(a) Permit required. No person shall use a motor vehicle or machine to plow or remove snow from private property in the city for a fee or charge of any kind without first securing a permit from the Public Works Division or Service Department for such vehicle.
(b) Application for permit.
(1) The following information shall be provided by any applicant using less than ten snow removal units for a snowplow operator's permit:
A. Name, home address, business address, state driver's license number, and telephone number;
B. Make, model, serial number, and state license plate number of the motor vehicle or machine to be used for snowplowing and removal, insurance company information and policy number.
(2) The application for a snowplow operator's permit for a company or applicant using less than ten motor vehicles and/or machines shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $5 for each motor vehicle or machine registered.
(3) The following information shall be provided by any applicant using ten or more snow removal units for a snowplow operator's permit:
A. Name, home address, business address, state driver's license number, and telephone number;
B. Make, model, serial number, and state license plate number of the motor vehicle or machine to be used for snowplowing and removal, insurance company information and policy number. Motor vehicles and machines shall have the name of the company prominently marked on their snow removal vehicles or machines.
(4) The application for a snowplow operator's permit, for ten or more snow removal units, shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $50 for companies or applicants using and registering ten or more motor vehicles and/or machines.
(c) Effective date; revocation of permit.
(1) A snowplow operator's permit shall be effective during the period from October 15 to April 15 of the following year. A permit issued in one such time period is not valid for a subsequent time period.
(2) A snowplow operator's permit is subject to revocation by the City Prosecutor upon the following grounds:
A. Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation made in applying for a snowplow operator's permit or made in the conduct of the snowplowing and removal business;
B. Failure to pay any fees as required by this chapter;
C. Violation of any ordinance of the city pertaining to business regulation or snow plowing and removal.
(d) Snow and dirt removal.
(1) Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land within the city, along the front or side of which a sidewalk is located, shall keep the sidewalk free from snow, ice, slush, dirt, mud or any other foreign substance, provided that no sidewalk shall be required to be cleaned more often than once in any one day nor before the hour of 9:00 a.m. next following the fall of any snow. The city has the option and right, at its sole discretion, but not the responsibility or duty to participate in snow removal from sidewalks in the right-of-way.
(2) No owner, occupant or person in control of a lot or land within the city, or their agent or employee, or any other person shall cause any snow removed from any premises, private property, drive, public parking area, or sidewalk, to be placed onto any portion of the traveled surface of any public street within the City of Solon, including pushing or mechanically blowing snow across city streets. Plowing across the street is prohibited. Snow shall remain on the property from which it originated.
(3) Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land shall keep the area around the mailbox clear and free of any obstruction so delivery from the post office can be maintained.
(4) No owner, occupant or person in control of a lot or land within the city, or their agent or employee, or other person shall cause snow to be removed from public or private property in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear access to fire hydrants within the city.
(e) Penalty. An owner, occupant, or person in control of any lot or land who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $50. Each day's continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(1964 Code, § 521.10) (Ord. 2021-122, passed 6-7-2021)