[Vision2020] shoveling snow into the road

[Craine Kit]

While "owned" by the adjacent property owner, the area  that goes  
half-way across the street is the public right-of-way. The property  
owner is required by city code to clear the sidewalk portion of the  
area. He/she is not responsible for the street, the City is.

Kit Craine

On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Donovan Arnold wrote:

> You can disagree with the law, but it is the law. Any property  
> owner owns halfway across the street and is required to clear it to  
> remain a right of way for the public. You don't have to remove  
> every snow flake, just enough for cars to get through or over it.
>
> If you have too much property to be able to maintain you need to  
> get less property or hire someone to clear it. It someone gets hurt  
> because you didn't clear the way you are at fault.
>
> Taxpayers can only afford to do so much for people.
>
> Best,
>
> Donovan
>
> Desiree <desiree at turbonet.com> wrote:
> I agree that people should not be shoveling snow into the street  
> but disagree that I should be responsible for shoveling half of the  
> road in front of my home. I have a very long lot and would need a  
> tractor to accomplish it. What are all those city taxes for. I  
> assume snow removal is a line item somewhere in there.
>
> DJ
>
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:32:56 -0800
> To: Janesta janesta at gmail.com, Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] shoveling snow into the road
>
> > By law, a home owner owns the sidewalk and the road half way  
> across to the neighbors. If they obstruct it, by refusing to remove  
> the snow, or piling more snow onto it, they are breaking city  
> ordinance. Please remove all snow and ice in the public right of  
> way in front of your house. You could be sued if some poor elderly  
> slips on it, or a wheelchair gets stuck in it.
> >
> > Plus, it is just being a good neighbor.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Donovan
> >
> > Janesta wrote:
> > I can relate! Thankfully, I have a Subaru.
> >
> > I just hope the sidewalks downtown are shoveled tomorrow, so our  
> elderly and disabled friends who have no car, can walk safely. *smile*
> >
> > Janesta
> >
> >
> > On 12/2/07, Paul Rumelhart wrote: I'm getting a bit ticked off  
> when driving around after or during a
> > snowfall, only to find big piles of snow that I have to navigate  
> through
> > that someone piled in the road by snowblowing their driveway. Are we
> > actually supposed to be doing that? Just let the city take care  
> of it?
> > It seems a bit dangerous to me.
> >
> > If I was in my old rear-wheel drive car, I would have had trouble
> > navigating through the pile that covered the west lane of  
> Mountain View
> > by the intersection with White Avenue earlier today. It looks to me
> > like the owner of the apartment building there on the corner  
> dumped a
> > bunch of snow into the road.
> >
> > I'd rather not get stuck because someone doesn't want to take up a
> > parking space or ruin their perfect lawn.
> >
> > Paul
> >
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