Mow your lawn, or else - Town Threatens To Fine Residents $10K For Not Mowing Lawn... -
The Massapequa Park village board passed a law Monday that imposes big fines on homeowners who don’t mow their lawns and maintain their properties.
Officials said unkempt property lowers home values and can create a health and public safety hazard.
First time offenders could be hit with a $1,000 fine. Fines for repeat offenders can reach a whopping $10,000.
Not everybody is on board with the law.
A resident named Joseph told Xirinachs he thinks there has to be a better, more neighborly way.
“I think this is a type of place, I live here because people help each other out, not because they report each other,” he said. “If it’s an elderly couple that’s having problems maintaining their property, I think we should help them out. I don’t think we should fine them $1,000.”
Recently, Mayor James Altadonna also proposed a new law that would charge a bank $500 every time a village employee has to clean up an unkempt property that has fallen into foreclosure.
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/06/12/massapequa-park-passes-new-law-on-lawn-maintenance/
The Massapequa Park village board passed a law Monday that imposes big fines on homeowners who don’t mow their lawns and maintain their properties.
Officials said unkempt property lowers home values and can create a health and public safety hazard.
First time offenders could be hit with a $1,000 fine. Fines for repeat offenders can reach a whopping $10,000.
Not everybody is on board with the law.
A resident named Joseph told Xirinachs he thinks there has to be a better, more neighborly way.
“I think this is a type of place, I live here because people help each other out, not because they report each other,” he said. “If it’s an elderly couple that’s having problems maintaining their property, I think we should help them out. I don’t think we should fine them $1,000.”
Recently, Mayor James Altadonna also proposed a new law that would charge a bank $500 every time a village employee has to clean up an unkempt property that has fallen into foreclosure.
Read more -
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/06/12/massapequa-park-passes-new-law-on-lawn-maintenance/
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