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Council tables enforcement of sidewalk snow ordinance, approves 2025–26 snow-and-ice contract including sidewalk clearing
Summary
After a lengthy debate over whether to reinstate a 1999 ordinance placing snow‑removal responsibility on property owners, Harpers Ferry council voted to table the enforcement decision pending legal guidance and separately awarded the town's 2025–26 snow-and-ice removal contract including sidewalk clearing to Cornerstone & Landscaping.
Harpers Ferry Town Council on Oct. 13 held an extended discussion about whether to reinstate and enforce an ordinance requiring property owners to clear sidewalks after snow and then voted to postpone that policy decision while approving the town's snow-and-ice removal contract for the upcoming season.
Council reviewed Article 909.04, which states property owners must remove snow from sidewalks within four hours after snowfall ends (with a sunrise exception for overnight or Sunday storms). Jesse introduced the item and said the ordinance was reinstated in 1999 but had not been enforced since 2017 when the town began clearing sidewalks. Legal counsel and staff advised…
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