Revere, MA Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Snow/slush deadline
- 24 hours after snowfall ends
- Ice deadline
- 24 hours after ice forms
- Minimum cleared path
- 36 inches wide
- Enforcing agency
- Dept. of Inspectional Services
- Exemption
- Owner-occupants 65+ or disabled
- Duty holder
- Abutting real estate owner, non-delegable
Summary
Property owners in Revere must clear snow and slush from the sidewalk abutting their land within 24 hours after a snowfall ends, opening a path at least 36 inches wide. Ice gets the same 24-hour deadline, and any ice that can't be fully removed must be covered with sand or salt. The Department of Inspectional Services enforces the rule, though owners 65 or older or disabled are exempt.
No more than twenty-four hours after a snowfall has ended, the owner of any real estate abutting any sidewalk or public way within the city shall remove or cause to be removed any snow or slush which has accumulated upon such sidewalk or public way. ... Removal of such snow or slush shall be sufficient to clear a path that permits the orderly flow of pedestrian traffic upon such sidewalk and in no case less than thirty-six inches wide. ... No more than twenty-four hours after ice has formed upon a sidewalk or public way, whether by natural formation or otherwise, the owner of any real estate abutting any sidewalk or public way within the city shall remove or cause to be removed any such ice, and where the ice cannot be removed completely, any remaining ice shall be covered with sand, salt, or other suitable substance to prevent slipping.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4804778; v14 updated 2026-05-04).
Full Breakdown
354 set Revere's sidewalk snow and ice regime. 351, the owner of any real estate abutting a sidewalk or public way must remove accumulated snow or slush no more than 24 hours after a snowfall ends, clearing a path wide enough for orderly pedestrian flow and never less than 36 inches. No one but a municipal employee or contractor performing city snow removal may place snow or ice onto a sidewalk. 352 applies the same 24-hour clock to ice, however it formed, and where ice cannot be fully removed the remainder must be covered with sand, salt or another suitable substance to prevent slipping.
353 separately requires an owner whose discharged water or runoff creates a hazardous sidewalk condition to stop the discharge, redirect it, or otherwise neutralize the hazard. 12, Article III. Owner-occupants of residential property who are 65 or older, or who are disabled, are exempt from enforcement and penalties under this chapter.
Violations & Fines
Failure to clear the required path by the 24-hour deadline is enforced by the Department of Inspectional Services through the noncriminal disposition procedure in Title 1, Chapter 1.12, Article III (Sections 1.12.100-1.12.190), authorized by M.G.L. c. 40U. The duty runs with ownership and cannot be shifted to a tenant by lease. Owner-occupants 65 or older, or who are disabled, are exempt from enforcement and penalties under Section 12.04.354(D).
Frequently Asked Questions
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