Martino v. City of Sidney

Walters, Judge.

This is an administrative appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County reversing the city of Sidney’s (“appellant”) decision to affirm a resolution requiring Joe Martino (“appellee”) to install a sidewalk adjacent to his property and assessing to him the entire cost of the improvement. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In 1986, the city of Sidney adopted Resolution 27-86, a sidewalk installation policy intended to affect various areas of the municipality over a fourteen-year period. Among other things, the policy…