From six daylight hours to whenever the heck you get around to it, snow-shoveling laws vary widely across the Washington region.

We haven’t yet had much snow, but D.C. wants to remind residents that they’ll have to shovel their walks once we actually get some.

While we may get up to an inch of snow tomorrow, today the D.C. Council voted to table a proposed law that would force more residents to shovel their walks.

As your editor-in-chief walked between Columbia Heights and U Street last night, all I could think about was how much complaining there would be about the state of the city’s sidewalks come morning. While I wouldn’t go so far as to say that the walk was treacherous, I am a relatively young lad — elderly folks, for instance, probably would have had difficulty along, say, Fairmont Street, which was certainly slippery. But those looking to the city for assistance on the issue of shoveling enforcement might not want to hold their breath — after all, the last time the city updated its regulations on shoveling was eighty-nine years ago.

Temperatures are expected to get up into the lower 40s today, which is prime snow melting weather. With another winter storm possible on Monday, the last thing the city needs is to end up with major flooding — especially the kind of flooding that can turn into giant sheets of ice overnight. So here’s a quick reminder from the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority: please, please, please help by shoveling out storm drains. As WASA…