The City of Evansville adopted a sidewalk policy in 2005 that allows property owners the opportunity to participate in the cost of having their sidewalks replaced. This policy has been modified since its inception in 2005 and is now a 50%-50% cost share between the property owners and the City of Evansville. You must be the owner of record of the abutting property to the sidewalk for which you are requesting repair. To participate in this cost sharing program, you must complete a petition form and mail it to the City Engineer's Office.

If you want to make improvements to your driveway you must obtain a Construction Permit from the City Engineer's Office. The Construction Permits are available on the City of Evansville Webpage www.evansvillegov.org (City Engineer/Permits and Construction/Construction Permit). There are no fees for the permits, however, a detailed drawing showing the location of the work, the type of work, type of materials used etc. must be provided with the application. These applications are then presented to the Board of Public Works at their meetings which are held every Thursday at 1:30 PM in Room #301, Civic Center Complex, Evansville, IN. The concrete contractor that you use has to be a contractor that is licensed through the City of Evansville. This license is obtained through the City Controller's Office.

The City of Evansville only has jurisdiction over drainage issues that are located within drainage easements and/or road right of way. If there is a drainage issue that exists on your private property it is the property owner's responsibility to correct or create positive drainage. However, if there is a "Drainage Easement" on your property these reservations are made to allow the appropriate maintenance and improvements of drainage within these easements, but these issues are prioritized and the City would have to find funding for the improvements.

Most of the retention/detention ponds are located within an easement which in most cases are set up for the property owners or the homeowners associations to maintain. You can check your Restrictive Covenants of your subdivision to determine which situation your property would fall. Restrictive Covenants are found in the Vanderburgh County Recorders Office.

If an alley is unimproved the maintenance falls on the adjoining land owners.

If you want to drain your pool, you should first allow the pool water to sit long enough to allow the chemicals in the pool water to reduce naturally. Once the pools water has lost most of the chemical content you should drain the water through a vegetated area to allow the water and chemicals to absorb into the ground and not run directly into the City's Storm System. In addition you should take precautions to not allow the water to drain directly onto adjoining land owners property and cause an adverse affect to their property such as flooding, pooling water and erosion.

There is a packet available in the City Clerk's Office that is the responsibility of the property owners to fill out. The City Clerk will distribute the copies to the proper agencies to determine if the right of way is necessary. It is then forwarded to the City Council for action.

Ditches that are located in the road right of way are typically there for drainage purposes. If you would like to place a culvert or pip in the ditch it must be approved by the City Engineer's Office. A construction permit would have to be approved. The Construction Permits are available on the City of Evansville webpage www.evansvillegov.org (City Engineer/Permits and Construction/ Construction Permits). There are no fees for the permits, however, a detailed drawing showing the location of the work, the typeof work, type of materials used etc. must be provided with the application. In addition drainage calculations must be provided to support the pipe size that is being requested.

Contact Vanderburgh County Health Department Vital Records https://vanderburghhealth.org/vital-records/

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