The Grosse Pointes’ snow rules.
City by city.

• Sidewalk: clear it, or salt it, within 24 hours after the snow falls, front, rear and sides; $25 the first time, $50 the second (the city’s rule).
• The city’s help: as a courtesy, the city clears sidewalks once more than 2 inches falls: early in the morning before school, says one city page (the city’s reminders); during working hours, 5:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, says another (public services).
• Streets: plowed at 3 inches or more; below that, spot salted (the city’s reminders).
• Not into the street or a gutter without a permit; a pile in the street is taken as the nearest neighbor’s (the city’s rule).
• Call: the city, (313) 885-5800 (the city).

• Sidewalk: within 12 hours after the snow stops; fines up to $50, $100, then $150 within 36 months, then a misdemeanor (the Park’s rule). The city may clear it and the cost becomes a debt (the Park’s rule).
• The city plows sidewalks: main street walks at 2 inches or less, every sidewalk at 2 inches or more, more than once; a walk blocked when the plow comes can be ticketed. Business owners clear the walk in front of their business (the Park’s page).
• Streets: salted first, then plowed at 2 inches or more. The city does not plow out private driveways (the Park’s page).
• Contractors: snow goes onto the homeowner’s lot or easement; a contractor pushing snow across the street can be ticketed (the Park’s page). Door to door sales of snow removal count as soliciting under the city code (the code).
• Call: public works, 313-822-5100 (the Park’s page).

• Sidewalk: snow off within 24 hours; ice salted within 12; if not done within 12 hours of notice, the city may do it and assess the cost; a fine of up to $500 (the Farms’ rule).
• The city plows sidewalks above 3 inches, once all the roads are clear, while saying the sidewalk is the owner’s responsibility (the Farms’ page).
• Not into the street: no snow thrown or left in a street or on a public sidewalk (the Farms’ rule). A mound pushed across the street must be fully out of the street and not block a driveway or a hydrant (the Farms’ page).
• Contractors must be permitted to operate in the city, the city’s snow page says (the Farms’ page).
• Call: the city, (313) 885-6600 (the Farms’ site).

• Sidewalk: no deadline in the code. Residents clear snowfalls under 2 inches; the city plows sidewalks once there are 2 inches of snow and 4 inches of frost in the ground (the Woods’ page).
• Not into the street: no snow, ice or slush on any roadway or alley (the Woods’ rule). The city asks you to tell your snow company (the Woods’ page).
• Contractor license: anyone paid to plow or shovel with a motor vehicle needs a city snow removal license and must file each customer’s address with the clerk (the license · the customer list · the clerk’s form).
• Snow emergency: no parking on any street once one is declared (the Woods’ rule).
• Call: public works, (313) 343-2460; damage to sod or sprinklers from the city’s plows goes to public works too (the Woods’ page).

• Sidewalk: clear it, or salt or sand it, within 24 hours; no snow pushed onto a street or sidewalk; the city may clear it and charge the cost as a special assessment (the Shores’ rule).
• Contractor license: an annual license from public safety, a $5,000 bond and a yellow safety light on the truck (the license · the light). The city’s fee page lists $100, plus $25 for each extra vehicle (the fees).
• Call: public works, (313) 886-0020, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (public works).

Whether the Shores plows residential sidewalks: ask public works.