SYRACUSE -- With so much snow to clear sidewalks may not be a priority, but Syracuse Police want to remind homeowners that they are responsible for the safety of those walking in front of their homes.
Here are the rules:
- Anyone with a sidewalk parallel to a public street is responsible for keeping it clear of snow and ice.
- Sidewalks must be cleared by six in the evening the day after a snowfall.
- Throwing snow in the street is against the law.
Mike Rexine was making sure to keep the snow from his sidewalk out of the street something he says not everyone does.
"You see it all the time. Everybody sees it. If people could remind people who plow their driveways not to push snow into the street, or onto other people's property, or into the fire hydrants across the street - things like that. That would be great," he says.
Finally, keep in mind that the for safety reasons the post office doesn't require its mail carriers to trudge through unshoveled snow. So if you don't shovel, there is a good you may not get any mail.
The lake-effect storms that have buried areas along the Great Lakes in two to four feet of snow are winding down, but forecasters say the respite will be brief as more nasty weather is expected to hit the region this weekend.
The National Weather Service says lake-effect snow warnings for Central New York will expire at noon Thursday, but not before some locations get another three to five inches on top of the 40-plus inches that have fallen since last Saturday.
Areas near the Lake Erie shoreline in Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania have received two to three feet of snow from this week's storms, while sections of southwestern and Central New York have gotten up to four feet.
Meteorologists say a mixture of snow, rain and sleet is expected to hit parts of upstate New York Sunday and Monday.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
