Bloomfield Snow Shoveling: Who Is Responsible, When Does It Need To Happen?

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — As the winter months close their icy grip on the Essex County region, many Bloomfield residents will find themselves facing one of December’s most-dreaded chores: shoveling snow.

Here are a few points to keep in mind as you grab those shovels, Bloomfield. According to the township code:

• The owner or tenant of lands abutting or bordering upon public sidewalks of the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks in front of or bordering on his/her lands within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
• The owner or tenant of lands abutting or bordering upon public streets shall not shovel, move or transport snow or ice from driveways or sidewalks and deposit same onto the street.
• Drivers of motorized vehicles who park said vehicles on any public street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the vehicle and its parking space within 48 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon. This snow and ice may not be moved to another location on a public street or a public sidewalk.
• The owner of any garden apartment and the owner of any high-rise apartment in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks, roadways (with dedicated and accepted public roadways of the town excepted), parking areas, walks from the sidewalks to the entrances of the structures on the premises, walks and stairways to basements, storage areas and refuse storage areas of such garden apartments and high-rise apartment complexes within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
• Violations can be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or by any combination of such fine, imprisonment and/or community service.

Link to the full township code for snow and ice removal here.

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