Neenah, WI Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Deadline
- 24 hours after storm ends
- If missed
- City removes and bills owner
- Unpaid bill
- Becomes property lien after 30 days
- Trails
- City clears trails, not owners
Summary
Neenah property owners must clear the sidewalk abutting their lot of snow and ice within 24 hours after a storm ends, or the City does it and bills them, with unpaid charges becoming a lien.
(b) Sidewalks to be kept clean. (1) The owner or occupant of any lot or parcel in the City abutting upon a public sidewalk shall, within 24 hours after the cessation of any storm during which snow has fallen, remove or cause to be removed from the portion of such sidewalk abutting his property all snow and ice which accumulated thereon. ... (3) ... such charge, if not paid within 30 days from date of billing, shall become a lien against each such owner's abutting property in accordance with State law.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
The owner or occupant of any lot abutting a public sidewalk has 24 hours after a storm stops to remove all accumulated snow and ice from that stretch of sidewalk. Miss the deadline and the Director of Public Works can have it cleared anyway, then the Director of Finance bills the owner for the cost. A bill unpaid after 30 days becomes a lien against the property, enforced the same way as other municipal charges under state law. Where the City has installed a trail in place of a sidewalk, the City, not the abutting owner, is responsible for clearing it.
Violations & Fines
Failing to clear snow and ice within 24 hours lets the City remove it and bill the owner directly; a bill left unpaid for 30 days becomes a lien against the abutting property.
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