that the walkway in this case is not a sidewalk for the purposes of section 364.12(2)(b). Whether the walkway is a sidewalk determines whether the city had a duty to the plaintiffs under section 364.12(2)(b) to remove snow and ice from the walkway. That determination is a mination. In considering the power of the City of Des Moines to narrow sidewalks, this court stated: A sidewalk is a part of the street, exclusively reserved for pedestrians, and constructed somewhat differently than other portions of the street, made use of by animals and vehicles, generally. Whatever may be the difference, it constitutes a part of the street. “The word ‘sidewalk’ has a well-understood meaning. We understand ex vi termini that a part of the street is meant. It is the pu , 68 N.E.2d 278, 281 (1946) (<HOLDING>); Marion Trust Co. v. City of Indianapolis, 37
holding that in common parlance a sidewalk is the part of the street assigned to the use of pedestrians holding that sidewalk is that part of a street that has been set aside for use by pedestrians holding that sidewalk is simply a part of the street set apart for pedestrians holding the term sidewalk denotes that portion of the highway that is set apart by dedication ordinance or otherwise for the use of pedestrians holding that in a city or town a sidewalk is that part of a street or highway that is intended or used by pedestrians