Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

Would simply allowing Bylaw to enforce the current policy without requiring a formal complaint help? Just allow Bylaw to stop at offenders houses during their normal work once the 24 hours has elapsed. They can determine on site if a property is outside of the rule and they can call the city for cleaning on the spot.

I'm not suggesting they drive around looking for offenders, only that if the see something during the normal course of their day.

No, that would not help.

Also, that's less than what was even approved at the meeting.

Approved at the meeting: hiring a bylaw officer to test out the idea of pro-active enforcement, i.e., they drive around looking for offenders.

It doesn't work, because the bylaw is fundamentally weak.  This is Canada, 24 hours "after the end of snowfall" is often times more than a week after sidewalks first became impassable.

We wouldn't stand for roads that are impassable for a week at a time.