Clean Street Policy

When the winter weather hits Worthington, you can count on the Service Department's 'Clean Street Policy." To make streets as safe and clear as possible for those who live, work and travel through Worthington, Service Crews work until all streets are plowed or salted to bare pavement. Major thoroughfares, bridges, hills, and bus routes receive priority, followed by residential streets.

Driveway Shoveling Tips

In order to clear a street, plows must push snow to the side of the roadway. This creates a necessary, but unfortunate consequence: snow pushed into driveways. The Service Department asks for your understanding and offers the following suggestions:

1. Avoid shoveling snow into the street. Shoveling snow from your driveway into a street that has already been cleared may create safety hazards. Shoveling snow from your driveway into a street that has not been cleared will result in the snow being pushed back into your driveway by the plow.

    

2. When conditions exist that require snow plowing or salting, please move vehicles off the street. This greatly assists Service Crews in their efforts to keep streets safe and clear.

    

3. When shoveling near the end of your driveway, shovel snow to the side of the driveway on the far side of traffic flow (SEE ILLUSTRATION BELOW). When snow is piled in this manner, plows will push it towards the curb and sidewalk, and not back into the driveway approach.

Sidewalks

When it snows, the City of Worthington depends on its citizens and businesses to be helpful, responsible, and aware of the need to remove all snow and ice from the public sidewalks including walks and ramps leading to a crosswalk. The Worthington Public Service Department would like to remind residents that under City Ordinance property owners are responsible for clearing their sidewalks of snow and ice within twelve (12) hours of daylight after any snowfall or accumulation of ice occurs in order to give safe passage to all persons. If the City receives a formal complaint, the Service Director is obligated to issue a warning. If the property owner does not clear the area of snow and ice within twenty-four (24) hours of receiving the notice, the City will have the sidewalk cleared and the property owner will be billed. We appreciate your understanding and assistance in making our sidewalks safe.