Garfield requires owners and tenants of property abutting public sidewalks to remove snow and ice within 24 hours after a storm ends, with a first-offense fine of $150 and a ban on shoveling snow back into cleared streets.
Under Garfield's snow removal chapter, the owner or tenant in possession of any lands abutting or bordering on the sidewalks and gutters of any public street must remove all snow or ice from the abutting sidewalks and gutters within 24 hours after the snowfall ends or the ice forms. No person, including the owner or occupant of abutting property, may place, deposit, throw, or shovel snow or ice into or upon any portion of a street that has already been cleared, plowed, or shoveled by the city or another governmental agency. A first-offense violation carries a fine of $150, payable by mail, in person, or online, with no court appearance required. Enforcement is shared by the Construction Official, City Manager, Police Department, DPW Superintendent, and Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Officers.
Failing to clear snow or ice from sidewalks and gutters within 24 hours of the end of a storm, or shoveling or pushing snow back onto a street that the city has already plowed or cleared.
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