# Sidewalk Repair in Kansas City, MO: Who Pays? | Who Pays the Repair?

> Kansas City repairs sidewalks through its GO Bond program and says it will no longer assess home owners. Snow and ice are still the owner's job.

**Who pays:** city

Kansas City: the City repairs sidewalks through its GO Bond program and says it will no longer assess home owners for sidewalk repair. The code still tells owners not to let the sidewalk fall out of repair, and snow and ice are the owner's job.

**Boundary:** Kansas City's spot repair program used to be paid by assessments on adjoining owners. The City says that, because of the GO Bonds, it forgave outstanding assessments and will no longer assess home owners for sidewalk repair; repairs are made through the City's inspection cycle, and a 311 report does not bring an automatic repair. Code § 64-243 still says an owner may not let the sidewalk, curb, drive approach or gutter remain out of repair, and § 64-246 makes owners and occupants remove ice and snow within a reasonable time after a storm.

**Property owner:** Remove ice and snow within a reasonable time after a storm ends (§ 64-246). The code duty not to let the sidewalk remain out of repair (§ 64-243) is still on the books, but the City says it no longer assesses home owners for sidewalk repair.

**City / agency:** Inspects sidewalks on a citywide cycle and repairs them through the GO Bond sidewalk program without assessing home owners.

**Exceptions:** A 311 report does not result in an automatic repair; the City works through its inspection cycle.; New sidewalk where none exists (a gap) may be funded up to 50% with GO Bonds, with a 50% match from other funds that can include adjacent property owners.

## Sources
- [Sidewalk Backlog](https://www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/departments/public-works/sidewalks/sidewalks-and-trees/sidewalk-backlog) — "Because of the GO Bonds, KCMO forgave any outstanding assessments and will no longer assess home owners for sidewalk repair." (accessed 2026-10-01)
- [Sidewalk Backlog](https://www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/departments/public-works/sidewalks/sidewalks-and-trees/sidewalk-backlog) — "Our spot repair program was previously supported by assessments on adjoining property owners." (accessed 2026-10-01)
- [Sidewalks](https://www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/departments/public-works/sidewalks) — "any concerns about sidewalks, curbs or driveways can still be reported to 311. This does not result in an automatic repair!" (accessed 2026-10-01)
- [Sidewalks (gaps in sidewalks)](https://www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/departments/public-works/sidewalks) — "sidewalk projects in these areas may be funded up to 50% with GO Bonds with a 50% match from other funds" (accessed 2026-10-01)
- [Kansas City Code § 64-243 (owner must keep sidewalk/curb/gutter in good repair)](https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH64STSIPUPL_ARTVIISI_S64-243DUABOWKESICUGUGORESPASAU) — "No owner of any house, building, lot or premises shall permit or allow the sidewalk, curbing, drive approach or guttering in front or alongside of such house, building, lot or premises to be or remain out of repair or suffer or allow the same to be or remain above or below the established grade." (accessed 2026-09-09)
- [Kansas City Code § 64-246 (owner/occupant duty to remove ice and snow)](https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH64STSIPUPL_ARTVIISI_S64-246REICSN) — "It shall be the duty of all persons owning or occupying any real property, fronting upon any street, boulevard or highway, to remove from the sidewalks in front or alongside of such property all ice and snow within a reasonable time after cessation of a storm depositing such ice or snow." (accessed 2026-09-09)

_Last verified 2026-10-01. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/kansas-city-mo-sidewalk-repair/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._