Flint, MI Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Clearance deadline
- 24 hours after snowfall
- First-offense fine
- $25.00
- Third+ offense fine
- $150.00
- Violation type
- municipal civil infraction
Summary
Flint owners and occupants must clear snow, ice or slush from the sidewalk within 24 hours of it falling or forming, or face a municipal civil infraction fine.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant to permit snow, ice or slush to remain on any sidewalk in front of or adjacent to any building or lot longer than 24 hours after the same has fallen or formed. ... (c) Violation of subsection (b) hereof shall be a municipal civil infraction pursuant to §§ 1-10 through 1-21.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2016 Code: Local legislation current through Ordinance 3821, passed 3-1-2012).
Full Breakdown
City of Flint Code § 42-47(b) makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant to let snow, ice or slush sit on the sidewalk fronting or adjacent to a building or lot for more than 24 hours after it falls or forms. Section 42-47(c) makes violation a municipal civil infraction under §§ 1-10 through 1-21, and § 42-47(b) is listed among the reduced-fine offenses in § 1-20(a), so fines follow the § 1-18(b) schedule rather than the higher default civil-infraction fines.
Violations & Fines
Municipal civil infraction: $25 first offense, $50 second offense, $150 third or subsequent offense, per the § 1-18(b) fine schedule applied to § 42-47(b) violations.
Frequently Asked Questions
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