Connor Donnelly wrote: > According to the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, Title 11 - Health and Sanitation, Ch. 227 - > Nuisances Generally
> "Any weeds or grass growing upon any lot or parcel of land in the city to a greater height than > eight (8) inches or which have gone or are about to go to seed are hereby declared to be a > nuisance condition and dangerous to the health, safety and good order of the city." > > If you don't cut your grass you can be served with a notice to remove the "offensive matter". > If you don't comply with in three business days, the city could remove your grass and weeds and > charge you for the service. If you want to plant prairie grasses and let them grow tall, make > sure you aren't also growing any noxious weeds as defined by state rules 1505.0730. > http://www.mda.state.mn.us/appd/Weeds/noxiousplantsminnesota.pdf I must come forward and admit that I have violated the law. I planted my boulevard in native tall grass prairie plants. I was very careful to plant only native species (for anyone wanting to try this, Landscape Alternatives is the place to go). It was very beautiful and it attracted an amazing number of animals and insects and birds. Yes, my big blue stem did reach eight feet tall, some seven feet over legal limit for grass but there were only a few small clumps of it. I then got cited because of the above ordinance and ended up moving the whole thing shovelful by shovelful into my back yard and replanting my boulevard in law-abiding Kentucky bluegrass. Sigh. Now, that I had to have grass on the boulevard, I did plant several illegal trees. I planted a dwarf peach tree (The answers are "Yes they do grow here", "about two cases", "Reliant", and "Henry Field's catalogue") and two dwarf plums which should grow exactly the right height to fit under the power lines that run along my property. I also have a ginkgo on my boulevard that the Park Board planted some eight years ago (I have written about this previously, the one that had been trimmed to look like a palm tree as the Park Board cut it high enough so a semi could get under it and that NSP topped so it wouldn't grow into the power line). Now that the City forced me to plant my boulevard in bluegrass, the Park Board came along to mulch my eight year old palm-ginkgo tree that they planted . Now first off, I can't figure out why they needed to mulch an eight year old palm-ginkgo. Second, they felt it necessary to mulch my three illegal fruit trees also which I would normally be somewhat grateful. Except for all four trees, they used so many wood chips that the woodchips spread from one side of the boulevard to the other, in a circle that is about ten feet in diameter around each tree. Killing all that stupid grass that the City made me plant. And making a perfect bed for the creeping charlie and elm tree seedlings to move in. Now, being a good environmentalist, I have a push mower. I can say that it is completely impossible to mow along the edge of the woodchips with a push mower as they get caught in the reel. So now I have to clip around the stupid wood chip piles. The squirrels are scattering the woodchips, further killing more of the stupid grass that the City made me plant. And the weeds are starting to move in, and I have to weed the mounds. So what does anyone think the odds are of getting the Park Board to take back their @#$% woodchips and resodding my boulevard where they killed the grass so I can be in compliance with the City ordinance? Carol Becker Longfellow Who plans to spend a large portion of the weekend laying sod... _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
