No Clarksville ordinance requires you to clear snow or ice from a public sidewalk. The charter grants that power but the council never used it. Section 12-124 puts sidewalk maintenance and repair on the city, not the abutting owner.
A full-text sweep of the code returns three hits for "snow": a ground snow load figure in the adopted 2018 International Residential Code, a Riverview Cemetery weather-damage disclaimer, and Charter Article I, Section 5(54)(A). "Shovel" returns one hit, an equipment list. "Icicle" and "sleet" return nothing. The charter does authorize removing snow and ice from sidewalks at the abutting owner's expense with a lien, but no ordinance implements it. Section 12-124(j) instead makes the city responsible for sidewalk maintenance and repair, leaving owners only the grass strips. Metro Nashville, by contrast, mandates daily clearing under Metro Code 13.32.040.
None for an unshoveled sidewalk. Sidewalk damage you cause is assessable to you under Section 12-124(j), where the city bills the non-routine repair.
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