The opinions of businesses wrt parking are the same stateside, but legally it is the property owner's responsibility to build and maintain clean sidewalks, while street parking is part of the public-ally owned right of way (meaning it can be re-striped or removed at whim).
Its common in Seattle for the city to do basic maintenance on a sidewalk, and bill the property owner for the amount, as they failed to maintain their sidewalk (whether Ivy has overgrown the sidewalk, roots have uplifted it, or its become a public health hazard due to lack of cleaning).
It is really nice to walk on freshly steam cleaned or pressure washed sidewalks :P
Its common in Seattle for the city to do basic maintenance on a sidewalk, and bill the property owner for the amount, as they failed to maintain their sidewalk (whether Ivy has overgrown the sidewalk, roots have uplifted it, or its become a public health hazard due to lack of cleaning).
It is really nice to walk on freshly steam cleaned or pressure washed sidewalks :P