Yonkers, NY Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Daytime snowfall deadline
- 6 hours after snow stops
- Overnight snowfall deadline
- By noon the next day
- Hydrant clearance
- 3-foot radius from center line
- Duty holder
- Owner or designee of building or vacant lot
- If ignored
- City removes it, bills owner, §§ 103-10, 103-11
Summary
Yonkers owners must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of their property, and from a three-foot ring around any abutting fire hydrant, within six hours of a daytime snowfall or by noon the next day for snow that falls at night. Dumping snow into the street or blocking a hydrant is separately unlawful.
It shall be the duty of every owner, or their designee, of any house or other building and of every owner of any vacant lot to keep or cause to be kept the sidewalks in front of the premises owned or occupied by him clear and clean from snow, ice and dirt. ... Snow and ice shall be removed from abutting fire hydrants and such sidewalks for the whole width thereof within six hours after every fall of snow which shall cease in the daytime and before 12:00 noon of the day after any fall of snow which may come in the nighttime.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4745274; v31 updated 2025-10-28; through 10-28-2025).
Full Breakdown
O. No. § 103-9 sets the clock: snow and ice must be removed from the sidewalk and the hydrant area within six hours after every fall of snow which shall cease in the daytime, or before 12:00 noon of the day after any fall of snow which may come in the nighttime. The same section separately makes it unlawful in any manner to sweep, throw or deposit snow or ice into any street, street gutter, or sidewalk, or to obstruct the use of any fire hydrant.
If the owner doesn't comply, § 103-10 lets the Commissioner of Public Works order the snow and ice removed directly, and § 103-11 requires a certificate of the expense to be filed with the City Clerk and reported to the City Council.
Violations & Fines
Article II carries no dedicated fine; an owner who misses the six-hour or noon deadline instead faces City-performed removal under § 103-10, billed back through the § 103-11 expense certificate. Dumping snow into a street or blocking a hydrant is a Code violation in its own right and, absent a specific penalty in this article, defaults to the Class II schedule in § 1-21: $100 to $5,000, up to 15 days in jail, or both.
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