Thank you for reporting this issue. We need some more information to address the problem. Have you witness this happen only one time? Is it a reoccurring issue? Is there a certain time or day during the week that this happens? Thank you.
There is a 3-4 foot tall pile of snow in the middle of the sidewalk. It has been there for a week. This should be enough information. No I have no idea as to when or how often this happens. It has only snowed once this year it is a safety issue regardless of what day of the week it happened on.
Holyoke Policeman said not a big deal. "The other side is clear you can walk on other side of the street". I asked him where he lived he said Chicopee. This is the problem with this city, no one cares.
So the Mayor's Office sends it to DPW who sends it to Police? Who's job is this? Who enforces codes and fines people for not shoveling? Does anyone know? The Policeman who lives in Chicopee really doesn't care. His kids don't have to walk on the sidewalk.
For goodness sake. Our city has a snow/ice removal ordinance: http://www.holyoke.org/sidewalk-snow-and-ice-removal/ 'That Guy' is asking for enforcement of an ordinance that is about as black and white as it gets. What is the breakdown here? Who is responsible for enforcement of this ordinance?
Old Holyoker did you really open an account just to say that? You may have a few more issues than me if that is the case. Trolling comments on SeeClickFix is pretty lame.
(a) No owner or person in control of an estate abutting upon any street, lane, court, or square within the city where there is a sidewalk shall place or suffer to remain for more than 24 hours any snow upon such sidewalk, or any ice upon such sidewalk unless such ice is made even and covered with sand, sawdust, ashes or other suitable material to prevent slipping; nor shall any person place any ice or snow onto other private property or public ways. This section shall apply to snow or ice which may have fallen from any building upon such sidewalk and to snow which may have accumulated upon such sidewalk by drifting, and to ice formed from water running or accumulating upon such sidewalk.
(b) On all portions of streets on which parking meters are installed, all snow and ice shall be removed from the entire width of the sidewalk within eight hours after the cessation of any snowstorm.
(Code 1972, § 18-15)
State law references: Removal of snow from sidewalks, M.G.L.A. c. 85, § 5, M.G.L.A. c. 40, § 21(2)–(4).
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CODE OF ORDINANCES City of HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
ARTICLE III. SIDEWALKS
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Sec. 78-141. Removal of snow and ice.
(a) No owner or person in control of an estate abutting upon any street, lane, court, or square within the city where there is a sidewalk shall place or suffer to remain for more than 24 hours any snow upon such sidewalk, or any ice upon such sidewalk unless such ice is made even and covered with sand, sawdust, ashes or other suitable material to prevent slipping; nor shall any person place any ice or snow onto other private property or public ways. This section shall apply to snow or ice which may have fallen from any building upon such sidewalk and to snow which may have accumulated upon such sidewalk by drifting, and to ice formed from water running or accumulating upon such sidewalk.
(b) On all portions of streets on which parking meters are installed, all snow and ice shall be removed from the entire width of the sidewalk within eight hours after the cessation of any snowstorm.
(Code 1972, § 18-15)
State law references: Removal of snow from sidewalks, M.G.L.A. c. 85, § 5, M.G.L.A. c. 40, § 21(2)–(4).
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