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Snow Patrol

Unshoveled sidewalks can be costly

by Vickie Elmer

posted 2/3/2009

Every time it snows, Ann Arbor community standards supervisor Mike Rankin fields dozens of complaints about unshoveled sidewalks. His small staff then warns the property’s owners that they’re legally required to clear the walks—and tickets repeat offenders. In 2005–2007, community standards officers wrote 129 tickets totaling more than $13,000.

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