On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:33:16 -0800, Paul Drahn
wrote:

On 12/10/2013 4:25 AM, micky wrote:
On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:52:29 -0500, wrote:



You guys are all pretty much right!!

" 18-3-107. REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE.
(a) Required. Within 24 hours after the fall of any snow, each
person or public institution occupying or using a residential,
commercial, or industrial building in any manner or for any purpose
shall remove and clear away, or cause to be removed and cleared away,
the snow from the foot pavements fronting the respective houses,
stores, shops, stables, houses of worship, lots occupied by any
buildings, unoccupied buildings, and unoccupied lots that run along
streets in the county.

=== It doesn't explicitly say "all of the sidewalk" so what a lawyer
would do is argue that a person in my shoes was "substantially
compliant". That works sometimes, here it would probably be easier
to pay their charge for shoveling.

By "fronting" I think they mean the sidewalk parallel to the street.
I actually own only about 3 feet of that just outside my fence, but
farther away from the fence, I have about 15 feet. This is in front
of the land my next-door neighbor says he owns, yet he doesn't always
shovel it when he shovels the sidewalk in front of his house.
Yesterday I was out by 10AM. No one was there but the 15 feet were
already shoveled, likely by a different neighbor.. I looked at 9 and
no one was outside. AT 8 I thought it was too cold to shovel.

It doesn't seem like there is any rule for the sidewalk to my door.

Thanks everyone.
====


(b) Manner of removal. In removing or clearing the snow, the
person may not:
(1) Obstruct the passage of water in gutters along the street;
or
(2) Throw the snow on the paved portion of the street.
(c) County may remove. If the person required to remove and
clear snow under this section does not remove and clear the snow, the
county may do so at the expense of the person.
(d) Expense a lien.
(1) If the person does not pay the expense incurred by the
county for snow removal under this section, the expense shall be a
lien on the property in the same manner as taxes, and shall be
collected in the same manner provided by law for the collection of
taxes.
(2) Charges and assessments imposed under this subsection are
benefit charges and may not exceed a reasonable estimate of the
special benefit conferred on the property.
(e) Removal of ice. The person required to remove and clear snow
also shall keep ice and every type of obstruction out of the gutters
leading to and off the pavements or sidewalks located in front or at
the rear or sides of the same buildings.
(f) Penalty. In addition to the other remedies provided in this
section, a person who fails to comply with this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and subject to a fine of $25 for each failure and an
additional $25 for each day the obstruction continues.
(1988 Code, § 31-8) (Bill No. 3, 1990, § 2; Bill No. 66-01, § 2,
7-1-2004)"

That is all there so the city doesn't get sued!

Right, so the homeowner does; the city did their part.