Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

It is lawful for any person owning town lots, or lands adjoining the public highways or streets in any village or unincorporated town in the state, to construct suitable sidewalks on those highways or streets along the line of the lots or lands.

When any sidewalks are constructed, every person who rides or drives a horse, team or other vehicle on the sidewalks, except for the purpose of crossing the sidewalks when necessary to do so, or who hitches any horse or other animal to any tree growing on or adjacent to such side…

Wherever any municipal corporation shall seek to condemn lands to be used in establishing, widening, extending, or otherwise improving its public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards, it shall have full power to condemn the fee of the land necessary to be tak…

When the owner of the land through which any street, alley, or park is to be extended or established requires compensation or damages for the extension or establishment, the legislative body of such municipality shall, by ordinance or resolution, appoint freeholders, not exceedin…

Upon payment of the compensation or damages that have been assessed by the condemnation commission and approved by the municipal legislative body, into the office of the recorder or city clerk, for the benefit, or to the account and subject to the order of the owner of the land c…

If any owner of land condemned refuses or fails to give possession of land to the municipality or to open the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards, so condemned within fifteen (15) days after the order of the administrative officer or officers of such …

Any owner aggrieved by the opening of the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards may appeal to the circuit court within twenty (20) days after the administrative officer or officers of the municipality have ordered the public streets, alleys, highways, p…

When any owner of real estate in any municipality sustains any damage to the owner's property by reason of any change made in the natural or established grade of any highway, street or alley, or by reason of the raising or lowering of the grades, or other acts done for the purpos…

(a) Municipalities have the power to provide in any contract made by them for paving any street, highway, alley, park, or public square, that the contractor shall guarantee to maintain and repair the street, highway, alley, park, or public square, for such time as the governing b…

(a) Every incorporated city and town shall install ramps at crosswalks, in both business and residential areas, when making new installations of sidewalks, curbs or gutters, or improving or replacing existing sidewalks, curbs or gutters, so as to make the transition from street t…