02-20-2015, 01:27 PM
I'm amazed that this seems to be an issue. I lived in a small town for twenty plus years, and we cleared the sidewalks. If a neighbour was sick, or elderly, we all chipped in and took care of it, often being a time to chew the fat with others. This was part of being a community. We're talking about, at the most 40-60 feet of sidewalk, a little more if it's a corner lot. Do we really need the city to clear the sidewalks in residential areas? The city has bigger issues regarding maintaining the streets and commercial areas and, as taxes are rising as we speak, I don't want one more thing to add to the bill.