PEKIN, Ill. – Pekin is delaying the deadline residents have to shovel snow in the first test of a revised ordinance.
In a Facebook post, the city informed residents that extreme temperatures mean residents will have until after Christmas to clear snow from sidewalks next to their property.
Typically, residents would have 48 hours to clear the snow if two or more inches fell. This week’s winter storm saw 2″-3″ fall on Thursday in central Illinois.
The rules were put into place in August in response to a class-action lawsuit that alleged Pekin violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
