Weber County, UT Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)

Weber County Code § 32-8-2 makes the abutting property owner or resident responsible for clearing snow from sidewalks and private driveway openings that meet county roads. The county gives owners a fixed 24-hour window after a snowstorm ends to clear the sidewalk, citing public safety and convenience as the reason for the deadline. The section also regulates where driveway snow can go: it must be placed on the same side of the street as the driveway opening, and it cannot be pushed across the road onto the opposite side or dumped into the county road travelway with the expectation that county plows will move it.

Snow from the length of a private driveway has to stay on private property, the parking strip, or the road's borrow area, so it does not block travelway traffic. Separately, § 32-8-1 assigns the county road department responsibility only for the travelways themselves, clearing snow into roadside ditches or toward the curb and parking strip, which underscores that sidewalk clearing is left to the adjoining owner. Enforcement sits in § 32-8-3: violators are treated as having created a traffic condition hazardous to residents' life and safety, and each day a violation continues after a citation is issued counts as a new, separate offense.