Bridgeport, CT Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Clearance deadline
- 6 hours after snowfall
- Enforcing office
- Director of Public Facilities
- Non-compliance remedy
- City removes, bills owner
- Related duty
- Keep gutters clear too
- Default fine cap
- $100/day (§ 1.12.010)
Summary
Bridgeport property owners must clear sidewalk snow and ice within six hours of it falling, or the city removes it and bills the owner for the cost.
Every owner or occupant of any land or building, or the owner or lessee of any unoccupied land or building, shall keep and maintain any sidewalk adjoining such land and building free from snow, ice or sleet, by which such sidewalk shall be obstructed or rendered unsafe. Whenever such sidewalk shall be permitted to remain covered with snow, ice or sleet for more than six hours after the same shall have been deposited or formed thereon, the director of public facilities may remove such snow, ice or sleet from sidewalk and report the expenses of such removal to the city attorney, who shall immediately collect the same by any proper action against the owner or occupant of the land or building, or the owner or lessee of any unoccupied land or building, adjoining such sidewalk. This section shall not be so construed as to conflict with Section 19-310 of the General Statutes. (Ord. of 8/5/24)
Full Breakdown
Bridgeport Municipal Code § 12.16.150(C) requires every owner or occupant of land or a building to keep the adjoining sidewalk free of snow, ice, or sleet. Once a sidewalk stays covered for more than six hours after snow or ice forms, the director of public facilities may send a crew to clear it and hand the bill to the city attorney, who collects the cost from the owner or occupant through legal action. A separate section, § 12.16.170, imposes the same duty for gutters blocked by snow, ice, or dirt.
Violations & Fines
No fixed per-violation fine is set in § 12.16.150; instead the city removes the snow/ice after six hours and collects its costs via legal action. General ordinance violations otherwise carry up to a $100 fine per day under § 1.12.010.
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