Tough New Snow Removal Ordinances in Effect this Year

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As the calendar marches toward winter and snow appears likely this weekend, Dearborn city officials are reminding residents and property owners they are required to keep sidewalks and ramps to crosswalks clear of snow and ice.

Dearborn recently strengthened its ordinances involving snow removal.

Instead of just ticketing out-of-compliance property owners , the city can now step in and remove snow or dangerous ice, then bill property owners for the cost of removal plus impose an additional $75 fee.

The penalty to property owners will increase with each offense, with the fourth violation in a calendar year would result in misdemeanor charges.

City ordinances give property owners 24 hours after the snowfall has ended to remove accumulations of three inches or more or any dangerous ice from public sidewalks and ramps leading to crosswalks.

If multiple snowfalls add up to three inches, then the same rules apply.

Abatement and enforcement will be a priority in areas heavily traveled by pedestrians, such as those near businesses or schools or on walking routes to those areas, the city said.

Snow Emergencies

When snow emergencies are declared, vehicles must be moved from the streets listed above within 24 hours of parking or they will be ticketed. This is to allow city crews to plow those streets following heavy snowfalls.

Not all residents have a driveway and cannot easily move their vehicles from streets during snow emergencies, as required by ordinance. This is especially true in northeast and southeast Dearborn, the city help.

So, to help residents in those areas, the city has designated specific streets that residents can use temporarily for parking during a snow emergency.

Residents can park on the streets listed below during a snow emergency. They are marked with street signs.

Southeast Dearborn:

• Eagle, from Amazon to Salina
• Lapeer, from Ferney to Amazon
• Lowrey, from Holly to Saulino Court
• Westlawn, from Vernor to Burley
• Tuxedo, from Ferney to Riverside Drive
• Whittington, from Canterbury to Riverside Drive
• Berkshire, from Industrial to Canterbury
• Morningside, from Industrial to Wyoming
• Riverside Drive, from Industrial to Vernor

Northeast Dearborn

• Blesser, from Maple to Oakman
• Henson, from Maple to Oakman
• Henn, from Chase to Williamson
• Haggerty, from Maple to Calhoun
• Paul, from Chase to Horger and between Schaefer and Hartwell
• Hemlock, from Chase to Oakman
• Donald, from Chase to Calhoun and between Reuter and Oakman
• Alber, from Reuter to Oakman

View maps of the streets at www.cityofdearborn.org.