Weed Municipal Code Ch. 12.16 Snow Removal

The purpose of this chapter is to establish regulations that will provide for the most safe and efficient removal of snow from city rights-of-way in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the community as a whole.

(Ord. 364-2003 §1(part), 2003).

No person shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, any snow and/or ice from any commercial parking area onto any publicly maintained sidewalk or roadway.

Any person violating any provision of this section shall be punishable as described in Section 10.08.080.

(Ord. 364-2003 §1(part), 2003).

All motorists within the street right-of-way shall maintain a distance of at least one hundred feet from any piece of snow removal or other heavy equipment upon which has been posted a warning, in lettering a minimum of two inches in size, which reads:

Danger — Frequent Stopping And/or Backing Up Stay Back 100 Feet

Any person violating any provision of this section shall be punishable as described in Section 10.08.080.

(Ord. 364-2003 §1(part), 2003).

The owner of any vehicle left parked in the street right-of-way during snow removal operations shall be responsible for any repairs to that vehicle that is damaged by way of reasonable operation of any snow removal equipment.

(Ord. 364-2003 §1(part), 2003).

A. Snow and Ice. Every property owner of property within the multi-family residential (R-2, R-3, and R-4), and every owner and occupant of property within the commercial (C-1 and C-2), industrial (C-M and M), and planned development (P-D) zoning districts which have frontage on a city street that has sidewalks for pedestrian passage along such property's street frontage shall take reasonable and prompt measures to remove snow from, and treat ice with sand or other appropriate material, to provide traction on such sidewalks. For the purposes of this subsection, the daily removal of snow and treatment of ice shall be deemed reasonable and sufficiently prompt.

B. Removal by City. If the city administrator finds that the public safety will be served and that the owner of property within any R-1 zoning district is unable to comply with the requirements of this section, the city administrator may, but is not required, to direct city personnel, equipment, and materials to remove the snow from, and/or treat the ice, on such sidewalks.

C. Citation; Restitution. If the subject property is within the C-1 or C-2 zoning districts, the city may, whether or not it issues a citation to the property owner and/or occupant for violation of this section, remediate the condition by removing the snow and/or treating the ice utilizing city personnel, equipment, and materials. If a citation is issued for the violation, the city may then request that the property owner and/or occupant be required to make restitution to the city for the actual costs and expenses of the remediation as part of any court adjudication of the citation, and/or the city may recover the costs and expenses by a separate civil action against the property owner and/or occupant.

(Ord. No. 2013-412, § 2, 7-11-2013)