In Montreal, the city cleans the sidewalks. They obviously don’t feel it’s the natural obligation of the homeowner, and I don’t see why they’re wrong.
In most of Canada the sidewalk is not an easement over private property but part of public roadway.
The fact that you as a pedestrian gets some third party benefit from the city’s requirements has nothing to do with us.
Not really, the public has an easement on your sidewalk. The city’s responsibility is to protect that easement for the public.
Gamanit, whatever you do, please do not put snow in the gutter. Parking is hard enough as it is.
The gutter is a public place, just because you choose to leave a car there doesn’t mean that Gamanit can’t leave snow there.