The city mailed 38 letters to Ouray property owners last month warning them that they had failed to clear their sidewalks of snow as required by a revised city ordinance. A Sixth Avenue sidewalk covered in snow is pictured Tuesday morning after snow fell in town overnight Monday into Tuesday. Another round of snow hit Ouray Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Erin McIntyre â Ouray County Plaindealer
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City begins enforcing snow removal rules
The city of Ouray’s crackdown on property owners for failing to clear snow from their sidewalks in a timely manner has elicited a mixture of public praise and criticism.
City officials mailed 38 letters to residents and business owners on Dec. 21 advising them they had failed to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks as mandated by a revised ordinance city councilors adopted in November.
The ordinance requires property owners to shovel snow within 24 hours of a storm with less than 12 inches o...
