Snow Removal Services

Snow Plow Winter Storms: Snow & Ice Removal

During any snow or ice storm, the Public Works Department requests that all vehicles refrain from parking on the roadway. In this way we can most effectively perform our task for you.

This is especially the case during a Township defined snow emergency which is generally when 2 or more inches of snow have accumulated on the pavement. When a snow emergency exists please remove your vehicle from the street. This aids us in our snowplowing efforts in several ways. It helps us do a better job and prevents your vehicle from being "snowed in" by the snow that rolls off the edge of the plow as it goes down your street.

Snowfalls of less than 3 inches are removed by melting with de-icing salt. It takes approximately 3 hours to successfully treat all Township maintained streets once with de-icing salt utilize 5 individual snow routes. Snowfalls of more than 3 inches have to be plowed and salted to remove the snow. This process can take up to 6 hours on these 5 routes depending on the conditions. Please be patient with this process we will get to all Township streets.

Helpful Tips to Aid in Snow Removal Operations

  • Please do not throw snow from your driveway into the street. This is very hazardous, as well as illegal. Please put the snow back into your yard or in the grass portion of the right-of-way.
  • Please have all portable basketball hoops moved back from the street edge to ensure that our trucks are not damaged. We need to get as close to the edge of the road as possible to clear the roadway.
  • When we are plowing, while we do everything in our power not to block driveways or mailboxes, sometimes it is impossible, especially with large amounts of snow.
  • A tip for residents would be to wait until after the plow has cleared your street to shovel your driveway, this way you are only shoveling your driveway apron once.
  • Parking in circles, which are posted "No Parking in Circle" is illegal. When we are plowing, cars parked in circles (whether posted or not) hinder the process for the driver.
  • Stay off the roads, unless absolutely necessary.
  • Do not follow closely behind a salt truck, it is very difficult for the driver to see someone following to closely behind. Allow a minimum of 100 feet behind the truck.
  • Advise your children that it is very difficult for a driver to see them playing in or near the roadways while plowing and that our drivers may change direction at any time.
  • Some of the streets in the newer subdivisions have not yet been dedicated as a Delhi Township road and therefore, we cannot plow them. Please contact your developer if your street needs to be plowed. A list of undedicated streets is available at the Public Works Department and on our Road Designations page.
  • Most primary roads in Delhi are maintained by Hamilton County; please contact them if you have a problem with these streets. A list of County maintained roads is available at the Public Works Department and on our Road Designations page.

Contacting Public Works

The Public Works Department business office is open from 7 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Please try to limit the calls to the office during these times, when someone is there to answer the phone. Overnight and on the weekends the road crew is trying to clear the roads and may not have time to answer the phone. A message can be left at any time.

County-Wide Emergency Levels

  • Level 1 Emergency means road conditions are a cause for concern and that motorists should use caution.
  • Level 2 Emergency means that hazardous conditions exist and motorists should be driving only when it is necessary. Unlike a Level 3 Emergency, however, no citations are issued to motorists for simply using the roads.
  • Level 3 Emergency means all roads are closed to non-emergency personnel. Non-emergency drivers may be subject to a citation. Vehicles abandoned on county or township roadways will be removed from the path of snowplows at the owner's expense.