Milton, WI Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)

Milton Code of Ordinances § 66-71 splits the sidewalk snow duty by zoning. , it must be cleared within three hours of daylight after the snow stops. Subsection (b) covers nonbusiness (residential) lots: the same full-width clearing duty applies, but the deadline is within 24 hours of the end of each snowfall event rather than a fixed morning hour. Either way, if ice has formed and cannot be chipped away immediately, the owner must sprinkle it with ashes, sawdust, sand or a melting chemical. If a business-zoned sidewalk stays uncleared for more than 24 hours under subsection (a), or a nonbusiness sidewalk stays uncleared for more than 24 hours under subsection (b), subsections (c) and (d) authorize the director of public works to send a crew to remove the snow or sand the ice at the city's expense, then bill the property owner on the same terms as a special assessment.

Any bill left unpaid becomes a lien on the property, added to the tax roll with an additional ten percent clerical fee on top of the charge itself. First-offense charges are set by council resolution and increase for each repeat offense within a 12-month period on the same lot. Section 66-71(f) carves out one exception: an owner whose lot adjoins a sidewalk with no connecting walk at one or both ends may ask the public works committee for a seasonal closure running November 1 through March 31, which suspends the snow-clearing duty for that stretch until the missing connection is built.