$150 fines for not shoveling your sidewalk within 12 hours...

[kalimba21.livejournal.com]

According to the Somerville Journal, the next thing the city is trying to get approved is a standard $150 first offense fine for non shoveling within 12 hours of a storm, 4 hours for businesses. This is up from $25 and 12 hours for both residents and businesses. Repeat offense will be $300. Probably the biggest part of this is they are looking to have it enforced by the people who write the parking tickets, currently it is the city's Inspectional Services dept. who write the tickets.

Comments

[nonnihil.livejournal.com]

As long as they're willing to ticket themselves for it when city properties fail to shovel...

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

That will never happen (the ticketing of the city, that is).

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

Even if it did happen, what good does a $300 fine do when you are the city? or Tufts... (my own shoveling pet peeve...)

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

agreed.

and also, maybe i'm a curmudgeon (sp), but also churches that don't shovel drive me insane!!!

[craigindaville.livejournal.com]

I have to walk past the Riley-Brickley (sp?) firehouse on Broadway near McGrath to get to and from my bus every day. They do a great job of shoveling the front sidewalk (where they have to drive in and out of in the trucks) but almost always leave the side untouched. Bugs the crap out of me, and has elicited 311 calls. Not that they ever get "in trouble" for it, though, because it keeps (not) happening.

[ron_newman]

Big problem on Day Street next to the metered lot. I've had to bug my ward alderman so many times after each big storm...