SNOW REMOVAL
Public Works crews are tasked with the removal of snow from all Town streets to allow traffic to move freely following a snow event. However, during recent events, Town office has received numerous inquiries about the removal of snow from Town sidewalks.
Town ordinance 50-57 requires all occupants of a building abutting a public right of way to clear snow from the “footpath” fronting the property. This would include the sidewalk in front of that property. This code section is printed here as is the reference to the State code from which it derives. If you have a question concerning this code, please contact the Town Manager at the Town office.
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Sec. 50-57. Removal of snow.
It shall be the duty of each person using or occupying in any manner any house, shop, store, stable, church or tenement of any kind and of persons having charge of churches and public buildings of any description and of owners of unoccupied houses and unimproved lots situated on any paved street, lane or alley in the town, within three hours after the fall of any snow, except when the snow shall have ceased to fall between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., in which case it shall be removed before 11:00 a.m., to remove and clear away or cause to be removed and cleared away the snow from the footpaths fronting the respective stores, houses, shops, stables or churches, in such manner as not to obstruct the passage of the water in the gutters.
(Code 1977, § 14-2)
State law reference(s)—Removal of snow from sidewalks, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-1115.