Kansas City, MO Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Deadline
- Reasonable time after storm ends
- Fine range
- $1 to $500 per offense
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a separate offense
- Max jail
- Up to 6 months confinement
- Who's responsible
- Owner or occupant of the property
Summary
Kansas City property owners must clear snow and ice from sidewalks fronting their property within a reasonable time after a storm ends, per City Code Section 64-246, enforced under the city's littering penalty provisions.
It shall be the duty of all persons owning or occupying any real property, fronting upon any street, boulevard or highway, to remove from the sidewalks in front or alongside of such property all ice and snow within a reasonable time after cessation of a storm depositing such ice or snow. The provisions of chapter 62, article III, pertaining to littering, and penalties for violations thereof, shall be applicable to violations of this section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 139 | Zoning and Development Code: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Under Kansas City Code of Ordinances Section 64-246, every person owning or occupying real property fronting a street, boulevard or highway must remove ice and snow from the abutting sidewalk within a reasonable time after a storm stops. The code sets no fixed hour count -- "reasonable time" is the standard, judged case by case. The section explicitly borrows the littering penalties in Chapter 62, Article III for enforcement, and Kansas City's general penalty clause (Section 1-17) sets fines of $1 to $500 per offense when no specific fine applies, with each day of noncompliance a separate violation.
Violations & Fines
Fine of $1 to $500 per offense under the general penalty clause (Section 1-17); each day snow or ice remains constitutes a separate violation, and imprisonment up to six months is also authorized.
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