However, another important reminder from the city: do not shovel or plow snow into the street. This practice is illegal, unsafe and hinders snow operations, the city said.
The penalty is a fine ranging from $50 to $300 for each violation. (1) the owner, agent, and tenants of any building or premise shall clear a path of not less than 36 in width on all sidewalks, including curb cuts, abutting the building or premises within 6 (six) hours after the snow has ceased to fall. The path shall be thoroughly cleared of snow and ice. Where the width of any pavement measured from the property line to the curb is less than 3 (three) feet, the path cleared may be only 12 inches in width. When the building in question is a multifamily dwelling the owner or his agent shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of this section.
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A few inches of snow coat the ground in Philadelphia on Feb. 1, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Updated: 5:05 p.m.
A major winter storm continues to move its way across the Delaware Valley Monday, with strong winds, snow and ice, and coastal flooding in the forecast through Tuesday.
The storm could dump up to eight more inches of snow across the region overnight, already prompting the cancelation of schools and COVID-19 vaccinations at New Jersey’s six mega-sites for a second day.
Philadelphia officials are urging residents to stay home as the second round of the storm makes the city increasingly impassible.
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Philadelphia’s school buildings are a tribute to its past.
That’s true of the structures themselves, some of which date back over a century.
But it’s also a nod to the people commemorated in the names of those school buildings. Those names in ways big and small help tell the city’s history.
The vast majority of public schools in the city are named after white men. (The school-namers of yore were partial to Union Civil War soldiers and former school board officials.)
Still, in a city that didn’t have a statue of a Black person on public land until 2017, school buildings are among the rare public spaces with any echo of Philadelphia’s Black history.
Officials said crews will continue salting and plowing until roads are made passable for safe traveling across the city. Parking is now permitted again along snow emergency routes.