owner having the care or charge of any land or building fronting on any street in the city, where there is a sidewalk paved with concrete, brick, stone or other material shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after the fall of any snow or sleet, or the accumulation of ice caused by freezing rainfall, cause the same to be removed from the sidewalk.
§ 417.05 DEPOSITS ON SIDEWALKS.
(a) No person shall deposit on any public sidewalk any material which may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, glass or other articles which might cause injury to persons, animals or property.
(b) Merchandise or other articles may be deposited on sidewalks preparatory to delivery, provided that the usable width of the sidewalk is not reduced to less than five (5) feet and that no articles shall remain more than one (1) hour on the walk.
§ 417.02 SIDEWALK AND CURB MAINTENANCE.
It shall be the duty of all owners of property abutting or adjoining streets to maintain all sidewalk pavements and curbing in proper and safe condition.