12-11-2017, 10:25 AM
It’s definitely pretty poor. You’re right that the worst part is that the clock doesn’t start until the snow stops falling, and resets if it starts again. I remember a number of occasions in which enforcement would effectively be on pause for a two week period, since snow (even if small amounts) fell intermittently during that time.
That having been said, I do think it’s important to lodge complaints, so the municipality knows that people are being inconvenienced. The modest changes to the City of Kitchener’s enforcement practices last year, supposedly as a result of increasing complaints, really did have an impact. I don’t see a wholesale rethink of the way sidewalks are (not) cleared, unless the municipalities hear often that it’s just not working.
That having been said, I do think it’s important to lodge complaints, so the municipality knows that people are being inconvenienced. The modest changes to the City of Kitchener’s enforcement practices last year, supposedly as a result of increasing complaints, really did have an impact. I don’t see a wholesale rethink of the way sidewalks are (not) cleared, unless the municipalities hear often that it’s just not working.