SNOWPLOWING SEASON IS ALMOST HERE!

HERE ARE SOME HELPFUL HINTS THAT COULD HELP

THIS SEASON RUN VERY SMOOTH!!

As always, our Public Works Department during the snowplowing season does their very best to plow our streets as quick and as efficient as possible.  The Village receives many complaints during this season.  One of the most frequent complaints is the snowplowing in of the mailboxes and driveways.  This is unavoidable!  When plowing the streets, the snow rolls off the end of the plow at the curb line.  In order to keep our streets clean, the snow must go somewhere.

As a department, we are asking for the resident’s assistance.  If you could please shovel the snow from your driveway, mailbox or sidewalk onto your grassy areas and not into the street it would be greatly appreciated.  In this way, when the plower comes along it won’t simply push the snow back onto your driveway and mailbox.  If you use your parkway and lawn for the excess snow, this problem can be eliminated. Also, if residents can remove all portable basketball nets off the street for the winter so the plows can do their job.  The Public Works Department will not be responsible for any damages that may occur.

We would also appreciate that on garbage day, residents set their trash cans behind the curb line.  After trash is picked up return the receptacles to their proper storage as soon as possible to avoid the cans being blown and rolling onto the street.

Residents who park on the streets where snow route signs have been placed are being asked to move their vehicles and keep them off the street if there is a winter storm possible predicted in the area.  It makes it so much easier for the snow plows to come through the street without having to go around the vehicles.  In the event a vehicle has not been moved, Village ordinance allows the police to issue tickets and/or towing of the vehicle.  All mailboxes must comply with the U.S. Postmaster’s requirements, which are:

The front of the mailbox should be even with the curb line and no more than 10-12 inches from the curb line towards your house.  The bottom of the mailbox should be 36-42 inches above the top edge of the curb.  They are not to encroach past the curb line. Please check your mailboxes to make sure that they are not leaning over the curb.

In the event if a mailbox is hit with a snowplow, we will repair the mailbox as soon as possible.  Please call the Village with your address.  If the box is damaged by heavy snow or snow being plowed towards it, it is the homeowner’s responsibility to repair or replace.

Thank you for all your help!