New Hope is the one city in this metro that makes the sidewalk your responsibility and then never tells you by when. That is not a gap in this page — it is a gap in the ordinance as published.
The city's position: “It is the responsibility of each property owner in New Hope to maintain the public sidewalk adjacent to their property,” and residents are “ultimately responsible for the removal of snow on sidewalks located on their property. The city removes snow on sidewalks as a courtesy to residents when staff time allows. Sidewalks are not plowed on overtime hours.”
No deadline in hours is published. No fine is published. No clear-and-bill provision is published. Every neighbor states a number — Hopkins 12 hours, Robbinsdale 12, St. Louis Park six daylight hours, Brooklyn Park 48 — and New Hope states none.
The practical reading: the duty is real, the courtesy clearing is genuinely discretionary and explicitly stops short of overtime, and after a big storm on a Friday you should not count on it. That is an argument for having the walk in your contract rather than hoping.
Under City Code Sec. 11-2, parking is prohibited on public streets 2:00 to 6:00 a.m. year-round, with a 10-consecutive-hour maximum at all other times. The city notes the overnight ban is strictly enforced during the winter months, because that is when it plows.
Separately, Public Works states that a snowfall of two inches or more automatically triggers a snow emergency and its parking restrictions; parking may not resume until the street is plowed curb to curb, and vehicles are subject to ticketing and towing.
⚠️ New Hope's own pages disagree on the depth. Public Works says two inches; the Police Department's parking page says 1½. This site uses two inches and attributes it to Public Works, which is the maintained snow page — but if the exact depth matters to you, confirm with the city at 763-592-6777 rather than trusting either page, or this one.
Temporary overnight permits are available — up to two per property per year, through Police at 763-531-5170.
Mailboxes: repaired only if properly located behind the curb line and damaged by actual plow contact. The city assumes no responsibility for boxes protruding into the street or damaged by snow pressure, and decorative materials in the right-of-way are at the owner's risk.
New Hope built out fast and late: incorporated as a city in 1953 with about 600 residents, 2,500 by 1958, and 24,000 by 1971 — then flat. Median household income is about $77,700.
Address, driveway size, sidewalk frontage and whether it is a corner. Four facts and the quote stops being a range. What moves the number in New Hope.
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