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Permalink Reply by Bike Bloke on February 15, 2011 at 3:58am

mindfrieze, thanks for those links. Who'd have thought CDOT ever had such a thing as a Pedestrian Program?!!?? Drilling down, here's a good link to report snow removal requirements:

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdot/supp_info/sidewalk_...

Bookmarked!

mindfrieze said:

Mike Zumwalt said:

There's no law to clear sidewalks in Chicago,....

The CDOT Pedestrian Program would probably cry to hear that you think that.  From the Municipal Code of Chicago:

10-8-180  Snow and ice removal.

     Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person having charge of any building or lot of ground in the city abutting upon any public way or public place shall remove the snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of such building or lot of ground.

     If the sidewalk is of greater width than five feet, it shall not be necessary for such person to remove snow and ice from the same for a space wider than five feet.

     In case the snow and ice on the sidewalk shall be frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the pavement, the person having charge of any building or lot of ground as aforesaid shall, within the time specified, cause the sidewalk abutting on the said premises to be strewn with ashes, sand, sawdust, or some similar suitable material, and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit, thoroughly clean said sidewalk.

     The snow which falls or accumulates during the day (excepting Sundays) before four p.m. shall be removed within three hours after the same has fallen or accumulated. The snow which falls or accumulates on Sunday or after four p.m. and during the night on other days shall be removed before ten a.m.

(Prior code § 36-19)

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