Mow Your Lawn or Go to Jail

[Ted]

At the risk of opening yet another can of worms with the extreme property rights crowd, this is another story in the news today.

Mow Your Lawn or Go to Jail, Warns One Long Island Village

The Massapequa Park (New York) Village Board has unanimously passed a local ordinance imposing fines and even jail time upon those homeowners who don't keep up their properties.

 

[Paco Bedejo]

Fines lead to death anyhow, so I don't see why this is any more special than a speeding ticket.

Receive fine -> don't pay -> go to jail -> try to escape -> be dead

 

[serpicostraight]

wheres george bush its all his fault.

 

[level.eleven]

You can't use your lawn as a weapon.

You also can't use your squirrel fence as a weapon.

 

[traderdan]

Where are all the Animal rights activists when we need them.? I am trying to create habitat for wildlife by letting the lawn return to its natural state. I LIKE canadian thistle,pokeweed,dandelions,ect.

 

[KLB]

Just spray and kill everything.

 

[Stschil]

Cover every inch of ground with old cars on blocks and you won't have to mow ever again.

 

[rambone]

You will discover that if you aren't "extreme" in defending property rights, you soon won't have any property rights left. You'll be told how tall your grass may be, what color your house may be, how many flags you may wave, where your garden may sit (or that you may not have a garden), how many pets you may own. You will pay for permission to add carpet to your home, to add a pool your backyard, or to change the direction of your driveway. You will have to send letters to all your neighbors, asking if they object to you building a shed. By the way, no campfires, no plinking with BB guns, no ATVs, no bow & arrow, no feeding the birds......

 

[IndyDave1776]

Just spray and kill everything.

You mean 'everything' including the Massapequa Park Village Board?

 

[KLB]

Cover every inch of ground with old cars on blocks and you won't have to mow ever again.

That was covered by their law.

Reminds me of the X-files Arcadia (The X-Files) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[gungirl65]

If people would get off their butts and keep their yards mowed they wouldn't have to enact laws to force them to do it. I'm all for forcing people to mow their yards. Nasty yards are a pet peeve of mine.

While we're at it can we enact laws that allow us to shoot litterbugs? They annoy me too.

 

[rambone]

If people would get off their butts and keep their yards mowed they wouldn't have to enact laws to force them to do it. I'm all for forcing people to mow their yards. Nasty yards are a pet peeve of mine.

While we're at it can we enact laws that allow us to shoot litterbugs? They annoy me too.

You should move to a Home Owners' Association community.

 

[Que]

I believe the general purpose of their law was not for residents, but for banks that have foreclosed on homes and not adequately caring for the property. If a bank has to take a property, it should be responsible for cutting the grass and hedges. Overall, I don't see this as something aimed at relieving homeowners of their rights, but ensuring the banks aren't allowed to ignore their obligation.

 

[KLB]

I believe the general purpose of their law was not for residents, but for banks that have foreclosed on homes and not adequately caring for the property. If a bank has to take a property, it should be responsible for cutting the grass and hedges. Overall, I don't see this as something aimed at relieving homeowners of their rights, but ensuring the banks aren't allowed to ignore their obligation.

It applies to everyone, not just banks. Hard to imagine they intended anything else.

 

[IndyDave1776]

It applies to everyone, not just banks. Hard to imagine they intended anything else.

Agreed. All power grabs, large or small, come with a justification that is usually far away from those who will be most affected by them, and will most frequently face consequences because of them. Unintended consequences are often the most common type by volume.

 

[Que]

It applies to everyone, not just banks. Hard to imagine they intended anything else.

Yeah, I understand that it applies to everyone. The question is, are the residents willing to accept the ordinance in order make the banks take care of their property? Having everyone held to the same standard is probably an unavoidable consequence made nessary because the banks thumbed their noses at the property owners when they were asked to cut the grass at the properties they repossessed.

I'd bet the bank presidents don't have to worry about banks allowing the grass to overgrow on properties in the neighborhoods where they live. I have two repossed properties in my neighborhood and the banks take care of them.

 

[churchmouse]

You will discover that if you aren't "extreme" in defending property rights, you soon won't have any property rights left. You'll be told how tall your grass may be, what color your house may be, how many flags you may wave, where your garden may sit (or that you may not have a garden), how many pets you may own. You will pay for permission to add carpet to your home, to add a pool your backyard, or to change the direction of your driveway. You will have to send letters to all your neighbors, asking if they object to you building a shed. By the way, no campfires, no plinking with BB guns, no ATVs, no bow & arrow, no feeding the birds......

Sounds like my sister in law's HOA rule book. This is already in play with most gated community's.

 

[Cerberus]

It's New York, would you expect anything different?

 

[Ted]

......I have two repossed properties in my neighborhood and the banks take care of them.

There is a few in my neighborhood as well.......Unfortunately, the banks just decide to ignore them until they get a call from the city.

Usually its me contacting the Code Enforcement Office about the vacant homes with the grass over 18 inches. If the home is occupied, I knock on the door and ask if I can help cutting their lawn.

 

[hornadylnl]

A law republicans can get behind.