Alley Type:

Improved

Semi-improved

Unimproved

Surface:

Portland concrete
cement (PCC) or
asphalt concrete
cement (ACC) or
composite

Gravel

Native surface (dirt)

Maintenance:

Patching and
general repairs as
needed

Re-grading, weed
and dust control

Vegetation and
debris removal and
dust control

Improved Alley

Semi Improved Alley

Unimproved Alley

The City currently has 1,200 alleys. Historically, alley maintenance has been performed on a
reactive basis to customer complaints. However, improvements have been made in the last
several years to provide increased maintenance in various ways:

Sacramento Local Conservation Corp (SLCC) crews of
up to 10 people are contracted with annually to clean
alleys of brush, weeds, tree limbs, remove debris and
perform other routine maintenance services.

• Alleys identified with chronic weed and vegetation control problems are now proactively
  maintained using spray four times a year to inhibit vegetation growth.
• Dust control in semi-improved alleys is now accomplished using a new process found to be
  very effective. With a single application once or twice annually, dust problems are essentially
  non-existent.

WHO TO CALL:

Weeds & Vegetation Control-overgrown w/grass, weeds, shrubs and other vegetation, small trees with a diameter less than 3”

• Dial 311
• Give exact location, e.g., “alley behind [street address]”

Trees Obstructing Alleys-with diameter greater than 3”

• Dial 311 and direct call to Urban Forest Services
• Give exact location, e.g., “alley behind [street address]”

Running water in alley-such as broken or leaking waterline draining from adjacent properties in non-winter months

• Dial 311
• Give exact location, e.g., “alley behind [street address]”

Illegal dumping/trash-such as household trash, appliances, tires, etc.

• Call Code Enforcement 808-5948
• Give exact location, e.g., “alley behind [street address]”

Abandoned vehicles

• Call Code Enforcement 808-5948
• Give exact location, e.g., “alley behind [street address]”

Surface Maintenance-dust, uneven alley approach/alley access,
potholes

Irregular surface for paved or concrete

Standing water due to poor drainage

• Dial 311
• Give: exact location, e.g., “alley behind [street address]”
  surface type (gravel, dirt, concrete, asphalt)

abandoned alley

Alley closures/abandonments

• Thomas Adams, 808-7929
• Gating alleys for neighborhood safety issues
• Abandon alley and incorporate it into your property

How to get an alley paved

• Call the Public Improvement Financing Division, Finance Department, (916) 808-1440 General Line
• NOTE: Average cost for a PCC (Portland Concrete
  Cement) alley in midtown is $65,000 and requires buy-in of
  adjacent property owners (that adjoin alley)