# Sidewalk Repair in Anaheim, CA: Who Pays? | Who Pays the Repair?

> In Anaheim the abutting owner maintains the sidewalk and even pays for damage from a tree on the property that cracks a City-owned sidewalk.

**Who pays:** owner

Anaheim: the abutting owner maintains the sidewalk, and even pays for damage from a tree on the property that cracks a City-owned sidewalk.

**Boundary:** Under California Streets & Highways Code § 5610 the abutting owner must maintain the fronting sidewalk. Anaheim Municipal Code § 12.29.010 goes further and makes the owner of a property whose tree causes a City-owned sidewalk to crack, uplift or depress responsible for repairing the damaged sidewalk. On owner default the City repairs after notice and bills the owner (§ 12.29.030).

**Property owner:** Maintain the fronting sidewalk (CA S&H § 5610); repair sidewalk damage caused by roots of a tree on the property, even where the sidewalk is City-owned (§ 12.29.010).

**City / agency:** On owner default the City may repair and bill the owner (§ 12.29.030).

## Sources
- [Anaheim Municipal Code § 12.29.010 (owner responsible for tree-root sidewalk damage)](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/anaheim/latest/anaheim_ca/0-0-0-60909) — "The owner of any property on which is situated a tree which causes an adjacent City-owned sidewalk to become cracked, uplifted or depressed due to growth of roots or other material below or next to the sidewalk shall be responsible for repair of the damaged sidewalk" (accessed 2026-09-09)
- [California Streets & Highways Code § 5610 (owner duty to maintain fronting sidewalk)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC&sectionNum=5610) — "The owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any portion of a public street or place when that street or place is improved ... shall maintain any sidewalk in such condition that the sidewalk will not endanger persons or property" (accessed 2026-09-09)

_Last verified 2026-09-09. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/anaheim-ca-sidewalk-repair/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._