In winter, the employees of the Criminal Code must ensure that the house area is cleaned efficiently. Therefore, the owners of apartments in an apartment building may require that the service organization copes well with its basic responsibilities. Cleaning of the local area in the winter should be carried out in a timely manner, for which not only special norms, but also weather conditions are taken into account.
Who does the cleaning?
According to the law, the cleaning of the adjacent territory in the winter period must be carried out by the management company, with which the tenants of the building made a formal contract. This territory is part of the shared ownership of all apartment owners in the house. They cannot simply abandon this land or relieve themselves of responsibility for its maintenance.
To be able to freely and easily move around this territory, it must be cleaned. For this, apartment residents pay a certain amount of money in the form of a fee to the management company.
Process features
Cleaning of the local area in the winter is paid by the residents of the house. The fee is included in the column in the receipt, which relates to the content of the property.
At a general meeting, apartment owners can independently decide who will clean the site. For this, the following options can be selected:
- the citizens at the meeting decide to do the cleaning themselves, for which they draw up a special schedule, but for this it is important that absolutely all residents agree with this work;
- apartment owners find a special company specializing in cleaning, with which a formal contract is concluded;
- the process of cleaning the local area by the management company is entrusted, so the fee for this service is included in the maintenance of the common property of the house.
Most often, citizens prefer to entrust this work directly to the Criminal Code, with which a formal agreement is concluded.
Cleaning Rules
The rules for cleaning the local area in the winter are enshrined in federal law, but the local authorities of each region have the right to make their own adjustments. Each UK and other companies specializing in cleaning the area near the house of snow and dirt should understand these rules. Cleaning the local area in the winter in Samara may differ slightly from the process carried out in the northern regions of the country. But common rules are usually used:
- a large accumulation of snow is eliminated using special technical means;
- in places where it is impossible to use equipment, you have to remove the snow manually;
- necessarily in the house there is one non-residential premise for storing various equipment or other devices necessary to clean the area from dirt, snow and debris;
- waste baskets should be cleaned daily;
- if there are sidewalks near the house whose thickness exceeds 3.5 m, then the snow is cleared only with the help of a snowplow specially designed for this purpose;
- garbage should be thrown into the chute;
- on children's or sports grounds, an ideal order should be ensured, since they are used for sports activities or hanging out of children.
The above list is minimal, but different requirements can be added in the winter and summer.
Nuances for the winter
Household cleaning rates in winter may vary slightly in different cities. The following actions are standardly performed for this:
- snow is removed from sidewalks and roads, and it must be handled in snowdrifts or piles on the side of the road;
- the process is performed in the morning and evening;
- if the sidewalk has a width exceeding 6 m, it is allowed to move snow to the middle of the road;
- to clear snow and to hollow out ice it is necessary on sidewalks and directly on the road near an entrance;
- icicles must be removed from the roofs of houses, since they are objects that are dangerous to human life;
- in addition, employees of the Criminal Code post announcements that residents should not walk directly next to the house so that icicles do not fall on them;
- if ice is found on the sidewalk, then the entire path is sprinkled with a special mixture of salt and sand.
All the above rules should be prescribed in the contract, which is drawn up between the management company and the owners of apartments in an apartment building. Therefore, if the residents of the house reveal that the employees of the Criminal Code violate these requirements, then they can make a claim and demand compensation.
Other rules
Cleaning the local area in the winter should be regular and of high quality. It depends on its results how safely citizens can move along sidewalks or sills. Other nuances of this process include:
- if there is heavy snowfall in the region, then you can cope with a lot of snow only with the help of specialized snow removal equipment;
- the law establishes certain periods during which snow removal should be carried out, so the employees of the Criminal Code are guided by special regulatory documentation;
- if there is no precipitation, then the area is cleaned daily in the morning;
- if the snow cover is thicker than 2 cm, then the wipers should sweep the ground;
- if the cover in thickness exceeds 2 cm, then it is necessary to move the snow to the edge of the sidewalk;
- wipers must additionally deal with the complete elimination of the resulting ice;
- if there is a prolonged snowfall, you need to clean the sidewalks every three hours, but if the traffic exceeds 50 people per hour, then the process is implemented once every two hours;
- continuous cleaning is required if, due to the presence of precipitation, difficulties arise with the use of the local area;
- it is not necessary to clear all the way all the way, but only a path whose width should be more than 3 m, which makes it easy for pedestrians to move along this path.
