Got a sidewalk repair notice from the city?
The short answer
Troy, Royal Oak, Ferndale and Macomb Township each mail property owners a notice to repair the public sidewalk, with the city's price on it, and each lets you hire your own contractor instead. Send Lemus a photo of the notice and the marked slabs and we price the same work.
Pick your city
What does my city's notice mean?
- Owner pays
- Green paint
- City pays
- Orange paint
- 2025 letter
- $369 per 5x5 square
- Remove
- $2.96 / sq ft
- Program
- District by district, recurring
- Owner cost
- Special assessment
- Letters
- Beginning of April
- On the letter
- A quantity and a cost
No notice here
- Pontiac. Fixes sidewalks at no cost to the adjacent owners.
- Madison Heights. Current program: no special assessments and no direct cost.
- Novi. Complimentary repairs under its neighborhood program.
Questions
City sidewalk notices, answered.
Which cities around Pontiac mail owners a sidewalk repair notice?
Of the cities we checked on their own sites: Troy, Royal Oak, Ferndale and Macomb Township. Each lets the owner hire their own contractor.
Which cities fix sidewalks at no cost to owners?
Pontiac, Madison Heights (under its current program) and Novi, from their own program pages.
Do I have to use the city's contractor?
Not in those four. Troy: any licensed contractor. Royal Oak: a contractor with an Engineering Permit, finished before the city's contractor arrives. Ferndale: with a Building Department permit. Macomb Township: within 90 days of the April letter.
What do you need to quote it?
A photo of the notice and of the marked slabs. The quantity on the notice is the scope we price.
Free lot walk · Dated photo report
Send a photo of the notice. We'll price the same slabs.
One property, one walk, one report you can forward to the owner: a photo of each problem, sorted into fix now, this year, and budget for next year.