Carry out street cleaning by public institutions

The street cleaning obligation for you as a resident is set out in the street cleaning statutes of your municipality. Municipalities can transfer the responsibility for cleaning the streets to the residents. Alternatively, the municipality can clean the streets itself and pass on the associated costs to you as a resident.

Who is responsible for cleaning?
In its bylaws dated April 11, 1988, as amended, the City of Idar-Oberstein has transferred responsibility for street cleaning to the owners of developed properties.

What needs to be cleaned?
The cleaning requirement includes cleaning the sidewalks and the roadway up to the center of the roadway.

Are there any exceptions to the cleaning requirement?
The Street Cleaning Ordinance defines three cleaning classes into which different streets with varying traffic volumes are grouped. For these streets, the city is responsible for cleaning the roadway and exempts property owners from their cleaning obligation. However, the cleaning of sidewalks remains the responsibility of the property owners, with the exception of the Oberstein and Idar pedestrian zones, where the city handles cleaning on its own. The city charges a fee for this service.

How is the street cleaning fee calculated?
The amount of the fee depends, on the one hand, on the cleaning class to which the street is assigned—that is, weekly (once), twice weekly, or daily cleaning. On the other hand, it depends on the frontage length of the property. The City Council sets the cleaning fee rates in the budget ordinance.