New snow shovelling policy

[pjmorgan.livejournal.com]

I'm going to pick a fight in a passive aggressive way, if that is possible.

So Somerville fines if you shovel snow into the street??!!!
http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x1689216222/Fines-set-for-Somervilles-non-shovelers

This is bogus on so many ways.

First of all, during the last storm, right after I shoveled my sidewalk and "shoveled" snow onto my sidewalk. Not just into my driveway (which I've come to expect). Can I fine the city for that?

So is this defined as into the middle of the street, or along the edges? Sometimes you have to shovel just a little bit into the first couple feet of the street. If someone shovels out their car, will that trigger it?

In general, I find it annoying that my real estate taxes go to clearing the roads (which I don't even use since I'm doing my part by not driving) so I guess I have a chip on my shoulder.

And hopefully I just don't understand the regulation. What is the definition of shoveling into the street that they are going off of?

Comments

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

There are always places other than the street to throw your snow.

Not with some of the buildings that abut the sidewalk directly, ie, have no yards or free frontage.

[jimmyfergus.livejournal.com]

It seems pretty much universal that some of the snow will be put to the side of the sidewalk. Yes, it limits the width, but it has to go somewhere, and that's better than throwing it in the street and hoping it will magically disappear.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

I think what I and the OP are trying to say is that the city's law seems to think it's magically going to disappear from the sidewalks and go onto every homes property - which it simply can't do in all cases, and the city doesn't seem to get this.