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Response to Editorial Board Opinion Regarding Mowing
By mikespace in Teh Internets
October 10, 2010

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City Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. Council meetings are held in the council chambers at the corner of Juan Linn and Main Street.

Here's something property owners may find interesting from the city charter:

(Sec. 10-40. - Definitions)

As used in this division, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them:

Brush: All trees or shrubbery under seven (7) feet in height and less than three (3) inches in diameter which are not maintained, cared for, or cultivated.

Lot: Land within the property lines and all areas of public right-of-way adjacent to and extending beyond the property line of said lot:

(1)To the curb line of adjacent streets, where a curb line has been established; or (2)For a distance of fourteen (14) feet, where no curb line has been established; and (3)To the center of adjacent alleys.

Basically you are only responsible for land maintenance up to 14 feet away from the owners property line if there is no curb line.

curb is defined as follows: –noun 1.a rim, esp. of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk. 2.anything that restrains or controls; a restraint; check. 3.an enclosing framework or border. 4.Also called curb bit . a bit used with a bridoon for control of a horse, to which a chain (curb chain) is hooked. 5.Also called curb market; British , kerb market, kerbstone market. a market, originally on the sidewalk or street, for the sale of securities not listed on a stock exchange. Compare American Stock Exchange. 6.the framework around the top of a well. 7.the arris between an upper and a lower slope on a gambrel or mansard roof. 8.a belt of metal, masonry, etc., for abutting a dome at its base. 9.(in a windmill) the track on which the cap turns. 10.Veterinary Pathology . a swelling on the lower part of the back of the hock of a horse, often causing lameness. 11.Engineering . the cutting edge at the bottom of a caisson. 12.Carpentry . purlin plate.

Using definitions 1, 2, or 3, any property owner receiving notice by the city stating that they have to mow can, measure 14 feet past the property line and not have to mow any further than that.

If the city still maintains that the owner is to mow the remaining land, it might be in the interest of the owner to bill the city for the maintenance of the respective city owned land.

Next city council meeting is Oct 19th at 5 pm

October 10, 2010 at 3:45 p.m.