Aberdeen Township Approves Ordinance Establishing Regulations on Snow, Ice Removal

The Aberdeen Township Council has approved an ordinance establishing new regulations for the removal of snow and ice from residential and commercial properties, as announced Tuesday, Jan. 19.

It is the responsibility of the owner of any residential lot, under the recently adopted ordinance, to remove all snow and ice from the sidewalk area in front of or bordering the lot within 24 hours of the end of a storm event. The sidewalk area should be cleared to a width of at least three feet.

Non-residential lots abutting or bordering on the sidewalks of a public street require that the property owner or operator remove all snow and ice from the sidewalk area in front of or bordering the site within 12 hours of a storm’s cessation.

The township has the power to remove the snow or ice and bill the associated costs to the owner if the property owner or operator fails to or refuses to clean the areas in the time frames provided. Further information is available through the “township ordinances” tab on the Aberdeen Township website.