Local ordinance irony.

[Woodznutz]

Property owners must have their sidewalks cleared of snow and ice by noon of the day following a snow or ice storm.

This is so that the very people that stomped the snow into an impossible to remove layer of ice in the first place won't slip as they repeatedly trod over the sidewalk.

Sidewalks

www.cityofmadison.com

 

[TNHarley]

Public easement laws are bullshit.
Its considered public property, but the property "owner" is responsible.
I agree we need public easements, but the local ordinance should be responsible for it since its public.

 

[August West]

They`re assuming that everyone is in good health and hasn`t got a job to go to. A stupid ordinance.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If this is Madison Wisconsin it's just left loon nonsense

 

[Edgetho]

Property owners must have their sidewalks cleared of snow and ice by noon of the day following a snow or ice storm.

This is so that the very people that stomped the snow into an impossible to remove layer of ice in the first place won't slip as they repeatedly trod over the sidewalk.

Sidewalks

www.cityofmadison.com

The City removes our snow for us here in Southwest Florida

 

[Woodznutz]

Public easement laws are bullshit.
Its considered public property, but the property "owner" is responsible.
I agree we need public easements, but the local ordinance should be responsible for it since its public.

The good news is that the ordinance is not widely enforced, nor indeed can be. The city usually depends on complaints by citizens. They don't drive around looking for unshoveled sidewalks.

 

[Woodznutz]

The City removes our snow for us here in Southwest Florida

I was there one February. The streets were clear of snow.

 

[Rawley]

The good news is that the ordinance is not widely enforced, nor indeed can be. The city usually depends on complaints by citizens. They don't drive around looking for unshoveled sidewalks.

They certainly do on Main Street. You've never cursed at a lazy ass landlord that didn't have someone shovel the sidewalk in front the commercial building they own? I certainly have.

 

[August West]

The City removes our snow for us here in Southwest Florida

But who is it that imports so many lunatics to Florida? As humorist and Florida resident Dave Barry put it. "there`s 21 million people living in Florida and just because 20 million of them are crazy, the entire state gets a bad rap".

 

[Rawley]

I was there one February. The streets were clear of snow.

How about today

Rare Winter Blast Sweeps Northern Florida Dropping SNOW; Near Freezing Lows Elsewhere (Florida Snow Video)

Snow blankets the Florida Panhandle as a major winter storm creates hazardous road conditions and record-setting cold temperatures.

southfloridareporter.com

 

[Concerned American]

If this is Madison Wisconsin it's just left loon nonsense

I hear they have the same ordinance in Phoenix, AZ. LOL

 

[Edgetho]

They certainly do on Main Street. You've never cursed at a lazy ass landlord that didn't have someone shovel the sidewalk in front the commercial building they own? I certainly have.

Do you curse at a lot of people?

 

[Edgetho]

How about today

Rare Winter Blast Sweeps Northern Florida Dropping SNOW; Near Freezing Lows Elsewhere (Florida Snow Video)

Snow blankets the Florida Panhandle as a major winter storm creates hazardous road conditions and record-setting cold temperatures.

southfloridareporter.com

That's 350 miles north of me

 

[Leo123]

That's 350 miles north of me

Get some salt?

 

[Concerned American]

That's 350 miles north of me

Did it snow down to the Tampa area or will the cold temps be affecting the orange crop?

 

[Rawley]

Do you curse at a lot of people?

Under my breath? All the time.

 

[1srelluc]

That's the reason we don't have sidewalks in my neighborhood.

The town wanted to come in and narrow the road to put a sidewalk in.

Residents asked that since the sidewalk would be totally on town property if the town would be responsible to clear away snow.

They said no, residents would, so we said no. I guess that was about 30 years ago, damn glad of it now that I'm older.

 

[Edgetho]

Get some salt?

The War Department, er, er, My Dear Wife and I used to make an annual trip up North during the holidays and one year we got caught in a bad blizzard, complete with Black Ice and snow near the Georgia border.

The State of Florida doesn't own one single Snow Removal or Salt truck. Back then it didn't anyway.

It was taking your life in your hands to go out on I-75. Bad news. The minute, I mean the very first inch, when we got to the Georgia line the roads were pristine.
It's not all RumRunners and Sun Tans down here. Try going through a Cat 5 Hurricane. I have. It's kinda fun exccept for losing power. Which also means you lose your A/C when it's 95 degrees and 100% humidity. That ain't so much fun.

Meanwhile, I can rub it in..... Until the Summer

 

[Edgetho]

That's the reason we don't have sidewalks in my neighborhood.

The town wanted to come in and narrow the road to put a sidewalk in.

Residents asked that since the sidewalk would be totally on town property if the town would be responsible to clear away snow.

They said no, residents would, so we said no. I guess that was about 30 years ago, damn glad of it now that I'm older.

 

[Concerned American]

That's the reason we don't have sidewalks in my neighborhood.

The town wanted to come in and narrow the road to put a sidewalk in.

Residents asked that since the sidewalk would be totally on town property if the town would be responsible to clear away snow.

They said no, residents would, so we said no. I guess that was about 30 years ago, damn glad of it now that I'm older.

I've got a quarter mile long driveway--if I don't plow it, I'm snowed in. LOL. Glad I don't live in the city.