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

[masswich.livejournal.com]

I think that it would be difficult or impossible for the City to enforce this law for people clearing public sidewalks in front of their homes and putting a little of the snow on the street out of the travel lanes.

Hopefully the basic message is - don't be a jerk about where you put your snow. If its from your driveway don't dump it in the street on on the sidewalk. If its from the sidewalk don't throw it in the middle of the street.

Let's at least hope this isn't a revenue-enhancing exercise but an effort to get people to be civil when it snows.

I too wish the city would clear all the sidewalks but are we all willing to pay the tax (and by basic economics, rent) increases that would have to follow? I'd rather see the $$$ go to the schools.