02-22-2019, 03:37 PM
At least this winter, they would not be evenly-spread at all. We have not had many significant snow falls- the last was on the 12th of February, for instance, ten days ago. Prior to that was the 23rd of January. December was quite mild and the precipitation was mostly rain. What snow we had then was cleared by some very unusually warm days.
Take the snowfall of the 23rd of January. By the 4th of February, many sidewalks had still not been cleared by property owners. Let's call that 10 days in which the bylaw was enforce and valid complaints were being received. I was told by staff that "over 1000" complaints had been received following the January 23 snowfall. Would that be too many for bylaw to reasonably respond to in ten days? They didn't.
Take the snowfall of the 23rd of January. By the 4th of February, many sidewalks had still not been cleared by property owners. Let's call that 10 days in which the bylaw was enforce and valid complaints were being received. I was told by staff that "over 1000" complaints had been received following the January 23 snowfall. Would that be too many for bylaw to reasonably respond to in ten days? They didn't.