Oak Lawn, IL Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)

Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person having charge of any business premises in the Village, including a building or lot utilized for business purposes, abutting upon any public way or public place, and every owner, agent or manager of a rental dwelling as defined in section 6-5B-7 of this Code shall utilize their best efforts to remove snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of such business premises, or rental dwelling sidewalk and parking facility, as quickly as possible on the day on which said precipitation falls or by ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. on the day following an ongoing snow or ice event. In case the snow and ice on the sidewalk, or parking facility ancillary to the use by a rental dwelling, shall be frozen so hard that they cannot be removed without injury to the pavement, the person having charge of any building premises, or rental dwelling, as aforesaid shall cause the sidewalk abutting the said premises, to be strewn with ashes, sand, sawdust, salt or some similar suitable material and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit, thoroughly clean said sidewalk. (Ord. 18-05-17)