[Vision2020] Sidewalks:

[Craine Kit]

Time is 4:30 pm. Place is City Council Chambers on the second floor  
of city hall.

It is a well established principal that property owners are  
responsible for constructing and maintaining sidewalks that cross  
their properties. Those who don't are liable for any damages suffered  
by pedestrians who are injured (i.e. getting their socks sued off).  
While one can argure that it is city property, therefore the city's  
responsibility, pedestrian safety then means having to pay taxes to  
the city so they can have equipement and people to do the job. That  
approach would require changing the laws.

The basic questions are whether icy sidewalks should be acceptable in  
Moscow (i.e. if you don't want to bust your ass, get off the sidewalk  
vs. property owners fulfilling responsibility under the law) and, if  
not, how do we keep them snow & ice free.

I hope people come to both speak and listen to this.

Kit Craine


On Feb 25, 2007, at 3:24 PM, david sarff wrote:

>
> Thanks Dan, Time and place please?
> There are lots of reasons why walks don’t get cleaned.
> Maybe we can get a short warm up discussion here.
> Dave
>
>>
>> Tom opines:
>> "I bring up the "sidewalk vendor" theme to emphasize a potential  
>> issue.
>> If the sidewalks are sufficiently under "management" of the local
>> businesses to prevent sidewalk vendors from "setting up camp",  
>> couldn't
>> this same claim be used to force local businesses to maintain the
>> sidewalks in front of their businesses?"
>>
>> I believe the code states that someone has to keep the sidewalk  
>> clean in
>> front of their business much in the same way a property owner is
>> supposed to in front of their house.  I believe there were some
>> citations issued last year to businesses that did not keep the  
>> sidewalk
>> clean.
>>
>> I encourage those who have an opinion on this subject to attend the
>> meeting Monday, since there were some pretty good discussions on this
>> subject in the Transportation Committee.
>>
>> I honestly can't understand how people can stand to leave the snow on
>> the sidewalk in front of their house/business.  Drives me nuts to  
>> leave
>> it on my sidewalk/driveway for more than an hour or so.
>>
>> I'm ready for spring.
>>
>> DC
>>
>>
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