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

Section 70-181 of the Mosinee Code of Ordinances puts snow and ice removal duty on the owner, occupant or person in charge of every building, structure or unoccupied lot that fronts or abuts a street. The sidewalk must be cleared to its full width, including any pedestrian crosswalk or ramp extending to the street, within 24 hours after the snow stops falling, and it must be kept clear afterward. Where ice has bonded to the walk and cannot be chipped away immediately, the ordinance requires the responsible person to spread salt, sawdust or sand until it can be removed.

If the owner or occupant does not clear the walk, section 70-182 lets the city do it and bill the actual cost at a rate the common council sets by resolution; that bill is mailed to the property, and if it is not paid within 30 days the amount goes onto the tax roll as a special tax against the lot. Section 70-183 separately bars piling shoveled snow back onto any sidewalk, alley, parkway, public place or street, with a narrow exception for parcels where the sidewalk runs edge-to-edge from building to curb line, and it forbids piling snow near intersections in a way that blocks the sightlines of pedestrians or drivers. Section 70-184 backs the article with its own forfeiture, which the city may impose instead of or in addition to billing for city-performed clearing.