Snow Removal on Sidewalks

Snow Removal

The City of Fruita provides snow removal on most city streets and some city owned trails. Pursuant to the following codes citizens are responsible to remove snow from the sidewalks adjacent to their property.

9.01.029 Duty to Clean Sidewalks. The owner, or his agent, or the occupant of any premises or property in the city shall maintain those sidewalks adjoining such premises or property in a condition free from snow, ice, mud, dirt, rubbish and filth. Any accumulation of snow and ice shall be removed from such sidewalk into the street within twenty-four (24) hours after every snowfall. Any person who violates this Section commits a noncriminal municipal offense. (Ord. 2010-09, S1)

12.16.010 Required Where - Time Limits. Any and all persons owning or occupying any store or other business property in the city contiguous to any sidewalk, shall within two hours after the cessation of any snow or sleet storm, cause the snow, ice or sleet to be removed from the sidewalk lying contiguous to the premises so owned or occupied; provided, that when said snow or sleet shall fall in the nighttime the same shall be removed by ten a.m. of the succeeding day. Any person who violates this Section commits a noncriminal municipal offense. (Ord. 44 Art. 2 S10,1907; Ord. 2000-9, S97)

Citizens should also be aware that the City Manager can declare a “snow emergency” pursuant to the following section of the code.

12.16.020 Snow Emergency.

A. During times of heavy snow fall the City Manager, upon his own authority and after consultation with the director of public works, may declare a snow emergency. The declaration of such an emergency will be made by and through all available media. Within two hours of such declaration, it shall be the duty of each and every resident of the City of Fruita to remove their parked vehicles from those city streets designated in the declaration. The declaration of the City Manager may provide that all streets within the City be cleared of parked vehicles. The purpose of such declaration is to allow for a more thorough plowing of the city streets during a heavy snowfall and thereby to allow safer transit upon the streets of the city.
B. After consultation with the director of public works, the City Manager will, as soon as possible after the declaration, declare an end to the snow emergency. The declaration of termination of the snow removal shall be made in the same way as is noted in paragraph A above. The City Manager shall make every effort to limit the hours of snow emergency to the shortest possible time consistent with public safety. After the declaration of termination, city residents may park their vehicles on city streets in accordance with the motor vehicle ordinances of the city.
C. Any person who parks his vehicle upon a City street during the time of a declared snow.