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City of White Bear Lake §901.030 SIDEWALKS; SNOW AND RUBBISH REMOVAL, NONCOMPLIANCE. All persons owning or occupying any building in the City are required to remove dirt or rubbish from the sidewalks adjacent to such building. (Ref. Ord. 707, 1/14/86) If the owner or occupant of any building in the City fails to comply with this section, the officers of the City shall cause the same to be removed at the owner's expense, and shall serve a statement of the expense of such removal on the owner or occupant of the building concerned within thirty (30) days from the first (1st) day of the month following the time of such removal. If the owner or occupant of such building fails to pay such expenses within thirty (30) days after the service of such statement, the amount of the expense of removal shall be reported to the County Auditor, to be assessed against such property and collected with the regular taxes for the year in the manner provided by law. (Ref. §§1001.030, 1001.040, Code 1966; Ord. No. 707, 1/14/86) CONS: complaints of equipment too wide, making extra snow piles on already cleared private sidewalks, sod damage, side walk access is only from each end of the street- creating issues when equipment gets stuck-hard to identify exact location of sidewalk placement, continually cleaning up sidewalks due to properties clearing/plowing driveways at different times or days which leads to filling in the sidewalks City of Minneapolis • 445.20. - Duty elsewhere. (a) The person having the care, custody or control of any building or lot (except one- and two- family dwellings) adjoining, abutting or bordering on any street located within the city shall, within the first four (4) hours of daytime after the ceasing to fall of any snow, cause the snow and/or ice to be removed from the sidewalk adjoining said building or lot. (b)The owners, occupants or persons having the care, custody and control of any building that is a one- or two-family dwelling shall cause the snow and/or ice to be removed from the public sidewalk abutting or adjoining the lot upon which such building is situated, within the first twenty- four (24) hours after the ceasing to fall of any snow, and shall cause sand to be sprinkled on the sidewalk where there is snow or ice upon the sidewalk that cannot be removed. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 580.020; Ord. of 9-12-74, § 3; Ord. of 12-12-75, § 2; 80-Or-184, § 1, 8-8-80; 80-Or-283, § 1, 11-26-80)