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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live on a corner and our sidewalk is on the way to a school so many kids pass by on their walk to school. Yesterday I spent 1 hour on the sidewalk and managed to clear about 10 feet of length until my back could take it no more.

I can't see any way I'll be able to get all the sidewalks in the front/side of our house cleared even by that deadline. My back and leg muscles still hurt from yesterday's attempt... and I'm in pretty good shape.

[b]Why doesn't the county take responsibility for clearing the sidewalks, given the already take the responsibility for maintaining them otherwise (paving them and fixing cracks)?[/b][/quote]

The cost of this would be huge. There is a difference between paving and fixing cracks for each sidewalk every however many years and clearing snow from all the sidewalks within 24 hours (24 hours is the rule though the time was extended for this storm). [/quote]

Yes, but fining homeowners because the County added this responsibility and made it difficult to meet does not seem fair.

It's not like a requirement you keep your grass mowed. You have weeks to get that done, and when you need it done, it's easy to accomplish or hire someone to do so.

With snow clearing, you're given 24 hours, and it's at a time when the roads may be difficult to pass, so expecting someone you hire to be able to make it over and do it would be difficult also... and everyone else would want that person's time to do such work at the same time.
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Fabulous point. And County should be helping low income apartments dig out. At one building, the apartment management cleaned out the area immediately outside the front office/leasing with a F machine, BUT hasn't cleared the other walkways used by little kids, elderly, nor the sidewalks outside the apartment that are used by people getting off buses and walking home in the dark.[/quote]

The county is still digging out public land.  There is no way to get to our bus stop.  [/quote]

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