Glasgow No Formality Required to Repair Retaining Walls or Sidewalks ordinance (§ 520.170)
Chapter 520: Sidewalks and Retaining Walls
In short: When the city learns a sidewalk needs repair or rebuilding, it sends the adjoining property owner, agent or tenant a notice, and the work must be done within 30 days of the notice date. The notice can be handed to the owner or tenant, or left with a family member over 15 at their home.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
No formality whatever shall be required to authorize the repairing of retaining walls or sidewalks in the City further than that, when the City Engineer or Committee on Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks shall have knowledge that any sidewalk is out of repair or that the same needs reconstructing, he/she or they shall immediately cause a notice thereof to be given to the owners of the property abutting thereon or their agents or tenants to repair or reconstruct said sidewalk within thirty (30) days from the date of such notice, which shall be served by the Chief of Police or his/her legally authorized deputy or by the Night Watchman by delivering a copy thereof to the owner, his/her tenant, or by leaving a copy with some member of the family of such owner or tenant over the age of fifteen (15) years, at the usual place of abode of such owner, agent, or tenant, and such notice shall give the name of the street, a definite and certain description of the lot or piece of ground along and in front of which sidewalk shall or may be located, together with a description of material and dimensions of which the same is to be repaired or reconstructed.
Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 520.170
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.