In addition to making driving in the road or alley more difficult for your neighbors, it is a violation of city ordinances. People are walking in the street, because some of the homeowners in my neighborhood haven t shoveled their sidewalks. Property owners in Minneapolis are required by City ordinance to remove snow and ice from the public sidewalks adjacent to their properties. They will send out an inspector who will work to resolve the situation. Also, contact the sidewalk department if you have any questions about damaged sidewalks.
Street cleaning occurs throughout the non-snow season.
However, residents need to be especially aware of the two major operations in the Spring and Fall. Residents are not required to move their vehicles for these operations, except on the rare occasions where they require more complete sweeping. Temporary parking restriction signs would be posted. There is some schedule rotation that occurs for the comprehensive Spring and Fall sweeps so that the same areas are not always first or last. For instance, if a particular neighborhood could not be swept in the Fall because of early snow, all attempts would be made to put these streets near the top of the list for the Spring sweep.