12.12.060 Procedures and methods for repair and/or reconstruction – Apportionment of costs.
With respect to repair and/or reconstruction of sidewalks, the city shall participate in the cost of the reconstruction on the following basis:
A. Sidewalks requiring reconstruction within five years from the date of acceptance of completion of the construction work by the city of Lynnwood shall be reconstructed without cost to abutting property owners.
B. Sidewalks in need of reconstruction more than five years after the date of acceptance of completion of the construction by the city of Lynnwood, but less than 10 years after said date, shall be reconstructed on the basis of 50 percent contribution by the city and 50 percent contribution by the abutting property owners.
C. Sidewalks in need of reconstruction more than 10 years after the acceptance of the construction by the city shall be reconstructed solely at the cost of the abutting property owners.
Provided, however, in the event that the reconstruction referred to in any of the subsections of this section is necessitated as a direct or proximate result of an act or omission of the abutting owner or owners, said acts to include but not be limited to the upheaval of the sidewalks by tree roots or other vegetation and the driving of heavy equipment over and upon the sidewalk by an owner or one acting in behalf of the owner, the sidewalk shall be repaired or reconstructed in the manner provided in this section solely at the cost of the owner of the properties abutting the sidewalk. (Ord. 1197 § 1, 1981)