Full Notification

Shoveling Snow--Where Should It Go? 

Snow belongs anywhere but back on the road. Residents are reminded that shoveling or blowing snow back into the roadway creates dangerous and unnecessary hazards for drivers, pedestrians, and emergency vehicles. This practice not only obstructs roadways, but also in effect is like hitting "undo" on all of the efforts of the Department of Public Works to maintain safe and passable streets during inclement weather.

To help ensure the safety of everyone in our community, please direct all snow onto your property, avoiding sidewalks and driveways. Your cooperation is vital to keeping our roadways safe and accessible for all.

Let's work together to protect our neighbors and Cranford during this storm.

367-22 Responsibility of owner or tenant.

The owner or tenant in possession of any lands abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and gutters of any public streets of the Township shall remove or cause to be removed from the abutting sidewalks:

A.  All snow and ice therefrom within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon execpt as otherwise provided in § 367-23

367-23 Removal of congealed snow and ice.

A. If snow or ice shall become so congealed that it cannot be removed without injury to the sidewalks where such snow or ice has fallen or been formed, the owner or tenant in possession referred to in § 367-22 shall cause such congealed snow or ice to be strewn with ashes, sawdust or sand within four hours after such congelation.

B.  If such congelation shall occur during any night, the congealed snow or ice shall be strewn with ashes, sawdust or sand within four hours after sunrise of the following morning.

C. All congealed snow and ice shall be removed from any sidewalk on which it has fallen or been formed within four hours after it has become thawed to such an extent as to render such removal practicable without injury to the sidewalk; provided, however, that if such snow or ice has become thawed during the night, it shall be removed within four hours after sunrise the following morning.