Hoboken, NJ Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)

City Code § 168-8 requires the owner, occupant or person in charge of any dwelling house, store, other building or lot to remove snow and ice from the abutting sidewalk within the first six hours after every snowfall, hailfall or ice formation, unless the ice is covered with sand or ashes. The cleared walkway must be at least four feet wide or two-thirds of the sidewalk's width, whichever is greater; where the resulting path would be under four feet, the entire sidewalk must be cleared.

The same responsible party must also clean out the gutter opposite the property to a width of two feet so water can run freely whenever it becomes obstructed with snow, ice or dirt. Cleared snow may be piled between the walkway and the curbline only if more than four feet of sidewalk remains available, and any such pile cannot exceed 3.5 feet in height. Snow, ice or dirt may never be pushed into the street. Where public infrastructure sits on the sidewalk, such as mailboxes, phone booths, corner handicapped ramps, parking meters, bicycle racks or benches, the responsible party must keep clear access to that infrastructure at all times. Chapter 168, Article VIII separately requires anyone who damages a street or sidewalk to repair it within 24 hours under § 168-9.