[Vision2020] PR - Citizen Sidewalk Maintenance

[Joe Campbell]

The city requires you to remove the snow not to shovel it yourself!

Joe Campbell

On Jan 21, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com 
 > wrote:

> And if you have a disability that prevents you from shoveling the  
> city property next to your property, too bad, the city council still  
> requires you to get out in your wheelchair and shovel away.  The  
> shovel police are coming to a sidewalk near you!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
>
> --- On Wed, 1/21/09, Stephanie Kalasz <skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us> wrote:
> From: Stephanie Kalasz <skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us>
> Subject: [Vision2020] PR - Citizen Sidewalk Maintenance
> To: "v2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 3:17 PM
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> Press Release – Citizen Sidewalk Maintenance
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> To:      Interested Media
> From:  Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor
>             206 E. 3rd St. , Moscow , Idaho 83843
> Telephone: (208) 883-7006; Fax: (208) 883-7018
> E-mail: griedner at ci.moscow.id.us
> c:         Mayor, City Council, All City Users
> Re:      City of Moscow Press Release
> Date:   January 21, 2009
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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> Citizen Sidewalk Maintenance
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> Moscow, Idaho, January 21, 2009 –As the forecast is calling for snow 
>  this coming weekend, January 24 and 25, the City of Moscow would li 
> ke to remind residents that under Moscow City ordinance, it is the r 
> esponsibility of the adjacent property owner to keep sidewalks clear 
>  of snow and debris.
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> Specifically the Moscow City Code - Title 5 Public Ways and Property  
> states:
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> Sec. 9-3 Owner to Remove - It shall be the duty of every owner of  
> any land, building, or lot within the City to remove snow and/or ice  
> from adjacent sidewalks to permit the safe pedestrian passage upon  
> said sidewalks bordering said property and to abate the nuisance set  
> forth in this Chapter.  This duty applies to natural snowfall; it  
> does not extend to snow displaced onto sidewalks by City snowplows  
> after an owner has removed natural snowfall.
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> For more information please contact the Public Works Department at 208-883-7034 
> .
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> Jen Pfiffner
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> City of Moscow
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> Assistant to the City Supervisor
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> 206 E Third Street
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> Moscow, ID 83843
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> (208) 883-7123
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