Snow & Ice removal from city streets is provided by the City Maintenance division of the Public Works department.
City crews remove snow from approximately 50 miles of street within the City. The City of Le Center routinely removes snow from all paved city streets within the city limits.
Snow removal is primarily the responsibility of the Street, Park and Facilities Sections in the Public Works Maintenance Division.
In addition:
Equipment personnel keep plows ready to operate and conduct quick repairs as necessary during a storm. Utility crews augment Maintenance staff to operate equipment. Residents help by complying with snow-related ordinances and reporting slippery intersections or other unsafe areas they encounter.
Snow Parking Enforcement:
No motor vehicle or recreational vehicle or trailer of any kind shall be parked on any public street of any residential or business district following a one (1) inch or more snow fall accumulation and the continuation thereafter until such time the streets of the City of Le Center have been plowed open from curb to curb. Any motor or recreational vehicle or trailer shall be cited by the City of Le Center Police Department and / or towed at the expense of the owner of any motor or recreational vehicle or trailer found to be in violation of this ordinance." See Le Center Ordinance, Section 40-89.
Police monitor street conditions and enforce snow-related ordinances.