>From: "Kyle Cassidy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [UC] Trees on 4500 Walnut Street >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:41:53 -0400
> >It's not the first time, there have been complaints on the list >previously about L&I being called about trash violations and other times >people have complained that neighbors snitched on their off-leash dogs. In a message dated 4/23/2007 3:23:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, I get it...the people who insist that the rules be followed are the bad guys. Thanks for setting me straight. Personally, I don't like the dime-dropper mentality. It's one thing if a neighbor is creating a condition that intrudes on your rights in some overt way -- like turning their yard into a landfill, keeping you up at all hours of the night setting poems by the immortal Sumner A Ingmark to heavy metal music, or parking across the curb cut to your driveway so you can't get in or out. Even there, addressing the issue with the offending party first would be appropriate. It's quite another thing if someone is doing something that's technically against the law or some city code but isn't hurting you or creating a hazard for the general public in any other way -- but some self-righteous prig calls the cops, L&I, etc. And, it turns out, that chopping the above-ground roots of mature trees that have tap root or heart root (as opposed to flat root) systems for sidewalk repair is a standard practice that -- I've been told by more than one contractor -- doesn't affect the tree or its stability because these roots don't offer much in the way or support or nurture anyway. You could see from the photos by Kyle and others of the two trees on Walnut Street that the problem was an inadequate. Incidentally, of the trees you're likely to find around here, very few have tap roots; Sycamores (London Planes) have heart roots -- both of which should go deep enough. Some maples have flat roots, and these could possibly be a problem. Of course, it's actually a very complex issue. Before making the leaps of faith so common these days (not just on this list, of course), anyone interested might want to start by reading the article at _http://joa.isa-arbor.com/request.asp?JournalID=1&ArticleID=2256&Type=2_ (http://joa.isa-arbor.com/request.asp?JournalID=1&ArticleID=2256&Type=2) Al Krigman Call it snitching if you will, call me a hypocrite if you choose, but register your opposition to the NID via the Internet to Councilwoman Blackwell: With some background: _www.iconworldwide.com/speakup_ (http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup) Go directly to the form: _http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup/nonid-01.html_ (http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup/nonid-01.html) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
