Principle

1. This directive regulates snow removal on private roads within the building zone. Excluded from this are roads within and leading to holiday home zones, as well as corporation roads outside the building zones.

2. The municipality will undertake snow removal on the aforementioned roads, provided that the technical requirements are met and there is a public interest, at least three permanently inhabited properties are served, and an application has been submitted or a binding agreement has been reached.

3. Access roads to individual properties, garage forecourts, private parking areas, front yards, and storage areas, as well as parking spaces in front of hotels, restaurants, and retail shops will not be cleared.

4. Private footpaths that cannot be used by the public will not be cleared.

1. The applicant must submit a written request for snow removal from the road to the Department of Construction and Environment, Civil Engineering Division.

2. The application documents must contain at least the following

a) Reason for the application;

b) Cadastral plan of the road;

c) Information on the length and width of the road;

d) Short report / documentation on the condition of the road;

e) Land register extract;

f) Proof of the number of properties served.

1. The following minimum technical conditions must be met for snow removal on private roads

a) Substructure: Frost-proof substructure, for example, a gravel bed of 60 cm thickness;

b) Superstructure

1. Pavement consisting of a 5 cm-6 cm hot-mix binder course

2. Interlocking and paving stones neatly laid with a minimum thickness of 8 cm

3. On surfaces covered with grass pavers, snow will generally not be cleared

c) Manholes, valve covers, and ancillary facilities: Manholes, valve covers, and installations in roadways must be flush with the pavement surface. Furthermore, all protruding components in the area of the roadway must be adapted to prevent damage from snow removal;

d) Road width: Minimum width of 3.0 m plus a shoulder of at least 30 cm;

e) Space for snow deposition: Sufficient space must be available for snow deposition.

1. For damages to the road surface, composite and paving stones, manholes, valve caps, curb edgings, gutters, stair treads, and other installations in the roadway and on ancillary facilities that do not comply with technical requirements, the municipality shall not bear reinstatement costs, nor for scratch marks from snow chains on road surfaces or on paving stones.

1. All protruding or overhanging elements such as sewer manholes, stair steps, wall ends and wall beginnings, protruding kerbings, delimitations of landscape facilities, fence posts, etc., must be marked by the landowner at their own expense using road marker posts.

1. Snow from private roads will only be removed upon request and at the expense of the commissioning parties.

1. Applications must be submitted in writing to the attention of the Department of Construction and Environment, Civil Engineering Division, accompanied by auditable documents. The Civil Engineering Division decides on the application. The Civil Engineering Division will prepare a condition report of the relevant road section annually before the start of the season.