The west side of Melrose climbs toward the Fells, and the driveways up there tip enough that half an inch of ice makes them impassable. Kingsbury Landscaping LLC handles the snow on those streets — plowing drives and lots, hand-clearing walkways, steps and doorways, sanding and salting the grades where tires spin and shoes slide. City lots are small, so the trick is stacking snow where it will not take a parking space or blind a driver backing out. Long storms get more than one pass, and nothing is left long enough to harden into a rut. A cleared path from door to curb is a small mercy in February, and it is the whole point.