Staff Report
ONEONTA _ The city
of Oneonta is reminding
residents and visitors of
the following rules that
are in effect for the winter
months:
- Vehicles must not
be left parked on any city
street during a snowstorm
or after a snowfall of 2½
inches or more. Residents
must wait until the Department
of Public Works
has cleared the streets of
snow before parking on
the streets.
- Vehicles left on the
street after a 2½-inch
snowfall may be towed
and/or ticketed. The cost
of towing will be billed to
the vehicle owner.
- Residential and commercial
building owners
must remove snow and
ice from the full width of
their sidewalks before
9 a.m., even after a light
snowfall.
- If the ice cannot be
removed without sidewalk
damage, it must then
be covered with sand or
some other gritty material,
not salt.
- Shoveling or plowing
snow into the streets
is prohibited, and snow
should not be put on
neighboring property
without permission from
the owner.
- Sidewalks not
cleared by owners will
be cleared by contractors
hired by the city. The
city’s cost plus 50 percent
will be billed to the property
owner.
The city of Oneonta on
Tuesday suspended restrictions
in city parking
lots and the municipal
parking garage in anticipation
of the storm today.
The suspension of restrictions
is designed to
allow city residents to
safely park their vehicles
in anticipation of the upcoming
snow emergency,
during which parking will
not be permitted on city
streets, according to a media
release.
Anyone with questions
about winter parking may
call the Department of
Public Works at 432-2100.
People with questions
about sidewalk snowremoval
requirements
should call the city Code
Enforcement Office at
433-3435.
