| Repair | Who pays | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Sewer Lateral | Property owner | Fresno owners maintain the sewer lateral from the house to the main, including under the sidewalk and street. Fee deferral and a $15,000 septic-abandonment loan exist. |
| Sidewalk Repair | Shared | Fresno assigns sidewalk maintenance to the fronting property owner, except when a City tree caused the damage. Then the City is responsible for the repair. |
| Storm Season: Free Sandbags | Shared | Fresno County provides empty bags free of charge to County residents at road yards open 24 hours in flood season; bring your own shovel. |
| Water Service Line | Property owner | In Fresno the customer is responsible for the water service line beyond the meter; the City covers infrastructure in the public street. |
Sewer Lateral
Fresno owns you the lateral all the way to the main, including the part under the sidewalk and street, but offers fee-deferral and a septic-abandonment loan to soften it.
It is the property owner's responsibility to maintain and repair their own sewer lateral from the house up to the point of connection with the public sanitary sewer main.
Sidewalk Repair
Fresno: the fronting owner pays, unless a City tree caused the damage, in which case it's the City's.
the COF assigns responsibility for sidewalk maintenance to the fronting property owner.
Source: City of Fresno: Streets and Landscape Maintenance (owner duty + City-tree exception)
Storm Season: Free Sandbags
Fresno County gives County residents empty sandbags free at road yards; you bring the shovel and fill them yourself.
Empty bags are provided free of charge to County residents. You must bring your own shovel and be prepared to shovel sand into the
Source: Sandbags for Flood Prevention
Water Service Line
In Fresno, city responsibility for the water line stops in the public street; the customer-responsible portion begins immediately beyond the water meter.
both the City-responsible infrastructure within the public street and the customer-responsible infrastructure that begins immediately beyond the water meter.
Source: Water Service Lines: City-vs-customer split at the meter
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