Puyallup, WA Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)

040, the duty of the owner or occupant of abutting property is to keep the sidewalk, curb, gutter, parking strip and any driveway access in good repair at the owner's own expense, and to remove or correct any condition that renders those surfaces unsafe or unfit for use, including snow, ice, or any other obstruction, natural or artificial. The code does not carve out a specific number of hours after a snowfall before the duty attaches; it reads as continuous, so a sidewalk buried in ice is already noncompliant.

050 separately lists accumulated ice and snow as one of the hazardous right-of-way conditions an abutter may not create or permit to remain. 02 PMC, with continuing violations treated as a separate offense for every day the hazard remains. 00, not including statutory assessments, though the court may dismiss with costs if the property owner corrects the violation within 30 days of the notice. 060 makes the abutting owner liable to the city for injuries or property damage proximately caused by an uncleared, icy sidewalk, including the city's own defense costs and attorney's fees, unless the hazardous condition was created by the city itself and never altered by the owner's own act or omission.