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RE the UK warning not to clear the ice on your sidewalk:
Mewzilla, that’s exactly how it works in Boston!
Daley won’t fine for unshoveled sidewalks
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January 7, 2010
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
With snow blanketing Chicago and an election around the corner, Mayor Daley wouldn’t dare flex his legislative muscle to fine building owners who neglect to shovel their sidewalks.
City Hall has had that power for decades, but has never used it. Daley is not about to start now.
“I don’t think so. We just want people to understand that they have a responsibility — a civic responsibility to do it,” the mayor said.
“You always ask everybody to be the good neighbor. If you have a senior citizen next door, [make] sure you’re cleaning their sidewalk. ... Everybody has a responsibility. We have a clean city. People have great pride. ... Cleaning your sidewalk is really important. We hope everybody does that as good neighbors. It’s a safety precaution as well.”
The Active Transportation Alliance is encouraging pedestrians to post fliers on the doors of neighbors who fail to promptly pick up a shovel.
The never-enforced ordinance empowers the city to issue $50 citations against building owners who fail to clear walkways narrower than 5 feet within three hours after the snow stops falling.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1979264,daley-chicago-snow-fine-010810.article
Daley’s SO very sensitive and cautious when his poll #’s are in the tank... LOL ...