All Sidewalks must be clear of Snow/Ice within 24 hours of the end of a weather event per ordinance T19-9.6
Per Ordinance T19-9.6, all sidewalks must be clear of snow/ice within 24 hours of the end of a weather event. Any sidewalks not cleared can be reported to the Princeton Police Department via See-Click-Fix.
The ordinance in its entirety states:
...the owner or occupant of premises abutting or bordering on sidewalks and shared use paths along public streets in the municipality shall remove or cause to be removed from the sidewalks in front of or bordering upon their premises all snow and ice within 24 hours after such snow shall have ceased falling thereon or after such ice shall have formed thereon. In the case of ice that may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable, the owner or occupant shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand or other suitable material, within 24 hours after such ice shall have formed thereon.
In all residential land use zones, the owner or occupant, as appropriate, shall remove snow and ice from their sidewalk at a minimum width of four feet.
In all other land use zones, including but not limited to the Central Business District (CBD), the owner or occupant shall remove snow and ice from the building to the curb, or snow pile or bank at the curb created by municipal snow removal operations. The owner or occupant in the CBD shall pile the snow in the area(s) designated for same by the municipality.
In all zones, the owner or occupant must remove snow and ice from the entire width of any handicap ramps abutting street corner locations.
Address/Location
Princeton NJ Police Department
1 Valley Rd
Princeton, NJ 08542
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-921-2100
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