SPRING PARK, MINNESOTA
Your driveway is cleared within 10 hours after snowfall stops. In Spring Park, the part of the job that takes the most thought is where the snow goes afterward.
Spring Park's zoning code requires two off-street parking spaces for every single-family home, and Section 42-67 says required parking spaces can't be used to store snow. Piling the bank on the pad where the second car parks is exactly what that rule prohibits.
Sidewalks have their own clock. Snow or ice left on a sidewalk more than 36 hours after it stops coming down is a public nuisance under Section 18-184, and each day it continues counts as a separate misdemeanor offense.
Service runs on a 2 inch trigger from the first storm of the season, with the drive, front walk and entry steps included every time.
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On a lot sized for two cars and not much else, the question on every push is where the snow can land, and the two required parking spaces are the one answer the code rules out.
Before the ground freezes, we stake the drive edges and pick where the snow will be stacked, so the parking pad stays open all winter.
Every residential truck runs rubber cutting edges, which treat pavers, stamped concrete and new asphalt far more gently than a steel edge.
Spring Park gives property owners 36 hours to clear a sidewalk once snow or ice stops coming down. That rule covers the sidewalk, but the walk that gets used most is the one from your drive to the front door.
The front walk and entry steps are part of every visit, and steps are cleared by hand, which is easier on stone and brick than any machine.
Afternoon sun melts the edges of the banks. The water runs across the drive, and when the temperature drops it freezes into the slickest surface of the day.
We time treatment of the drive, walk and steps to that refreeze, and the salt comes from 100 tons stored at our own shop.
When the parking spaces can't hold snow, every storm uses up a little more of the rest of the lot. By midwinter, there may be nowhere left to stack that doesn't crowd the drive or bury the landscaping.
That's when we load it into trucks and haul it off the property. The parking pad stays open, and the next storm has somewhere to go.
A typical Spring Park driveway runs $200 to $250 a month, November through April, set as one seasonal price and billed monthly.
That's for a standard drive, up to two cars wide at about 20 feet and up to 60 feet long, or roughly 1,200 square feet. Longer drives, extra pads and bigger step runs are priced on their own.
All of that assumes the standard 2 inch trigger. A lower trigger means more trips and a higher price, and per push service is there if you'd rather pay by the storm.
In Spring Park, a snow emergency can be declared by the mayor, the chief of police or the utility superintendent, and the code allows notice by any available means, including posted signs or word of mouth. Once one is in effect, parking on snow emergency streets can be prohibited, parking resumes street by street as plowing is finished, and vehicles left in violation can be moved at the owner's cost. Outside a snow emergency, no passenger vehicle can sit on a city street for more than 24 hours. Snow and parking rules from the City of Spring Park City Code.
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Not on the spaces the code requires. Section 42-67 bars using required off-street parking spaces to store snow, and single-family homes are required to have two.
Snow or ice left on a sidewalk more than 36 hours after it stops coming down is a public nuisance under Section 18-184. Violations are misdemeanors, and each day a nuisance continues is a separate offense.
The code lets the mayor, chief of police or utility superintendent declare one and give notice by whatever means are available, such as posted signs or word of mouth. Once plowing is finished on your street, parking can resume there.
Within 10 hours after snowfall stops, on a 2 inch trigger. The clock is tied to the end of the storm, not to when crews leave the shop.
Every residential truck runs rubber cutting edges, which are much gentler than steel on pavers, stamped concrete and new asphalt. The front walk and entry steps are cleared by hand on each visit.
Yes. Commercial clients choose a 2 inch, 1 inch or half inch trigger, or zero tolerance with crews staged on site before the snow starts. Every commercial visit is logged in Yeti with time stamps and photos.
A typical Spring Park driveway runs $200 to $250 a month from November through April, set as one seasonal price and billed monthly. Longer drives and extra parking pads are priced on their own.
Spring Park sits right on Lake Minnetonka, and the same company that plows your drive handles lakeshore landscaping, patios and lawn care the rest of the year.
One crew that already knows the property, from the first snowfall to the first mow.
Routes fill and then we're closed. Tell us about your property and what needs clearing, and we'll get you a spot. The storm-alert checkbox is optional. Check it and you'll get a text the moment crews head out.