Re: re Snow removal by small businesses

[Tom Lamar <tlamar@moscow.com>]

My experiences of walking around Moscow in snowy weather suggest that the
larger businesses are worse about keeping their sidewalks clear than the
smaller ones.  I have noticed that the larger businesses that pay to have
their parking lots cleared by a person in a pick-up truck often push the
snow onto the sidewalks.  Some places such as the University Inn don't
appear to shovel the sidewalk along the highway.  Its hard to generalize on
this one, but I have noticed many parking lots and roads that get cleared
at the expense of sidewalks and bike lanes.  Bike racks also seem to be a
popular snow dumping ground.

Tom

> I have some evidence to the contrary on this statement based on my recent
>walk's to work.  The walks in from of the East Side Market Place (directly
>in front US bank and the Chain Restaurants), Tideman's and the Fairgrounds
>are never cleared.  By the way, do government organizations have to clear
>walks by the code?  David   At 03:45 PM 1/13/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Sometimes it is the little things that help reinvent a small business or
>reinvigorate a downtown.  For example, how many of our downtown merchants
>have not bothered to clear sidewalks of snow and ice.  Most large chains
>and big businesses seem to do this well.  I do know city code requires
>property owners to clear snow and ice, but most property owners in this
>community seem to not care.  John  John and Laurie Danahy
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