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## SNOW REMOVAL BYLAW
## TOWN OF CUT KNIFE
## BYLAW NO 192-2025
A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF CUT KNIFE TO CONTROL THE REMOVAL OF SNOW, ICE AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS FROM PROPERTY.
The Council of the Town of Cut Knife in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as follows:
## INTRODUCTION
- 2) The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate the removal and/or placement of snow on private property and to prohibit the placement of such snow on streets, public drainage ditches and public property.
- 1) This bylaw shall be known and may be cited as the Snow Removal Bylaw.
## DEFINITIONS
3)
- b) "Council" means the Council of the Town of Cut Knife
- a) "Adjoining property" means a parcel of land next to a sidewalk
- c) "Debris" includes grass, loose dirt, mud or organic material likely to interfere with pedestrian traffic;
- e) "Owner" means an owner as defined in The Municipalities Act;
- d) "Occupant" means an occupant as defined in The Municipalities Act;
6. "Sidewalk" means that part of a street adapted to the use of or ordinarily used by the general public for pedestrian traffic;
- g) "Street" means a street as defined in The Municipalities Act,
## RESPONSIBILITY
- 4) The owner or occupant of adjoining property shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this Bylaw.
## DUTY TO CLEAR SIDEWALKS
- 5) The owner or occupant of adjoining property, shall clear or remove or cause to be cleared or removed all snow or ice or other loose debris from any sidewalk adjoining the property within twenty-four (24) hours of the time when the snow, ice or other loose debris was formed or deposited thereon.
## IMPROPER CLEARING OR INTERFERENCE WITH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
- 6) No person using a power-driven device or manual device to clear or remove snow or ice or other loose debris from the sidewalk, shall cause injury to or unduly interfere with any person lawfully using the sidewalk, street or public place and shall refrain from causing damage to the sidewalk, curbs, streets or public places.
## CLEARING ONTO STREET RESTRICTION
- 7) An owner or occupant shall not push, blade, shovel, blow or place snow that has accumulated on private property or the sidewalk and/or boulevard adjacent to the private property onto any street or public place, with the exception of the properties on schedule "A".
2. An owner or occupant shall not push, blade, shovel, blow or place snow that has accumulated on public property in such a way that it blocks a street.
## ENFORCEMENT OF BYLAW
- 9) The administration and enforcement of this bylaw is hereby delegated to the Town Administrator.
- 10) The Administrator of the Town of Cut Knife is hereby authorized to further delegate the administration and enforcement of this bylaw.
## MUNICIPALITY REMEDING CONTRAVENTIONS
- 11) The Town may take whatever actions or measures are necessary to remedy a contravention of this Bylaw and in the case of snow or ice, the Town may complete the work and add to the tax roll of the adjoining property the unpaid expenses and costs incurred by the Town for removing the snow and ice.
## NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND OFFENCES
12) Every person commits and offence who:
- a) fails to remove snow, ice or other loose debris from any sidewalk adjoining their property within twenty-four (24) hours of the time when the snow or ice or other loose debris was formed or deposited thereon;
- b) uses a power-driven device or manual device to clear or remove snow or ice or other loose debris from the sidewalk and causes injury to or unduly interferes with any person lawfully using the sidewalk, or causes damage to the sidewalk or curbs;
3. creates a hazard or interferes with the use of the street by removing snow or ice or other loose debris from a sidewalk and placing it other than upon private property or in the street adjacent to the sidewalk.
## COMING INTO FORCE
- 13) This bylaw shall come into force and take effect on the date of third and final reading by the Council of the Town of Cut Knife.
Read a first time this
Read a second time this
Read a third time this
Approved and adopted this
10th day of November, 2025
10th day of November, 2025
10th day of November, 2025
10th day of November, 2025
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Mayor Don McCallum
OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT:
SIGNED OSchER
DATED Nov 10, 2025
D.Schafs
Administrator Deborah Schaefer
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## Schedule "A" CLEARING ONTO STREET RESTRICTION Bylaw No. NO 192-2025
| STREET | FROM | TO |
|--------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
| Broad Street | Railway Avenue | Battle Avenue |
| Hill Avenue | Broad E | Otter St |
| Hill Avenue | Broad W | Back Alley (Broad & Strange St) |
## Sidewalk Snow Clearing Map
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