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St. Mary's County commissioner urges clearer snow-removal notice and enforcement for sidewalks
Summary
An unnamed St. Mary's County commissioner urged the county to improve public notice and enforcement of a 2015 sidewalk-clearing ordinance after recent prolonged snowfall, highlighting liability and capacity issues for residents and businesses.
An unnamed St. Mary's County commissioner urged the county on Monday to strengthen public notice and enforcement of the county's 2015 sidewalk-clearing ordinance after recent prolonged snowfall.
The commissioner told the board that the ordinance, adopted after earlier storms, requires property owners to clear sidewalks but leaves many residents — particularly the elderly — unable to comply. “We said, well, we're gonna try and have this, hands off kind of, you know, hard enforcement of it. We'll give you 72 hours,” the commissioner said, summarizing how the county has handled compliance.
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