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I don't know where she lives, but this is from the Denver municipal code:

(2)   For the following a one hundred dollar ($100.00) fee shall be charged:
a.   Appeal of cease and desist orders from neighborhood inspection services for zoning violations involving inoperable or dismantled vehicles or trash or junk on the property....

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...however, upon finding by the board that an order or denial is issued in error and that order or denial is rescinded by the department, or the finding of other unique and/or exceptional circumstances, the board, by majority vote, may order the refund of all or a portion of the filing fee paid.

I'm wondering if she has some sort of brush growing on her property that's obscuring the view on an adjacent roadway.

bratboy wrote:

(a)   It shall be the duty of the owner, agent, or lessee of any real property located within the city to provide for regular weeding, pruning, and other maintenance of all plantings located on said private property.

So, what exactly is a weed?  If I want to grow Alfalfa in my flower beds, will I get fined?  Its a flowering plant.  So is Clover.  Any city that would try to enforce that on me would get its ass handed back to it.  All these blight laws are complete bullsmurf.  Its one thing if the place is falling together and becoming a safety hazard, but fining someone because the yard is a bit disheveled?  I think not. 


smurf, if our township tried that, I think certain farmers would have a "chat" with certain board members. 


Reason #1,000,001 I will never live in a city, town, or village.


That said, I would contact the city and have them explain what they mean, and their evidence.  Pictures of the "blight" would be necessary.  Otherwise they have nothing to stand on.

I've already pointed out that the law (at least in Denver) requires a $100 fee to appeal....so it's likely that she was referring to a fee for appealing.

I'm not sure what a "weed" is or why they are bugging us.  This is a pic of the front of our house..  It's looked pretty much like that all summer long

On the other side of the red truck is the concrete blocks they want us to remove, but I think someone from craigs list is going to get them tonight.  I have no idea what is blocking the "public right of way"  The trash cans do sit on the street on trash day, but ALL homes have trash cans that sit on the street.  Not in front of the mail box, not in front of the drive way, not on the sidewalk. 

Good news is we may be getting sod for at least 1/2 of the front.  The other half will get some kind of heat loveing plants next spring.

Weeds are what is left green when you don't water your lawn all summer.

I know, I know. I'm just ribbing cause the yard is is pretty sad shape plant wise but not much worse than a lot of yards after a fairly bad drought. Wish I could send you some of our excess water. Much more rain and we'll need a seaweed eater.

Most of the neighbors have beautiful lawns and baby them almost daily, however there are a few yards that look worse than ours believe it or not.  One of the neighbors said he saw the a guy driving around the neighborhood.  There was at least one other house we know of got a notice so who knows maybe someone complained about one of the two and the idiot just decided to make both our days miserable. 

We are on good terms with all the neighbors, although that doesn't mean they didn't do it.  I think the city is just out looking for way sot pay for all the free stuff they promised to the DNC......but that's another thread

Here in Florida, we're restricted to when 20 min or 1" every watering, which ever is less, 2 waterings per week before 10 AM & after 4 PM as needed. It's suggested we water less if it rains & use rain sensors.

Here is your area.
http://www.denverwater.org/cons_xerisca … tions.html

This reminds me of the time my house in Hawaii received a notice of crappy lawn maintenance. (No silly fees though). I took plant killer and defoliated the entire yard. I used 4 or 5 times the suggested amount as well. The other yards were green and luscious and mine was a dead zone. Grass, grass, dirt, grass. I never got a ticket again.

Hell it is probably still a dead zone 3 years later.

All this bitching, and yet she hasn't gotten a rake, already.

Yeesh!

Seriously, though...the finers need to get a grip.

I agree with some of the other posters, nuke everything with something as deadly to plants as Agent Orange, then cover with sand or gravel and call it a Zen garden if someone still complains

BTW, one of my friends here in Hawaii actually has a yard surrounding his house that is all gravel, it sound like it would look like hell but it doesn't look that bad the only bad point is his dogs really enjoy burying stuff in the gravel, so it has small potholes here and there

Last edited by kamizuno (2008-08-10 9:27 pm)

justine wrote:

The city fined her for blight. She's lucky they didn't send someone out to clean it up and then send her a bill.

Generally they have to give the resident opportunity to take care of it first, unless it is an imminent safety hazard (such as pans of antifreeze left out in the yard).