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Edited by Expunge:
5/23/2013 2:50:10 PM
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How much trouble could I get in?
Me and my friend go on walks every Friday and there is this Bradford Pear tree that is branching onto the side walk and is at the height of the average humans head level. This means I have to either go out of my way to walk around it or duck to get by and it really pisses me off. To make things worse, the tree is so neglected and not cut up that there isn't any grass growing around under the tree. This means there is always dirt on the sidewalk from whenever it rains because it just slides ride off this guys property. This guy clearly doesn't care about his yard.
TL;DR I was wondering how much trouble I could get in if I go to this guys front yard and just cut off the limbs that are branching onto the sidewalk without his permission.
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2 RepliesFool if you knew anything about vegetative succession you would realise that trees reduce biodiversity because they 'shade out' the area around/underneath them meaning that plants attempting grow cannot because of lack of sunlight. Secondly, have you ever listened to a chainsaw before? You'd get caught.....by the entire block.
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Don't get caught and you're golden.
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Depends on the homeowner too. Leave him a note on his door and ask him to maintain his tree or you will have to report it to the town/city. If the homeowner is lazy, or a belligerent person, well *cough*1 large copper nail into the trunk*cough* there isn't much you can do about that.
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Tell the city? Maybe it isn't up to city code. If not, the city will take care of it.
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3 RepliesContact the homeowner first. Tell him that the community would appreciate it if he actually gave a shit about his yard.
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1 ReplyWho trims trees are determined by property line, not by where the trunk is. So think of the property line as going straight up into the sky. So if the tree is overhanging onto the sidewalk, the government is responsible for its maintainment as the limbs are above public property.
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Sounds like something you should contact the city about.
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1 ReplyIf I'm not mistaken, if your neighbor has a tree that has limbs growing over the fence into your yard, you are allowed to trim them back to the fence line. So I would think the same would be true being that he doesn't own the sidewalk so technically it's not his property that the tree is hanging over. I say go for it and have a few pears as a reward.
