Snow Plowing in Clarkston and Independence Township

Old Houses, Steep Lots and Main Street

Clarkston is a very small city built around a historic Main Street and the Mill Pond, with nineteenth- and early twentieth-century houses on irregular, often sloping lots. Many have short drives that pitch toward the street and walks that climb to a raised porch, which puts the effort into steps and slopes rather than square footage.

Just outside the village, Independence Township is rolling, wooded and dotted with lakes, and drives there get longer and steeper. Ask whether the price covers a second visit to salt a sloped drive after it has been plowed, because a north-facing grade in this part of the county can refreeze overnight.

Steep-drive salting is covered on the ice control page, and the county plowing schedule explains when Main Street and the side streets usually get their turn.

What Actually Decides a Quote in Clarkston and Independence Township

Independence Township publishes something no other community in this county does: an interactive Road Jurisdiction Map identifying which roads are public and which are private. That is the single most useful winter document in Oakland County, because the township’s position on the private ones is unambiguous — they “are the responsibility of the homeowners whose homes live along the private roads.” If you are unsure which kind of road you bought on, this is the fastest place in the county to find out. And what to do if the answer is private.

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