Como is pre-1940 Minneapolis — alleys, rear garages, narrow lots — with an unusually high share of rental property near the university. That second fact changes who the sidewalk ordinance actually lands on.
Minneapolis gives houses and duplexes 24 hours and all other property four daytime hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. That distinction matters here: a triplex or a small apartment building is on the four-hour clock, not the 24-hour one.
The city clears and bills when it is not done, and unpaid bills go onto the property taxes. For an owner who does not live at the property, that is a cost arriving months later with no warning attached — which is the usual reason rental owners in this part of the city put the walk on a seasonal contract rather than an arrangement with a tenant.
Inspections begin 24 hours after snowfall ends or on a 311 complaint, and a shovel-width path does not comply — the requirement is full width, to bare pavement, across the entire frontage.
The city plows the alleys. The 36-inch cart path rule applies, at $30 per cart if they are snowed in on a collection day with no snow in the previous 48 hours. And the three-day snow emergency cycle runs as it does citywide — Day 1 routes, Day 2 even side, Day 3 odd side, with parkways off limits both sides on Day 2.
Property type matters here: a duplex and a fourplex are on different clocks. Say which it is.
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