Fortunately we only get the big one of above a foot about once a decade. The snowplow people are pretty good about not blocking us in. If it is a big snow, I’ll shovel behind the car to get out. Access to my parking area is via an alleyway. Some years ago we had a big snow storm and a moron snowplow driver for a different apartment building had the plow blade pointed in the wrong direction and blocked us with a 3-4 foot snow pile. Our apartment managers had to bring in bobcat to remove it.
I hope you didn't have to wait too long for that to be done. The walkways here are all in the center of the building, and they keep it pretty clear. They have pails of rock salt available in the front hall for tenants to throw out on the walkway.
All the buildings have a wooden structure over the front door. When I first moved in here, the structure had a flat roof. Every year the snow and ice would pile up on it, and they'd have to send a crew out to clear it all off because it was so heavy and putting stress on the structure. They finally got smart and replaced those structures with one that has a pitched roof so all the snow and ice slides off now. The sun is finally out here today, and it's supposed to go up to 43 here.