Other Maintenance Responsibilities

Sidewalks
The City is responsible for maintaining walks at all intersecting streets. Citizens are responsible for maintaining their sidewalks.

The City maintains all alleys, both stone and hard surface. Every spring, the crews re-grade all stone alleys and place additional material as needed. Also, as soon as the ground thaws in the spring, we inspect every hard surface alley, filling potholes as needed.

Wheelchair Ramp Maintenance
The City of Defiance complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Under this Act, the City repairs curbs at predetermined intersections, making it possible for the handicapped and disabled to cross streets free of barriers. Whenever a street is resurfaced or curb repaired, wheelchair ramps are constructed.

Guardrails
There are over 17 miles of guardrails in the city that are maintained by the City Street Crews. Repairs to the posts, rails, end barriers as well as controlling vegetation growth around the guardrails are a part of the guardrail maintenance.

Storm Drains
The Streets Division is responsible for maintaining all storm water sewers as well as all curb, yard, and ditch inlets. During the construction season, the Division repairs and reconstructs more than 60 inlets per year.