<DIV>Kit,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The city is not responsible for the removal snow on the streets. If it is, it is severely negligent in its responsibility. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Craine Kit <kcraine@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">While "owned" by the adjacent property owner, the area that goes <BR>half-way across the street is the public right-of-way. The property <BR>owner is required by city code to clear the sidewalk portion of the <BR>area. He/she is not responsible for the street, the City is.<BR><BR>Kit Craine<BR><BR>On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Donovan Arnold wrote:<BR><BR>> You can disagree with the law, but it is the law. Any property <BR>> owner owns halfway across the street and is required to clear it to <BR>> remain a right of way for the public. You don't have to remove
<BR>> every snow flake, just enough for cars to get through or over it.<BR>><BR>> If you have too much property to be able to maintain you need to <BR>> get less property or hire someone to clear it. It someone gets hurt <BR>> because you didn't clear the way you are at fault.<BR>><BR>> Taxpayers can only afford to do so much for people.<BR>><BR>> Best,<BR>><BR>> Donovan<BR>><BR>> Desiree <DESIREE@TURBONET.COM>wrote:<BR>> I agree that people should not be shoveling snow into the street <BR>> but disagree that I should be responsible for shoveling half of the <BR>> road in front of my home. I have a very long lot and would need a <BR>> tractor to accomplish it. What are all those city taxes for. I <BR>> assume snow removal is a line item somewhere in there.<BR>><BR>> DJ<BR>><BR>><BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From: Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007
21:32:56 -0800<BR>> To: Janesta janesta@gmail.com, Paul Rumelhart godshatter@yahoo.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] shoveling snow into the road<BR>><BR>> > By law, a home owner owns the sidewalk and the road half way <BR>> across to the neighbors. If they obstruct it, by refusing to remove <BR>> the snow, or piling more snow onto it, they are breaking city <BR>> ordinance. Please remove all snow and ice in the public right of <BR>> way in front of your house. You could be sued if some poor elderly <BR>> slips on it, or a wheelchair gets stuck in it.<BR>> ><BR>> > Plus, it is just being a good neighbor.<BR>> ><BR>> > Best,<BR>> ><BR>> > Donovan<BR>> ><BR>> > Janesta wrote:<BR>> > I can relate! Thankfully, I have a Subaru.<BR>> ><BR>> > I just hope the sidewalks downtown are shoveled tomorrow, so our <BR>> elderly and disabled friends who have no car, can walk safely.
*smile*<BR>> ><BR>> > Janesta<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > On 12/2/07, Paul Rumelhart wrote: I'm getting a bit ticked off <BR>> when driving around after or during a<BR>> > snowfall, only to find big piles of snow that I have to navigate <BR>> through<BR>> > that someone piled in the road by snowblowing their driveway. Are we<BR>> > actually supposed to be doing that? Just let the city take care <BR>> of it?<BR>> > It seems a bit dangerous to me.<BR>> ><BR>> > If I was in my old rear-wheel drive car, I would have had trouble<BR>> > navigating through the pile that covered the west lane of <BR>> Mountain View<BR>> > by the intersection with White Avenue earlier today. It looks to me<BR>> > like the owner of the apartment building there on the corner <BR>> dumped a<BR>> > bunch of snow into the road.<BR>> ><BR>> > I'd rather not get stuck because someone doesn't want
to take up a<BR>> > parking space or ruin their perfect lawn.<BR>> ><BR>> > Paul<BR>> ><BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> > http://www.fsr.net<BR>> > mailto: Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> > http://www.fsr.net<BR>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > ---------------------------------<BR>> > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your <BR>>
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