ST. BONIFACIUS, MINNESOTA
Your driveway is cleared within 10 hours after snowfall stops. That clock matters in St. Bonifacius, because the city's own plows keep a different one.
Under the city's snow removal policy, approved in February 2026, Public Works typically plows between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to conserve city funds, and returns outside those hours when crews judge conditions dangerous. Plowing usually starts once 2 inches falls in a single event, or when smaller storms add up to 3 inches in 48 hours or 4 inches in 72.
That schedule is set for the city's streets. Your driveway runs on its own clock, and so does the walk to your door.
Service runs on a 2 inch trigger, your property is on the route before the first storm, and the drive, front walk and entry steps are part of every visit.
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Our 10-hour clock starts when snowfall stops, whatever time of day that is, and it doesn't depend on when the street in front of your house gets plowed.
Every residential truck runs rubber cutting edges, which are far easier than steel on pavers, stamped concrete and new asphalt. Drive edges are staked before the ground freezes, and the city also offers curb markers at the city office for residents who want to mark the lawn along the curb.
St. Bonifacius sets a real deadline for public walks. City Code Section 152.04 makes whoever occupies a building next to a public walk responsible for keeping it free of ice and snow, and any accumulation over one inch has to be removed within 24 hours of landing on the walk.
If the city or its contractor has to do it, the code allows the work without notice to the property owner, with the charges assessed to the property. The city's policy points specifically to properties along Tower Street, Meadowview Terrace, Woodland Curve, Partridge Road, Main Street and Glacier Road.
Your front walk and entry steps are cleared on every visit, and steps are done by hand.
Main Street property owners are required to remove snow or apply salt or sand to the sidewalks next to their property, and to sweep up the sand once the snow melts. Even where that rule doesn't reach, a walk that thaws in the afternoon and freezes at dusk is the one people slip on.
We treat the drive, walk and steps with timing built around that refreeze, using salt from the 100 tons stored at our own shop.
The city's snow policy is clear about where snow can't go: it's illegal to plow snow onto a public walkway or street, and snow isn't to be pushed onto another property owner's land. On a tight lot, that leaves less room than it looks like.
When there's nowhere left on your own property, we load the snow out and haul it away, and the drive gets its width back.
Most St. Bonifacius driveways run $200 to $250 a month from November through April, as a single seasonal price billed monthly.
That's a standard drive, up to two cars wide at about 20 feet and up to 60 feet long, roughly 1,200 square feet. Bigger drives and longer step runs are priced to fit.
Everything above assumes a 2 inch trigger. A lower trigger adds trips and raises the price, and per push service is available for anyone who'd rather pay storm by storm.
The city clears in a set order: the approaches to Highway 7 and County Road 92 first, then the fire station lot, city streets, alleys and public lots. On Main Street, Public Works pulls back the first 3 feet of the windrow between the curb and the driving lane so county plows can run slower and throw less snow onto the sidewalks, and no-parking signs may go up ahead of snow removal there. Snow removal details from the City of St. Bonifacius snow removal policy and the City Code.
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Under the snow removal policy approved in February 2026, Public Works typically plows once 2 inches falls in a single event, or 3 inches in 48 hours or 4 inches in 72. Crews typically work 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and return outside those hours when conditions are dangerous.
Under City Code Section 152.04, snow over one inch has to be removed from a public walk within 24 hours of landing on it. If the city has to clear it, the code allows that without notice, and the charges are assessed to the property.
No. The city's snow policy says snow isn't to be pushed onto another property owner's land, and plowing snow onto a public walkway or street is illegal.
Within 10 hours after snowfall stops, on a 2 inch trigger. Your drive's clock doesn't depend on when the city plows your street.
Yes. Every residential truck runs rubber cutting edges instead of steel, and drive edges are staked before the freeze so crews know where the pavement ends.
Yes. Commercial clients pick a trigger of 2 inch, 1 inch or half inch, or zero tolerance with crews staged on site before the snow starts. Each commercial visit is logged in Yeti with photos and time stamps.
Most St. Bonifacius driveways run $200 to $250 a month from November through April, as a single seasonal price billed monthly. Bigger drives and longer step runs are priced to fit.
The same company that plows your drive in January handles landscape design, patios and lawn care the rest of the year.
One crew that already knows your property, and no new vendor to find when spring arrives.
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.