Commercial snow removal in Morris County, NJ

Sidewalk snow deadlines in Morris County

Of the 39 municipalities in Morris County, 29 set a deadline for clearing the sidewalk after a storm, and 33 ban pushing snow into the road. A property with sites in more than one town is working to more than one clock. Each rule below comes from the town's own code, cited on the town's page.

• Boonton Town: Boonton gives the owner or occupant the first 12 hours of daylight after snow stops falling to clear a path three feet wide along the whole sidewalk.
• Butler: Butler gives the owner 48 hours to clear snow and ice from paved sidewalks.
• Chatham Borough: Chatham Borough gives property owners, tenants or occupants the first 12 hours of daylight to clear a walkway at least four feet wide.
• Chatham Township: Chatham Township's rule covers garden apartment developments, nursing homes, office buildings, shopping centers and other properties the public visits for business, which have six hours of daylight after a snowfall to clear their sidewalks.
• Chester Borough: Chester Borough gives property owners 24 hours after a snowfall to clear the full width of the sidewalk, and rock salt may never be used on sidewalks.
• Denville: Denville gives the owner or tenant 12 hours of daylight to clear the full width and length of the sidewalk.
• Dover: Dover gives the property owner 24 hours after every fall of snow to clear the sidewalk.
• East Hanover: East Hanover gives owners, occupants or tenants 24 hours after a snowfall ends to clear the full width of the sidewalk.
• Hanover: Hanover gives owners, occupants or tenants 12 hours of daylight to clear the sidewalk. In a building with several units, the first-floor tenant or occupant is responsible.
• Long Hill: Long Hill gives the owner, occupant or tenant 12 hours of daylight to clear the sidewalk.
• Madison: Madison gives every owner or tenant 24 hours to clear the sidewalks and gutters.
• Mine Hill: Mine Hill gives owners, occupants and tenants 24 hours after a snowfall ends to clear the sidewalk. Condominium and garden apartment complexes have 12 hours of daylight.
• Montville: Montville gives owners or tenants 24 hours to clear the sidewalk to bare pavement, 30 inches wide along its whole length.
• Morris: Morris Township gives the owner, tenant, occupant or whoever has charge of the property 24 hours after the snow stops to clear the sidewalk, six feet wide for commercial property and the full width for everything else.
• Morris Plains: Morris Plains gives the owner or tenant in possession 12 hours of daylight to clear the sidewalks and gutters.
• Morristown: Morristown requires sidewalks to be cleared within 12 hours after the storm ends, or by noon the next day if it ends between 9 p.m. and midnight. Corner owners must also clear a three-foot strip of gutter at the crosswalk.
• Mount Arlington: Mount Arlington gives the owner, occupant or person in charge 24 hours after snow or ice forms to clear the sidewalk.
• Mount Olive: Mount Olive gives owners, occupants or tenants 12 hours of daylight to clear the sidewalk. In a building with several units, the first-floor tenant or occupant is responsible.
• Netcong: Netcong gives the owner or tenant 24 hours to clear the sidewalk edge to edge.
• Parsippany-Troy Hills: Parsippany-Troy Hills gives the owner, tenant or occupant 24 hours after the storm ends to clear the sidewalks and fire hydrants.
• Pequannock: Pequannock gives the owner, occupant or tenant 12 hours of daylight to clear the sidewalk. In a building with several units, the first-floor tenant or occupant is responsible.
• Randolph: Randolph gives owners, tenants and occupants 12 hours of daylight after a snowfall to clear the sidewalk, and six hours of daylight to deal with ice.
• Riverdale: Riverdale gives owners and occupants 24 hours to clear the sidewalk.
• Rockaway Borough: Rockaway Borough gives the owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge 24 hours after the snow stops to clear the sidewalk at least 24 inches wide.
• Rockaway Township: Rockaway Township gives the owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge 24 hours after the snow stops to clear the sidewalk at least 18 inches wide.
• Roxbury: Roxbury gives the owner, tenant or occupant 24 hours to clear the sidewalk.
• Victory Gardens: Victory Gardens gives the owner, tenant or occupant 12 hours of daylight to clear the full width of the sidewalk. Properties the public visits for business have six hours of daylight.
• Washington Township: Washington Township's sidewalk rule applies inside the area shaded on the ordinance's Schedule A, where the owner, occupant or tenant has 24 hours to clear the sidewalk.
• Wharton: Wharton gives the owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge 24 hours after the snow stops to clear the sidewalk at least 18 inches wide.

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