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Snow and Ice Removal

City of Buffalo Ordinance:

SEC. 20-10. CLEANING SIDEWALK; SNOW, ETC., REMOVAL. 5
The owners, agents and occupants of any house, warehouse, store, tenement house and any other building, and the ground belonging thereto, or occupied by them, and the owner and agent of any vacant lot within the City of Buffalo, shall keep the sidewalks, whether paved or not, in front of such property and adjoining thereto clean, and after any fall of snow, shall cause such snow and all slush and ice to be immediately removed from the sidewalk fronting their respective lot or lots, into the carriage way of the street.

5. For state law authorizing the town to require the owner or occupant of any adjacent premises to remove snow, etc., from sidewalks, see W.S. 1977, § 15-1-103 (x).

SEC. 20-10.1. DEPOSITING OF SNOW FROM PARKING LOTS OR DRIVEWAYS.
No owner, agent or occupant of any house, store, warehouse, building or vacant lot and any ground belonging thereto or occupied by them shall deposit snow from any driveway or parking lot located thereon into or on the right-of-way of any adjoining ci1ty street. All such snow shall be disposed of on private property or at a location specifically identified and approved by the City of Buffalo. (Ord. 1110, § 1, 5/93)

State Law:

15-4-249. Removing snow; persons responsible; cost.
If the owners or occupants of property within the city fail to promptly remove accumulations of snow or other obstructions from the sidewalks, or streets or alleys on which their property abuts, when required to do so by ordinance, the manager may have it removed and the cost of removal assessed against the property. The cost of removal constitutes a lien against the property to be collected in the same manner as special assessments.