Cincinnati and the suburbs on the Ohio side
Every neighborhood in the city, then the ring of suburbs north and east, with a page for each because each town has its own building department, its own roads and its own kind of house.
Cincinnati is a city of about 314,000 people (July 2025 estimate) on the north bank of the Ohio River, built up and over a set of hills that make nearly every driveway, walk and set of steps a drainage problem as well as a concrete one. Four in ten homes are owner-occupied, which means a lot of our calls come from landlords and small property owners as well as from families, and a lot of them start with a notice from the City about a sidewalk. We work the whole city and the suburbs in Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties.
Cincinnati, by part of town
- The old neighborhoods on the hills. Price Hill, Westwood, Northside, Clifton, Mount Auburn, Walnut Hills, Hyde Park, Oakley, Mount Lookout, Mount Washington: brick and frame houses from the 1890s to the 1930s, front steps up from the sidewalk, old public walks the City inspects, driveways that run uphill to a garage. Step and sidewalk work, aprons, and retaining walls.
- The post-war neighborhoods. Westwood's newer streets, Bond Hill, Roselawn, Pleasant Ridge, Kennedy Heights, College Hill, Mount Airy: 1940s to 1960s houses with original driveways that are at the end of their lives. Driveway replacement with the apron done to spec.
- The river-level and basin neighborhoods. Over-the-Rhine, the West End, Camp Washington, the East End, Sayler Park: flatter ground, older sidewalks, more commercial and multifamily property, where the code puts every side of the lot on the owner.
The suburbs
Also reached, without a page of their own
Norwood, Sharonville, Springdale, Forest Park, Loveland, Montgomery, Madeira, Wyoming, Reading, Green Township, Delhi, Harrison, Maineville and the rest of the inner ring. If you're on the Ohio side within about 25 miles of downtown, call.
Who permits what
Inside Cincinnati: the Department of Transportation and Engineering for anything in the right-of-way, and the Department of Buildings and Inspections for slabs and walls that need a building permit. Incorporated suburbs: their own departments. Unincorporated townships in Hamilton County: Hamilton County Buildings and Inspections (513-946-4550), with county roads through the Hamilton County Engineer (513-946-8900). Butler, Warren and Clermont counties have their own. We ask the right office for each job.
Questions about the area
Which parts of Cincinnati do you cover?
All of the city, every neighborhood from the river to the north edge, and then the suburbs on this page: West Chester, Mason, Fairfield, Hamilton, Lebanon, Blue Ash, Anderson Township, Colerain Township and Milford. Roughly 25 miles out on the Ohio side.
Do you work in Northern Kentucky?
No. Covington, Newport, Florence and Erlanger are a different state with different rules, and we stay on the Ohio side.
Does the City's apron rule apply everywhere?
Inside Cincinnati, yes: DOTE's Street Opening Permit and licensed street contractor for the right-of-way. Each suburb has its own version, and county roads go through the Hamilton County Engineer. We find out which applies before pricing.
How soon can someone come out?
Usually within a few days in season. A City sidewalk notice with a deadline goes to the front.
Get a written price
Tell us the job and where it is. Someone calls back the same day, an estimator measures it in person, and you get a written price with the thickness, the base and the finish spelled out. Nothing is poured on a verbal.