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<br /> r <br /> I <br /> I <br /> AFE SIDEWALKS ARE FREE OF LEAVES, ICE, AND SNOW <br /> Local residents rely on the sidewalk system to take care of business and for personal <br /> needs. The idewalk system provides a safe place for citizens of all ages to walk to bus <br /> stops, schoo s, work places, and shops, or to get exercise. Personal with disabilities are <br /> especially d pendent on safe sidewalks. <br /> The ugene Code says that property owners must keep their sidewalks free of leaves, <br /> ice, and sno at all times. The following tips can help you keep your sidewalks clean during <br /> the fall and inter seasons. <br /> • Rake leaves off your sidewalk before rain storms. Rain makes the leaves extra <br /> slippery. aves make good mulch for garden areas, or they may be raked into the street for <br /> the City's c ews to pick up. In the area represented by the Whiteaker Community Council, <br /> leaves will picked up on the following schedule: <br /> Nov 7 through Nov. 10, crews will collect in central and west Eugene, between the <br /> Willamette fiver and 18th Avenue from Garfield Street to Agate Street. Crews will return <br /> for the sec d pickup Dec. 12 through Dec. 16. <br /> • If y u pile leaves in the street, keep the gutter and catch basins free of leaves. <br /> i <br /> Windrow e leaves so they do not obstruct the flow of water along the curb. On streets <br /> without cur s and gutters, pile the leaves near the street surface, away from ditches. Stack <br /> the leaves o they don't block bike and traffic lanes or create hazardous situations for <br /> bicyclists a d motorists. Only pile leaves in a bike lane when there is no other alternative, <br /> such as ha ling the leaves to the City's stockpile site, or placing them on a side street. If <br /> <br />