City of Winston-Salem issued the following announcement on Dec. 26.
When we get snow or sleet remember to do the neighborly thing and scrape your sidewalk. It’s not only neighborly, but it’s law here in Winston-Salem.
Sec. 74-12. – Sidewalks to be kept clean; removal of snow.
The tenant or occupant, or, if there is no tenant, the owner, agent or custodian, of any building or lot or parcel of land bordering on any street in the city on which there is a sidewalk abutting shall keep such sidewalk in front of and adjoining such property clean.
After any fall of snow or sleet such tenants, occupants, owners, agents or custodians shall, within two hours after the snow or sleet shall have ceased to fall, remove or cause such snow or sleet to be removed from the sidewalk of their respective premises.
In case the fall of snow or sleet shall have ceased during the night, it shall be removed by 12:00 noon the following morning.
The cleared snow must not be placed in such a way as to obstruct the roadway or inhibit snow clearing by the city or adjacent property owners. A violation of section 74-12, or any part thereof, shall constitute a class 3 misdemeanor, as provided by G.S. 14-4, and shall subject the offender to a fine of not more than $500.00.(Code 1975, § 21-11; Ord. No. 4744, § 1, 2-20-12; Ord. No. 2022-13 , § 1, 6-21-22)
Original source can be found here.
