In the snowy Saginaw Valley, clearing sidewalks is the abutting owner's job under city ordinance, not the county's. The City of Saginaw plows streets but requires owners to keep walks passable and never push snow into the street.
Saginaw County does not run a sidewalk snow program. The City of Saginaw plows roughly 300 miles of streets on a tiered priority system, but the walk in front of your home is your responsibility under the city's snow-and-ice ordinance (Chapter 96), which also forbids pushing or depositing private snow onto public streets, sidewalks and gutters. Given harsh Saginaw Valley winters, owners are expected to clear snow and ice within a reasonable time after a storm — check the city's exact deadline — and can face slip-and-fall liability for neglect. Saginaw Township and Frankenmuth set their own abutter rules.
Failing to clear an abutting sidewalk, or shoveling snow into the street, violates city ordinance and can bring a citation plus city clear-and-bill. Uncleared ice also creates slip-and-fall liability.
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