Lebanon city begins snow removal following weekend storm

Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello issued a press release Monday afternoon detailing the city’s cleanup efforts following Winter Storm Fern.

The release said that snow hauling efforts on city-owned parking lots will begin soon, and crews will be hauling snow from the following streets overnight Tuesday and Wednesday:

• Cumberland Street, from 5th Avenue to 12th Street
• Walnut Street, from 12th Street to Lincoln Avenue
• 9th Street, from Poplar Street to Maple Street
• 10th Street, from Maple Street to Poplar Street
• 8th Street, from Orange Street to Maple Street
• Lehman Street, from Lincoln Avenue to 14th Street
• 3rd Street, from Cumberland Street to Locust Street

Hauling will take place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and will include clean-up and salting of the parking lane. The city said residents and property owners are encouraged to shovel or blow snow from the sidewalks into the parking lane in the referenced removal areas. Snow plows and other snow removal equipment is not to be used to deposit snow on public streets or parking lanes, and no snow is to be shoveled or blown into the travel lanes of any street at any time.

“There will be zero tolerance for this type of activity,” says the press release.

Motor vehicles will not be permitted to park on either side of the posted streets until snow hauling and salting operations are completed on both sides. The city will notify the public via traditional and social media when parking is permitted.

Motorists are asked to use caution while hauling is taking place, and to use alternate routes if possible. No reserving of parking spaces is permitted, the city reminded residents in the release.

The city also extended its compliance window for snow removal from sidewalks until Thursday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. given the amount of snow. City ordinances require a path of at least three feet in width along the length of the sidewalk.

Parking meters and the two-hour free lots at 7th and Willow streets and 9th and Cumberland streets will not be enforced until Saturday, Jan. 31.