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⌈ Secret Post #3317 ⌋

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Uh, if you're required to clear the sidewalks, clear the sidewalks. Expecting pedestrians to circumvent your section of sidewalk by going on the road is dangerous, even if the roads are clear. That's why there are sidewalks--so people don't have to walk on the road.

And the county likely sent the letter because one of those pedestrians you forced to walk on the street complained about it and everything was probably reported and sent before your neighbour did the shovelling.

1. How do I shovel two feet of now-hardened and packed down snow? We kept the sidewalk clear the first time by consistently shoveling as the snow was coming down, so it didn't have time to pile up. I don't even think I have the physical strength to shovel the snow the plow dumped there.

2. Where do I put the snow, other than back into the street? It was already piled up at the edge of the yard.

3. I managed to walk on the street, to the side, so I wasn't in the way of any cars when I had to walk in the streets, which I usually did because hardly anyone managed to clear that pile away.

1. Hire someone to do it if you and/or your mother are unable to do it. And your neighbour managed.

2. Push the snow back at the edge of your yard--where did your neighbour shovel it? Put it in the same place. If you can't manage, pay someone. I'm sure there're kids around who'd do it for a few bucks.

3. Yeah, because old people and people with limited mobility will be able to walk safely on the street. And gee, if your neighbours had done their jobs, you wouldn't've had to walk on the street, would you?

I'm assuming your mother (or you?) owns the house. As a homeowner you have certain responsibilities and if it's required you clear the sidewalks, clear them. If you'd gone out shortly after they'd plowed, it would've been a bit easier to shovel. If it's hard and packed--make snow blocks (push the shovel into the snow on three sides and then slice off the top)--it's what I have to do when the plow fills in the ends of my driveway--often before I've even shovelled it once, so I've got the snow and the plowed snow.

My neighbor only started shoveling after the snow started melting.

Relax.

Spoken like someone who probably lives in south Florida.

I'm from the Midwest.

Sorry, but if you choose to walk in the middle of winter with heavy snowfall, you take your chances. Other people aren't obligated to throw out their backs just so you can set your dainty feet on clear pavement, Your Majesty.

Actually, they are. Property owners in most areas that see snow on the regular are required by law to have their sidewalks cleared within 24 hours of snowfall. If they're reported for noncompliance, at minimum they'll get a warning on first violation - like OP did - and then be fined for subsequent offences (including failing to clear the snowfall that prompted the warning). In a lot of places, they'll be fined for the first offence.

Incidentally, the property owner can be held liable if a pedestrian injures themself on the uncleared sidewalk, so not clearing it is doubly stupid.

It's not about "setting your dainty feet on clear pavement," it's about keeping the city safe to for everyone to navigate, which depends on everyone's participation to work. We don't all have the luxury of going from a heated garage with an automatic door opener to a covered parking lot and back again--or the luxury of being shut-ins.

Fuck you. I got hit with a bunch of snow as well. We shoveled it and then the snowplows came and dumped it close to our curb, covering the drains in the street (which could lead to overflows/floods when it rains). The Department of Sanitation workers do not care where they dump the snow, just that they do their jobs!

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Not OP.