According to the standards, snow after a snowfall should be removed from the sidewalks within 6 hours.
Purpose of cleansing the territory
The rules and norms for cleaning the local area in the winter period of time are established by both federal and regional authorities. Elimination of snow from the territory located next to the house is represented by complex works. Their main goal is the creation of conditions for a calm and safe movement of people.
The most often responsible for such work are management companies. They may involve other organizations with their own snow removal equipment or other specialized equipment in this process.
Work order
The process of cleaning the local area in the winter in Novosibirsk or another region of the country is divided into several stages:
- snow and ice are initially removed from asphalt pavements, for which snowplows, scrapers or shovels are used;
- then cleaning is carried out in the territory where different green spaces are located, and the process should be carried out carefully so as not to damage the plants;
- playgrounds are cleaned so that kids can use this territory for hanging out, but if such a playground is made of soft rubber coating, it is required to use special plastic scrapers;
- made tracks are sprinkled with sand or other special compounds that do not allow ice to form;
- snowfall is eliminated, and the procedure can be carried out manually or by mechanized means.
For such actions, tenants must pay a certain amount of funds. If the cleaning of the house territory in the winter is carried out by the employees of the management company with which the official contract has been drawn up, then the costs associated with this process are included in the maintenance fee.
Precipitation Methods
Household cleaning rules during the winter period must be observed by all management companies. Snow removal can be done in two different ways:
- Manually. Such a process is implemented in the presence of small sites and territories. For this, wipers use special scrapers or shovels. In addition, this method is ideal for specific areas where it is impossible to get close with the help of technology.
- By mechanical means. This requires the presence of a significant track width. Different equipment is usually used on large sidewalks or in front of porches. For this, specialized snow removal equipment is used, successfully combined with loaders or tractors. Through the use of such mechanical means, it is possible to cope with the consequences of prolonged snowfall in a short period of time.
If the employees of the Criminal Code use different expensive mechanisms and tools, the cleaning cost may increase.
Responsibility for violation of norms
If the management company does not cope with its duties, therefore, cleaning of the local area in the winter is not carried out within the prescribed time, then the organization may be held liable. Such violations are detected by residents of the house who can perform the following actions:
- a claim is filed in the name of the head of the Criminal Code, in which apartment owners may require the recalculation and return of a certain amount of funds paid earlier for the maintenance of the house;
- if necessary, citizens can terminate the contract drawn up with a specific Criminal Code in order to conclude an agreement with a more responsible and reliable company;
- complaints are submitted by citizens to the prosecutor's office, housing inspectorate and Rospotrebnadzor;
- if necessary, the residents of the house can file a class action lawsuit in court to bring the unscrupulous management company to justice.
Therefore, residents of the building must independently ensure that the employees of the Criminal Code are conscientious in their duties. Often, even the standard claim transferred to the head of the organization leads to the fact that the janitors begin to take responsibility for their work responsibilities.
Complaints Rules
The complaint is made in duplicate, and also transmitted personally to the office of the company or by sending by mail with a notification of delivery. On urgent issues, a decision must be made within 5 days, but the standard answer is given within 30 days. If the Criminal Code simply ignored the statement written by the residents of the house, then the complaint can be submitted to higher authorities and state organizations.
The Housing Inspectorate may at all make changes to the schedule for cleaning the house in the winter in order to force the management company to follow the standards established by law.
Conclusion
Cleaning the area next to the apartment building can be carried out by the management company or another company with which the apartment owners draw up a formal contract. The process of clearing snow and ice from sidewalks and other sites should be carried out taking into account certain norms fixed at the federal level.
If the management company does not cope with the tasks, then the tenants of the building can write a complaint to the management of the company or send complaints to different state authorities.
