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| Topic | every other month we get some notice our weeds are too long in the front |
| ParanoidObsessive 05/19/17 2:35:33 AM #86: | Dikitain posted... It is kind of funny because I live in an area notorious for over-bureaucracy (You actually need a permit to replace a toilet in your own home) To be fair, the underlying reason for that is supposed to be to discourage you from doing it yourself, to reduce the risk that you screw up and cause massive water damage to your house. In the same vein, in my town you're technically supposed to pay $40 for a permit to install an air conditioner in your window. And part of that is certainly the municipal government enjoying being able to skim money off the top, but the logic behind it is supposed to prevent completely inept people from dropping an air conditioner on someone else's head if they live somewhere with a lot of through traffic. Granted, it's usually more about money at this point than whatever motivation originally inspired it (most ordinances involving fines usually are), but the same could be said for most traffic laws at this point, too. But that also doesn't mean we should abolish every traffic law. Dikitain posted... however we don't have a lot of laws on yard maintenance. As long as your grass isn't so tall that it goes to seed, no one really cares how often you mow your yard, or how many weeds are in your front landscaping. A lot of this depends on what sort of area you live in. Usually places where houses or yards are spread further apart tend to be a bit more lax on that sort of ordinance, but the closer houses start to be together, the more it will start to become an issue. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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