Funny you should post this because we're having the same problem in our city. crews used to plow the snow to the center of the street, leaving a big berm, but allowing people to carefully get around and to park in front of their homes. They changed the procedure this year and just plowed right down the center, leaving berms on either side of the street. This MIGHT have been all right, since the snow was fresh, but right after the plowing, the temps dropped to below zero and the hills of snow on either side of the streets froze solid. And I mean SOLID. We're talking WALLS. Thus, those who were parked on the street at the time of the plowing were unable to get their cars out, and those who were off working drove home to find big ridges of hardened snow blocking access to their homes. The city says it is presently "rethinking" the policy, in the wake of numerous complaints and more than a little auto damage as residents tried to deal with the situation. Sheesh.
The attitude of the county engineer is that it takes longer to clear the roads but I am not in a neighborhood which has a lot of cars parked on the street and in the areas where cars must be parked in the street, they require that the owners move them on the day they plow or they tow them at the owners expense.
Wow, I really DO learn something new every day! Your member page says you live in Nevada. That's the LAST place (in the continental US) that I would associate with a snow problem. (well, maybe second last, right after Corpus Christi) How much do you get each year?