PEORIA, Ill. – The City of Peoria just wants to make sure that crews — especially those that are being contracted to plow residential sreets — can do so safely, and do as much as possible.
So, it’s against city ordinance to plow snow into the street.
“That plow is going to kick it back up (on to the sidewalk),” said Stacy Peterson, Public Information Officer, City of Peoria. “If they’re going curb to curb, like where many of us want them to go, they’re going to kick that snow right back up on your yard, on the curb, on the foot of your driveway. And, we all know, once you shovel your driveway, a snow plow will show up.”
Peterson says residential areas are not the only place where you shouldn’t shovel or plow snow into the street.
“Same thing goes for commercial lot plowers,” said Peterson. “If you’re plowing a big surface lot, please don’t take it out (of the parking lot). Chances are, someone from the city is going to see you and tell you to push that snow back on to the property, into an empty parking spot.”
Peterson the city’s rare city-wide parking ban remains in effect, so any car parked on the street could end up being towed.
Or, Peterson says, at least plowed in.
“No person shall sweep, shovel, pile, or cause to be swept, shoveled, piled, any snow, ice, or other waste upon any of the streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, or other public ways of the city.” — Peoria City Code, Chapter 26, Article 1, Section 26-25 entitled “Sweeping, shoveling, etc., snow, ice, etc. upon public ways”
