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25-0357 Ordinance Placed on File

Amending Section 12-8 (a) of the Code of Ordinances by inserting the words “including abutting curb cuts if applicable”.

Sponsor
Jesse Clingan
Introduced
Feb 25, 2025
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
219845
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History

  1. Dec 11, 2025
    City Council Placed on file · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 6.D.2.
  2. Dec 2, 2025
    Legislative Matters Committee Recommended to be discharged with no recommendation · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 4.
  3. May 13, 2025
    Legislative Matters Committee Kept in committee Meeting agenda, item 3.
  4. Feb 27, 2025
    City Council Referred for recommendation Meeting agenda, item 4.6.

Official text

That Section 12-8 (a) of the Code of Ordinances be amended by inserting the words “including abutting curb cuts if applicable” as follows: Sec. 12-8. - Snow and ice on sidewalks. (a) No owner, occupant, tenant, or agent in charge of any land or building abutting a sidewalk in the City of Somerville shall place or suffer to remain on such sidewalk any snow and/or ice for more than six hours between sunrise and sunset on any day. All sidewalks, including abutting curb cuts if applicable, shall be cleared to the surface of the sidewalk, or, where it is impractical to do so, the sidewalk shall be treated with sand or other suitable material. Sidewalks shall be cleared to provide a minimum passage of 36 inches. The city may extend the deadlines set forth above in its discretion.