Snow Plowing

 Snow Removal
      Residents also play a part in the snow removal effort on your street. Remove as many obstructions from the street as possible so the snow plows can clear snow quickly. Make sure cars are not parked in the street and place solid waste containers on your driveway, rather than on the street, while snow removal operations are taking place. These simple steps will allow the Snow Removal Team to clear your street much faster and keep your street safe after the street is cleared. Snow crews are often called back to remove snow and ice piled around parked cars or other obstructions. These extra trips cost you, the taxpayer, for extra fuel, vehicle maintenance and possibly overtime pay.

       To minimize the amount of snow deposited in front of your driveway by City snow removal operations, clear the snow from the front of your driveway and adjacent curb. Place this snow on the side of your driveway away from oncoming traffic. This will create an area for excess snow from the snow plow to be deposited in a way that will not block access to the driveway (see graphic). Residents and contracted snow plow operators should be reminded that state law prohibits pushing or placing snow back into or across the street. This also makes it difficult for city crews to keep the streets clean.The city will start plowing streets when there is 3 or more inches of fallen snow. If 3 or more inches have fallen please move your vehicles off of the streets.

Snow Plowing
In most cases plowing will begin after the snow has stopped falling.

• The City has a plowing crew to plow the City in an adequate amount of time, but does not have a back-up crew to re-plow.

• In the situation where equipment breakdown occurs, the route will be completed when other routes are completed and as equipment becomes available.

• In the case of overnight snowfall, plowing will typically begin at 4 a.m. with most streets being cleared by noon. Major snow events will take longer.

• Skating rinks, sidewalks and trails are second priority and will be cleared as time allows.