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

[ringrose.livejournal.com]

I'm not positive what you're binding "that" to. If you mean shoveling on a warm enough day, it doesn't seem too bad. People can see it and the snow will melt into something no worse than the rest of the runoff.

If you mean at night when people might miss it - or you might hit someone you did not see - or you mean when it's cold enough for the snow to not melt completely... yes. I agree with you, although I find it a little hard to get terribly worked up about snow ordinances.