(Photo is from a google search, and I thought it was funny. We don't have this much snow in York.)
This morning, when I woke up at 6 a.m., I heard cars driving through something that sounded suspiciously like snow.
I doubted it, because the last time we were foretasted snow we only got ice and flurries.
But when I looked out the window, there it was: fluffy white snow, the kind that's a breeze to sweep off the car. It kept coming, and continues to fall as I write this.
When I was walking to the car I noticed a few people out clearing sidewalks, which got me curious about the city's rules about snow removal. If you are curious too, click on the jump and keep reading.
The city has a fantastic Web feature that allows you to read all the ordinances online. While I was searching for the snow rules, I noticed something funny regarding pigeons.
Anyway, here's what you are supposed to do with snow: get it off the sidewalk within eight hours. You need to clear a path of at least 36 inches along the entire length of your building. This is required of you regardless if you are an owner or a renter. If the snow (or ice) fell after 10 p.m. you have until 10 a.m. the next day to take care of it.
Now, when you are clearing the stuff, be sure not to throw it on the street or the neighbor's sidewalk. Besides being bad manners, it's not allowed by the city's ordinance. Just toss it along the curb of the road, according to ordinance.
To read the ordinance in full, go here.
Anyway, here's what you are supposed to do with snow: get it off the sidewalk within eight hours. You need to clear a path of at least 36 inches along the entire length of your building. This is required of you regardless if you are an owner or a renter. If the snow (or ice) fell after 10 p.m. you have until 10 a.m. the next day to take care of it.
Now, when you are clearing the stuff, be sure not to throw it on the street or the neighbor's sidewalk. Besides being bad manners, it's not allowed by the city's ordinance. Just toss it along the curb of the road, according to ordinance.
To read the ordinance in full, go here.
I seem to remember that a few years ago when we had the big ice storm, the city literally had to set a deadline for people to clear sidewalks and move their cars out of the road.
I am very lucky to have a landlord who takes care of our sidewalks. They were all clear when I walked out the door around 8:30 this morning. And it's not the nice fluffy stuff anymore.