Now if you don’t pay your neighbor’s kid $5 to shovel your sidewalk, you’ll have to pay D.C. $25.  [snow more tickets]

Cheh had a busy Tuesday, introducing several high-profile bills. The first, the Winter Sidewalk Safety Amendment Act of 2011, would allow the imposition of fines of $25 on residents and $250 on businesses that do not clear their sidewalks within eight hours of the end of a snowfall.

It’s unclear as to what happens if you’re out of town when it snows.  We are however confident that the city will make it very easy to dispute tickets.