[E-updates] Snow plows will hit the streets tomorrow; citizens have a role in snow

[Bobbie Walthall]

NEWS RELEASE   City of Lawrence, Kansas

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 7, 2005

 

CONTACT:  Tom Orzulak, street division manager, Public Works

(785) 832-3021

 

Snow plows will hit the streets tomorrow; citizens have a role in snow

removal

 

(LAWRENCE, KS) - Every year, the Street Maintenance Division conducts a

practice of the snow removal plan.  For the 2005 winter weather season,

review of the plan will be on Tuesday, November 8.  Thirty-seven employees

from the Street Maintenance Division will be inspecting equipment, locating

the required gear and traveling their assigned routes streets.

 

The annual practice provides an opportunity to review the plan and

incorporate approximately ten new miles of street as well as train

employees.  The practice will begin at 7:30am at the Street Maintenance

facility at 11th Street and Haskell Avenue and will conclude by 4pm.

 

As winter weather approaches, Lawrence citizens are reminded of the snow and

ice removal ordinance.  To make public sidewalks safe for pedestrians, the

owner or occupant of property immediately adjacent to a public sidewalk is

responsible for the removal of any snow or ice that accumulates on the

sidewalk.  Removal must be done within 24 hours after the ice forms or the

snowfall ends.

 

In the event that removal of ice is impossible, the property owner or

occupant is required to place sand on the sidewalk within 24 hours.

 

In a situation where a property owner or occupant fails to comply with the

ordinance and the Department of Neighborhood Resources receives a complaint,

an inspector will notify the occupant and property owner with a written

notice of the violation and order the prompt removal of snow or ice.

Failure to remove the snow or ice within 5 days after the violation notice

may result in a citation.  Property owners will be assessed a fine of $20

for each day the violation occurs, if found guilty of the violation.

 

For more information on the snow and ice removal ordinance, contact the

Department of Neighborhood Resources, (785) 832-7700.

 

-END-

 

For more information about the Public Works snow removal plan, contact Tom

Orzulak, street division manager at (785) 832-3021.

 

For more information about the snow and ice removal ordinance, contact Barry

Walthall, codes enforcement manager at (785) 832-3101.

 

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://web.ci.lawrence.ks.us/pipermail/e-updates/attachments/20051107/4e38eaa7/attachment.html