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

Section 230-2 A places the clearing duty on the owner, occupant or person in charge of any building, structure or unoccupied lot in the city that fronts or abuts a street, running to the full width of the sidewalk or paved sidepath, and sets the deadline at 72 hours after snowfall ceases. Where ice has formed and cannot be immediately removed, the same section requires the surface to be kept sprinkled with sand or salt until it can be cleared. The city itself continues to clear the specific sidewalk and sidepath segments it was already clearing before Ordinance No.

2367 took effect in 2008, so the duty is not uniformly on private owners citywide. Section 230-2 B carves out unpaved sidepaths entirely: because they are treated as recreational trails rather than sidewalks, they are not subject to the snow and ice removal requirement at all. Section 230-2 C backs the deadline with a two-track enforcement mechanism: failure to remove snow and ice within the window subjects the responsible party to a forfeiture under the Chapter 1, § 1-18 schedule of deposits, and separately entitles the City to perform the removal itself and bill the abutting property owner as a special charge under Wis. 0627, meaning noncompliance can result in both a forfeiture and a billed cleanup cost.