"Mike" michael at ywow.org wrote:

Dear Rickm,

"rickm" wrote in message
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How far is the break from where the city owns the line? Here I have a
cleanout that's about 3' from the main - they take care of anything
near that. I wonder if they'd take care of it because it's under a
sidewalk. Due to a lot of breaks here they are lining the pipes with
something like PVC.

Unfortunately, this city is pretty explicit, the owner's responsibility is
up to the edge of the sidewalk.

So if the hole is UNDER the sidewalk, isn't it the city's
responsibility, since you own "up to the edge".