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Sidewalk Applications and Forms

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The Sidewalk Network Ordinance creates three options for sidewalk compliance. They are:

  1. Constructing the required sidewalk.
  2. Constructing a sidewalk with modified width if the Sidewalk Committee approves the Sidewalk Standard Modification Application.
  3. Paying a Fee in Lieu of Sidewalk Construction if meeting the criteria prescribed on Sec 40-560(b)(1) or Sec 40-561(d).

For more details about each option, please refer to City of Houston Sidewalk Requirement Compliance Options (.pdf).

Application Fees
The specific application fee is listed on the tables below. Applications that propose both a sidewalk and a safety buffer, even if they are somewhat narrower than the widths otherwise required, are not subject to the application fee. If no sidewalk is being proposed, or if there is a sidewalk being proposed without a safety buffer, the fee will apply.

Description

Amount

Pedestrian Realm Standard Modification Application Fee

 

$1174.46

Sidewalk Standard Modification Application Fee

 

$250

  • Single-Family Residential Development (no density increase)
  • Other Developments (increases density)

$840

  • Affordable Housing Projects

$250

Fee in Lieu of Sidewalk Construction Application Fee (required only if not automatically eligible for paying the in-lieu fee) 

 
  • Single-Family Residential Development (no density increase)

$250

  • Other Developments (increases density)

$840

  • Affordable Housing Projects

$250

If you want to submit an application to modify the sidewalk/ safety buffer standards or pedestrian realm standards, or pay a Fee in Lieu of Sidewalk Construction, please complete one or more of the following online forms accordingly.