Sidewalk snow duty in Licking County is a city matter, not a county one. Newark requires abutting owners and occupants to clear snow and ice from the sidewalk after a storm, and enforces it hardest in the downtown business district.
Central Ohio winters bring real snow, and where sidewalks exist the obligation to clear them sits with the abutting property owner, not the county. Newark's ordinance puts that duty on owners and occupants along the walk, generally within about 24 hours after snow stops, and the city has cited dozens of downtown businesses at once for leaving walks unshoveled. Heath, Granville and Pataskala have their own sidewalk-clearing rules for their built-up areas. Out in the townships, where continuous public sidewalk is scarce, there is usually no shoveling ordinance at all. Beyond any fine, an owner who leaves an icy walk carries slip-and-fall liability.
In Newark, an uncleared walk can draw a citation, and the city may clear it and bill the owner. Failure to clear also exposes the owner to injury liability from falls on the ice.
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