Snow crosses municipal boundaries. The rules stop dead at them. In this metro two houses fifteen minutes apart can owe completely different duties on the same morning — one on a 24-hour clock with a city contractor waiting to bill, the other in a township where no ordinance was ever confirmed and no public crew will touch the sidewalk at all.
These pages report what governments publish. They are not legal advice, and Grand Rapids Snow Removal Pros clears no snow itself — it connects property owners with independent operators who do.
Before any deadline or fine matters, one distinction sets the shape of your winter. Inside a city — Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Wyoming, Walker, Grandville, Hudsonville, Rockford, Lowell — the city plows your street with its own crews and its own code sets the sidewalk rule. In a township — Ada, Cascade, Georgetown, Byron, Caledonia, Plainfield, Allendale, Grand Rapids Charter — the township does neither. A county road commission plows, on a county schedule, and states outright that it does not clear sidewalks or non-motorized paths.
That is not a technicality. It changes who you call, how long you wait, whether anyone is coming for your walk, and what a contract needs to cover.
A lookup by town: city or township, which authority plows, the published completion target, the priority order that puts subdivisions last, and whether anyone touches the sidewalk.
Twenty-four hours in Grand Rapids, twelve in Grand Haven Charter Township, a two-inch threshold in Kentwood — and several towns where nothing is published and guessing is worse than saying so.
Four different sets of dates and hours, one enforced on bare pavement, one that restricts cul-de-sacs to even-numbered calendar days.
One city in this metro requires a plow contractor to hold a City Clerk license before it may even advertise there — and publishes the list of who has one.
A state civil infraction of up to $100 — and the clause that explains why the plow truck may legally berm your driveway when you may not push it back.
The one published local rate sheet, and the federal storm counts that tell you whether a season price is a good bet.
Where a cell reads not published, that is the finding — the town either publishes nothing or hosts its code on a platform that could not be read. Those gaps are worth a phone call to the city, not a guess.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Sidewalk duty | Winter parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | City | 24 hours after the event; notice, then 48 more, then the city clears and bills | Odd-even Nov 1 – Apr 1, 1 a.m.–6 p.m. |
| East Grand Rapids | City | Owner responsible; no deadline stated in the code | Not published |
| Kentwood | City | Owner clears at 2 inches; city plow once per event only | Nov 15 – Mar 15, 1–8 a.m. |
| Wyoming | City | Owner responsible; city plow engages at 2 inches | Odd-even Dec 1 – Mar 31, midnight–6 p.m., $30 |
| Grandville | City | Owner responsible; no deadline published | Not published |
| Hudsonville | City | Owner responsible even though the city plows walks as a courtesy | Nov – Apr, 2–6 a.m. |
| Walker | City | Not published | Not published |
| Rockford | City | Not published | Not published |
| Lowell | City | Not published | Not published |
| Allendale Twp | Township | No duty to clear; depositing onto a pathway barred, up to $500 and 90 days | Not published |
| Ada, Cascade, Byron, Caledonia, Plainfield, Grand Rapids Charter, Georgetown Twps | Township | Unconfirmed — and the road commission clears no sidewalks | Not published |
| Grand Haven Charter Twp | Township | 12 hours after significant snowfall; fine not less than $50, escalating | Not published |
Grand Haven Charter Township is a different government from the city of Grand Haven, whose own sidewalk program was being reconsidered in 2026. Do not read one as the other.
Say which town, and whether you are on a city street or a county road. The answer changes the scope.
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