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</style></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>If they own a house they should have $5 to hire someone to shovel the sidewalk. If they are not property owners it is not their responsibility as far as I can tell from the document below.</div><div><br></div><div>It strikes me that your worry is purely hypothetical. If there really are folks who fall into some worrisome category - unable to walk homeowners who don't even have money to hire a kid to shovel - then give me their phone number and I'll make arrangements to do it myself. Like it or not it is their responsibility to take care of it. And they should do so.</div><div><br></div><div>I should add too that below is merely the notice of an existing law. I see no evidence that the law will be enforced any more than it has been. <br><br>Joe Campbell</div><div><br>On Jan 21, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Joe writes:</div>
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<div>"The city requires you to remove the snow not to shovel it yourself!"<br></div>
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<div>And if they don't shovel the snow, or have the extra cash to spare after every single snow fall, Joe, how do you propose they remove it?</div>
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<div>Donovan<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 1/21/09, Joe Campbell <i><<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Joe Campbell <<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] PR - Citizen Sidewalk Maintenance<br>To: "<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>><br>Cc: "v2020" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>, "Stephanie Kalasz" <<a href="mailto:skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us">skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us</a>><br>Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 7:04 PM<br><br>
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<div>The city requires you to remove the snow not to shovel it yourself!<br><br>Joe Campbell</div>
<div><br>On Jan 21, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
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<div>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. <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/a/i/mesg/tsmileys2/09.gif"> The shovel police are coming to a sidewalk near you! </div>
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<div>Donovan<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 1/21/09, Stephanie <span>Kalasz</span> <i><<a href="mailto:skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="mailto:skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us">skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us</a></a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Stephanie <span><span><span><span><span>Kalasz</span></span></span></span></span> <<a href="mailto:skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="mailto:skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us">skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us</a></a>><br>Subject: [Vision2020] PR - Citizen Sidewalk Maintenance<br>To: "v2020" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a>><br>Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 3:17 PM<br><br>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">From:</span></font></b> Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Moscow, Idaho, January 21, 2009</span></font></b> <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">–</span></b>As the forecast is calling for snow this coming weekend, January 24 and 25, the City of Moscow would like to remind residents that under Moscow City ordinance, it is the responsibility of the adjacent property owner to keep sidewalks clear of snow and debris.
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Specifically the Moscow City Code - Title 5 Public Ways and Property states:</span></font>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</span></font>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For more information please contact the Public Works Department at 208-883-7034.</span></font>
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