01-08-2015, 04:05 PM
(01-08-2015, 01:01 PM)Canard Wrote:(01-08-2015, 12:06 AM)mpd618 Wrote: I am.
My question was directed at MidTowner, who indicated they'd called in "dozens of complaints". I was more curious about how perfectly their sidewalk was manicured, then.
I try my best to shovel the sidewalk in front of my house - but the thought of someone driving around the Region for the sole purpose of calling by-law for a light dusting of snow on someone's sidewalk because they're out of town for the evening makes my blood boil.
It's not even possible to call by-law for a 'light dusting of snow' that happened in an evening - by-law won't take your complaint until after a 24 hour period where there has been absolutely no snowfall in the Kitchener region. I tried to call a few times last year for houses that had NEVER shovelled, where the sidewalk was a bumpy mass of ice, but was rebuffed because apparently a few snowflakes had recently fallen somewhere in the region (but not on my street).
And you don't need to "drive around" looking for unshovelled sidewalks - there are lots of houses between my house and Uptown that are almost never cleared. It seems like the richer the house, the less likely they are to maintain their sidewalks - the big mansions in Mary/Allen are the worst.
By the way, I'm a homeowner, and I shovel (but I would much rather pay a slightly higher tax bill in exchange for not having to do so).