where are the plows?

[VA Yankee]

Originally Posted by Johninwestbury

Post Ave in Westbury is also bad, mounds of snow blocking the sidewalk and sides of the road. Usually they wind up hauling these snow piles away.
I wouldn't hate the snow so much if it was cleared off the streets and sidewalks properly!

Isn't it the responsibility of the business owner / home owner to ensure the sidewalks in front of their place are shoveled?

[OneToGo]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

Isn't it the responsibility of the business owner / home owner to ensure the sidewalks in front of their place are shoveled?

Absolutely. In some Suffolk County towns the business owners are fined as well as homeowners when sidewalks in front of their homes are not cleared within 24 hrs.

[long isle]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

Isn't it the responsibility of the business owner / home owner to ensure the sidewalks in front of their place are shoveled?

Yes, and this is the reason the towns aren't plowing back on to the shoveled sidewalks so business can go on. So pedestrian traffic can walk safely. Let's face it they did a great job in Nassau, unlike queens where the neighbors had to plowing there own roads.

[ovi8]

Originally Posted by OneToGo

Absolutely. In some Suffolk County towns the business owners are fined as well as homeowners when sidewalks in front of their homes are not cleared within 24 hrs.

Homeowners get a warning letter sent to their house by the town, which takes a few days by itself.