oh, & by the way...
Shoveling your sidewalk is the law.
Sec. 723-57. Removal of Snow.
The owner, occupant or other person having the care of any building premises or unimproved lot of land abutting any street where there is a graded sidewalk or a sidewalk graded and paved, shall, within the first four hours after daylight after the ceasing to fall of any snow, cause the same to be removed from the paved or traveled part of such sidewalk. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the falling of snow or ice from any building onto a sidewalk.
Snow or ice shall not be moved into the gutter when the gutter has been previously cleaned, and in no event shall snow or ice from any area other than the pedestrian walk be moved into the gutter.
(C.O. 702-33; renumbered to C.M.C. 723-57, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)
Cross references: Penalty, § 723-99-I.
Granted, this does make it kinda hard on some single people who wind up working late, etc.
Seems like a real money maker, tho.
The idea that you can be sued for someone falling down on your sidewalk after you shovel is an urban myth. It is expected of a resident to know the hazards inherent in living in a region. You can be held liable if you go out and hose down your sidewalk when you know it is going to freeze.
Anyway, if you get pissed off at the shivering fleshbags slogging around in the street while you are driving by in your warm dry car with heated leather seats and a 6 terawatt stereo pumping your favorite jams outta 68 speakers, remember they could be walking on the sidewalk if folks had shown some responsibility and shoveled the damn things.