• Poggervania@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    But she also did not ask him to trim it - imagine if somebody ended up doing your yard without your permission.

    Honestly, the dude did a lot more good for the community and she should have been held accountable by the HoA to not let her hedge go onto the sidewalk, but I can see how she would be annoyed.

    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I understand why she’s annoyed, but he didn’t do her yard, he cleared the street. Everything he cut was overhanging the pavement, restricting access for the public.

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      1 year ago

      Council advice is that you can cut down vegetation from your neighbour’s overgrown gardens - but only up to the boundary point between the properties.

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        Literally the next line:

        It is advised to try to talk with your neighbour first to discuss any issues and try to find a suitable resolution before resorting to cutting back vegetation.

        Everyone seems to be siding with the old man, but I’d like to see a before picture before I congratulate the man standing in front of the most poorly trimmed shrubbery I’ve ever seen.

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      1 year ago

      Except per the article it seems to have grown quite a bit beyond that lady’s property. Here, the city will send you a couple notices, then do it themselves and send you a bill.

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        1 year ago

        So the right thing to do would be to notify the proper authority and have them trim it as appropriate and send her the bill, which would incentivize her to keep it up in the future

    • AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Do they even have HoAs in countries other than the US? I always thought that was another one of our uniquely American insanities.

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        1 year ago

        Just like everything that’s shit in America, HOAs were created as another tool for white supremacy.