Plymouth, MN Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Clearing deadline
- 48 hours after snow or ice falls
- Governing section
- City Code § 820.03.A
- Penalty
- Petty misdemeanor, fine up to $100.00
- Repeat violations
- Separate violation accrues each day
- Exception
- Sidewalks on City's Snow Removal map
Summary
In the City of Plymouth, property owners and occupants must clear snow and ice from the public sidewalk abutting their property within 48 hours after it falls. Section 820.03.A sets the deadline, and Section 820.05 makes missing it a petty misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $100.00 for every day the sidewalk stays uncleared.
A.It shall be unlawful for the owner or the occupant of real property to fail to remove snow and ice from public sidewalks abutting their property within 48 hours after the snow or ice has been deposited. ... A.Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of up to $100.00.B.A separate violation occurs each day that a violation hereunder continues.
Full Breakdown
A makes it unlawful for the owner or occupant of real property to fail to remove snow and ice from a public sidewalk abutting their property within 48 hours after the snow or ice has been deposited. The clock runs from when the snow or ice actually lands, not from when a storm ends citywide, so a late-season flurry starts its own 48-hour window. C, exempts sidewalks that are listed on the City's Trail and Sidewalk Snow Removal map, which the City clears itself rather than pushing the job onto abutting owners.
01 frames the whole maintenance chapter, including the snow deadline, as a nuisance-prevention measure meant to protect the safety of the general public walking those sidewalks in winter. 00, with the ordinance expressly treating a separate violation as occurring 'each day that a violation hereunder continues,' so an uncleared walk left over a week can compound rather than being a single flat fine. B, which requires keeping the sidewalk in good repair regardless of weather.
Violations & Fines
Missing the 48-hour window is a petty misdemeanor under Section 820.05, carrying a fine of up to $100.00, and the ordinance treats each additional day the ice or snow remains as a new, separate violation rather than one continuing offense, so the potential fine grows the longer the sidewalk stays uncleared.
Frequently Asked Questions
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