Commercial Snow Removal & Ice Management in Somerville, MA

Somerville is a city of tight driveways, shared walkways and buildings sitting right on the sidewalk. The plowing is rarely the hard part. The hard part is the narrow driveway with nowhere to put the snow, the back stairs to the third floor, the shared walk between two buildings, and a sidewalk that has to be clear before the city's deadline whether or not the owner lives on site.

We're a Medford company and Somerville is next door — we've maintained properties here since 1989. Our snow routes are built tight around Somerville, Medford and Cambridge, so a Somerville building isn't the last stop at the end of a 30-mile loop.

Somerville's sidewalk rule

Property owners in Somerville must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks within six daylight hours after the snow stops falling, leaving a path at least 36 inches wide. Uncleared sidewalks get reported to 311 and ticketed. For owner-occupied two- and three-families that's manageable; for a condo association whose trustees work downtown, or a landlord who doesn't live in the building, it's exactly what a snow contract is for.

What a Somerville snow contract covers

• Driveways, small lots and shared drives plowed or snowblown to your trigger depth
• Front and rear walks, porches, entry stairs and back egress stairs shoveled
• Public sidewalk cleared full width inside the city's window, with corner ramps opened
• Pre-treatment before forecast storms and calcium on steps and walks after
• Refreeze checks the morning after — where most slip-and-falls actually happen
• Timestamped photo log of every visit for the association or owner

Snow emergencies and tight lots

During a declared Somerville snow emergency, on-street parking rules change and snow piles have even fewer places to go. We plan pile locations at the site walk, before the first storm, so snow isn't pushed into the street or onto a neighbor's driveway — and when piles max out, hauling is quoted in the contract instead of argued about in February.

Grounds care the rest of the year

Most of our Somerville snow clients also have us for grounds: weekly care April through November, spring and fall cleanups, bed care and organic fertilization — useful in a city that cares about green space and its Green Score rules. See grounds maintenance and the 2027 early-sign details.

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