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 Posted: Fri, Mar 4 2011, 9:14 pm EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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| After walking our streets after the storms this winter I wonder how we could be one of the few towns without an ordinance. In fact there were numerous posts here complaining about people not shoveling. |
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| Posted: Sat, Mar 5 2011, 12:34 am EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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I agree. It's ridiculous that we don't require it like almost everywhere else. There's really no good excuse for people not being willing to keep their sidewalks clear, unless they are disabled.
And to those at the meeting who apparently said the reason not to require it is you'd have to do so consistently everywhere, so what? That's how it works most places. If you have an easement with a public sidewalk on your property, keeping it free of snow comes with the territory. Deal with it, like everyone else does. And if you really live where no one else ever walks, as a practical matter no one would ever complain and the local PD wouldn't enforce it. If someone complains, then I guess you were wrong about no one walking there and you should be shoveling it. Simple. The excuses against it are just bogus. |
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| Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2011, 1:51 pm EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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| I think this is a very important safety issue that needs to be dealt with before next winter. |
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| Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2011, 3:04 pm EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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baseball fields that people don't use, 35mph speed limits on four lane roads, complaints about our fire volunteer fire company's siren, fancy tracks for our grammar school, complaints about parking when parking always available and now crazy talk about residents shoveling their sidewalks in the developments on the fringe of the town which noone walks on.
toooooo much time on your hands -- let's solve a problem where there is a real need |
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| Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2011, 3:28 pm EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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| Guest wrote: | baseball fields that people don't use, 35mph speed limits on four lane roads, complaints about our fire volunteer fire company's siren, fancy tracks for our grammar school, complaints about parking when parking always available and now crazy talk about residents shoveling their sidewalks in the developments on the fringe of the town which noone walks on.
toooooo much time on your hands -- let's solve a problem where there is a real need |
I agree with everything you said.....BUT....the clearing of sidewalks is very important and necessary. Unfortunately some people will have to shovel their sidewalks even though no one walks on them. We cannot just make a law for SOME people. It is all or nothing. You get lumped into the all I guess. |
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| Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2011, 3:47 pm EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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Do you have a bus stop? If so kids should be walking on the sidewalk. The excuse I hear in Shadow Oaks is my kids walk in the street. What happens if some kid gets hit because they had to walk in the road.
If you buy a house with a sidewalk you have a responsibility to clear it. |
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| Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2011, 4:20 pm EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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| Guest wrote: | baseball fields that people don't use, 35mph speed limits on four lane roads, complaints about our fire volunteer fire company's siren, fancy tracks for our grammar school, complaints about parking when parking always available and now crazy talk about residents shoveling their sidewalks in the developments on the fringe of the town which noone walks on.
toooooo much time on your hands -- let's solve a problem where there is a real need |
If no one is walking on in these "fringe" neighborhood sidewalks, then it won't be a problem and no one would call to complain and no tickets would be issued. But there are plenty of places that aren't fringe where people, including kids, walk frequently and they need to be cleared. The ordinance is necessary for them. This season the owners of 1 North Main, for example, never cleared the sidewalk at the corner of Main and Evans. And with the mountain of snow shoveled up along the road there it was impossible to walk over, so people had to walk well into the icy street as traffic drove by, for weeks. Shadow Oaks was bad too, and people walk there often. In fact, where are these "fringe" neighborhoods with sidewalks? Most of the fringe areas don't have sidewalks. I know plenty of people who walk and run through Silvers, Shadow Oaks, Cranbury Green, Wynnewood, etc. Where are these places with sidewalks no one uses?
This isn’t a phantom issue, which is why a vast majority of other Townships already have ordinances. We’re the exception. I guess a few lazy people really want to resist work at the expense of public safety. |
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| Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2011, 4:28 pm EST Post subject: Re: another snow job proposal - please -not again |
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| Home ownership has plenty of responsibilities. If you aren't willing to shovel your sidewalk, don't buy a home with a sidewalk. It comes with the territory. |
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