Your Role as a Resident or Business
Snow and Ice Covered Sidewalks
To report uncleared sidewalks, please provide addresses for inspection and enforcement to 604-294-7460 or engineering@burnaby.ca.
Sidewalks
Owners or occupiers of single family, two family, multi-family, industrial, commercial or institutional properties are responsible for:
- Removing any snow or ice accumulation from all sidewalks surrounding their property; and
- Snow and ice to be removed no later than 10:00 AM every day, including holidays, per Section 31 of Burnaby's Street and Traffic Bylaw
Fines
Burnaby's Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw was updated on December 4, 2017 and increased the fines for not removing snow and ice from sidewalks. City staff will be inspecting properties when complaints are received about uncleared sidewalks, and may issue the following fines:
| Property Type | Fine |
|---|---|
| Industrial, Commercial or Institutional | $400.00 |
| Multi-family | $250.00 |
| Single family, Two family, Mobile home | $100.00 |
Residents
Learn the correct way to remove snow this winter with our Do's and Don'ts:
Do's
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Shovel and de-ice sidewalk and driveway |
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Snow piled on property or boulevard, not on road |
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Leave 3 feet between garbage / recycling bins and objects such as cars or snow banks |
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To dig out your vehicle, pile snow on boulevard or property, not on road |
Don'ts
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Snow not cleared from driveway *Cars parked on the road too far from the curb narrow the road for plows |
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Snow not cleared from sidewalk |
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Snow mounded on road |
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Garbage / recycling bins placed behind or on top of snow mounds |
Download Our Do's and Don'ts
Businesses
Keep your sidewalks safe for pedestrians this winter:
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Shovel and de-ice sidewalks every day, including holidays, per Section 31 of Burnaby's Street and Traffic Bylaw |
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Don't shovel snow on to the road. |
