The city of Madison has ticketed 1,300 property owners — starting at $109 — this winter for not clearing snow and ice from the sidewalks in front of their properties, but not the owner of 325 W. Johnson St., where this ankle-bending sheet of ice was photographed Tuesday afternoon.
The owner? The city. The address on a busy stretch off State Street is the home of Fire Department Administration.
Among the Community Comments:
“All the sidewalks on campus are an icy mess. Why doesn’t the city ticket UW and all the landlords in that area of town?”
“The UW campus sidewalks are horrible in many places, but the city cannot touch the UW. And these are arguably some of the most highly used sidewalks in the city.”