Rules vary from town to town, but most cities at least used to require installation of sidewalks along with curb and gutter in new neighborhoods. Most at one time had rules about maintaining said sidewalks. We think it’s safe to say that those rules, regulations and ordinances are none too well enforced these days, and as a results, the ever-increasing number of walkers are mostly in the street. Sidewalks generally were and are installed on city property, the area along a street known as “the parking.” This is the tract between the edge of the right of way (often 60 feet) granted to a city in older subdivisions, as opposed to the width of the street itself, between the curbs, usually 30 feet.
Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
