Commercial Sidewalk Clearing in Spokane

Spokane requires property owners to keep the public sidewalk along their frontage clear of snow and ice. That obligation doesn't care that the walk belongs to the city, after every snowfall, every foot of frontage on your property line is the owner's or the association's responsibility, and the clock starts when the snow stops. For a downtown building or a retail center with a long street face, that's a substantial amount of hand and machine work on a deadline.

We build it into the contract rather than treating it as an extra. Every Spokane agreement maps the walking surfaces: public frontage, entrance aprons, stairs and landings, accessible routes and curb ramps, courtyards, breezeways, and the path from accessible parking to the door. Those surfaces are cleared and treated on the same visit as the lot, which matters more than it sounds, a property whose lot is plowed at 3am and whose walks are done at 10am has a six-hour window where the parking is fine and the route to the entrance isn't.

Accessible routes get specific attention. A curb ramp that's been plowed shut by the lot crew, or an accessible stall with a snow pile in the loading area, is both a hazard and a compliance problem, and it's one of the most common failures we see on properties that treat walkways as a separate job. Our site plans place stacking zones so they don't block ramps or accessible parking, and the walkway sequence includes the ramps explicitly.

Public frontage is named on the plan alongside the private walks, so the sidewalk the city holds the owner responsible for is cleared on the same visit as the entries and stairs rather than on a separate trip that has to be asked for. PNW Snow Services clears sidewalks, entries, stairs, and accessible routes for commercial and community properties throughout Spokane. Contact us for a free walkthrough.