"NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF STONEWALL ON SNOW CLEARING"
The Town of
Policy No. 8.1 - Snow Clearing from Streets and Snow Ridge from Private Driveways is the policy which governs snow clearing/removal in Stonewall.
The process for snow clearing/removal may be adjusted for certain circumstances such as excessive accumulations of snow (wind drifting) or due to events (such as garbage collection days).
The Town of
. Generally snow accumulation of 20 cm (8") or greater will necessitate the clearing of snow from streets.
. Generally snow accumulation of 7 cm (3") or greater will necessitate the clearing of snow from sidewalks.
. When clearing of snow from a street results in the placement of a snow ridge in a private driveway entrance which is 30 cm (12") or higher the Town will clear the snow ridge from the driveway entrance within four (4) hours of the snow ridge being placed.
Generally snow clearing of streets occurs as follows:
. Firstly the major streets and sidewalks are cleared. The streets include major routes and accesses for emergency services(see map here).
. Secondly
. Thirdly the remaining residential streets and remaining sidewalks are cleared. Residential streets are defined into five (5) separate areas. The areas are cleared on a rotational basis with the area which received snow clearing first the previous time moving to the end of the rotation and each of the other areas moving up in the rotation.
Typically the clearing of snow from all streets and sidewalks takes three to four days.
Also the Town of
Vehicles may not be parked on Town streets or boulevards between the hours of 1:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. from November 1st to March 31st. Vehicles parked on Town streets and boulevards during this period obstruct the removal of snow from the streets by Town staff.
Vehicles parked on Town streets or boulevards during this period are in contravention of the Town's Traffic By-law No. 8/04 and may be ticketed or towed at the owner's expense.
The Town of
If you have any questions please contact the Town at 467-7979 or info@stonewall.ca
Thank you.