City of Amsterdam, NY
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2023-09-05
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 206 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article VII Snow and Ice Removal
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Policies
- Ch 9 Bingo Inspector
- Ch 13 Checks, Returned
- Ch 15 Common Council Rules
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Employee Handbook
- Ch 23 Ethics
- Ch 28 Golf Commission
- Ch 33 Investment Policy
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Pension Funds
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Purchasing
- Ch 49 Records
- Ch 53 Residency Requirements
- Ch 54 Smoking Policy
- Ch 57 Wards
- Ch 58 Waterfront Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Advertising Material
- Ch 67 Alarms
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 73 Animals
- Ch 77 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 81 Bingo
- Ch 86 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 90 Building Construction Code
- Ch 92 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Energize NY Open C-PACE Financing Program
- Ch 112 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 115 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 117 Fare Policy
- Ch 119 Firearms
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 129 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 133 Games of Chance
- Ch 139 Homestead Program
- Ch 141 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 143 Insurance
- Ch 150 Littering
- Ch 154 Noise
- Ch 156 Nonresident, Residential or Commercial Property Owner Registration
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Nuisances
- Ch 164 Parades
- Ch 167 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 169 Pawn Shops and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 178 Poles and Wires
- Ch 180 Property Maintenance
- Ch 184 Rodent Control
- Ch 190 Sales
- Ch 195 Sewers
- Ch 201 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 206 Art VII Snow and Ice Removal
- § 206-23 Clearing.
- § 206-24 Sand and ashes.
- § 206-25 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 210 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 212 Swimming Prohibited
- Ch 214 Taxation
- Ch 217 Taxicabs
- Ch 219 Towing
- Ch 221 Trees
- Ch 225 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 228 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 232 Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
- Ch 239 Water
- Ch 241 Waterfront Revitalization
- Ch 250 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 1-16-1917; amended 12-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2013-6]
Every person and corporation owning, occupying or having charge
of any lands and premises within the City of Amsterdam shall keep
any fire hydrants, sidewalks, storm drains, and in areas zoned for
retail business curbs and gutters, fronting on or adjoining said lands
and premises free and clear of snow and ice, for the width and length
of said sidewalks, for the length of said curbs and gutters and for
a width of 18 inches from the curbstone line, for a three-foot radius
around any fire hydrant, and shall clear any blocked storm drain by
removing the snow and ice therefrom, within 12 hours after a storm
depositing the same shall have ceased and before the same shall have
attained a depth of 12 inches.
It is further ordained that where the snow and ice are so frozen
or congealed that they cannot be removed without injury to the sidewalk
as above provided, the owner, occupant or person in charge of said
lands and premises shall, within 12 hours after said freezing and
congealing, strew, cause to be strewn and keep strewn the snow and
ice on said sidewalk with sand or other suitable abrasive material
so as to make and keep the same safe for public traffic thereon.
Any violation of the terms and provisions of this article shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
