Mow your lawn or go to jail!

The jail part is moronic.

With the cost of fuel going up, I can just see someone calling into work because they have to put their fuel budget towards their lawnmower and aren't able to stretch it and can't afford the fine. Here, you have to pay after the county mows it, which I can understand, but no jail time or heftier fines are included.

So who's going to mow the lawn while you are in jail?

Maybe the city council should be thrown in jail, or better yet taken out and shot.

I bet if you did that they would probably lock you up for littering.

What a bunch of morons.

Wow That does seem to be extreme. My ex hated any yard work. At one time he would let the grass and weeds get really high before mowing. It was very embarressing. Here in Houston most of the residential areas have home owners associations which control things. I really dont see why if someone does not want to do it, hire someone who will.

Going to jail for not mowing the lawn? That's a little bizarre. I can certainly understand the fine. Sometimes money talks!

A few years ago someone notified the city that we had mold on our shed in the backyard. I didn't go out during the winter months to look at the shed. We had 60 or 90 days to paint it or pay a $1,000 fine. I was angry, really angry. Supposedly they call these people "dog walkers" who wander around neighborhood's and make note of people's property issues. Ok, someone needs to get a life! We painted the shed and that was that. I resent the fact this is our house, we own it. Now the city is telling us how to live and what to do with our property. The mold was hardly visible so it wasn't a big deal. If this problem was an eye catcher that looked bad and damaged the value of our property, a call could have been sufficient instead of a notice placed between the doors with a warning.

That seems awful steep doesn't it. Our town is like yours, they will send you a notice and then they will do it. They charge you an outrageous bill if they have to do it.

This is an outrageous misuse of government. Mediation is the way to go.

...sounds a bit heavy handed to me! A bit nazi-istic, if ya ask me! That's to say, a bit extreme.. I like the notice and sending someone else out to do it at the reprobates expense much better! Are ya gonna throw someone in jail because their lawn mower broke.. or they went on vacation and the person they hired decides to take a long break.. Geesh, let's kick out the rapists and such and make room for the folks with long grass!

I think that's a good idea, it keeps the town looking good. They should pass a law like that here...Lori

lol, is it because of fires? I have never heard of Jail for an overgrown lawn. I have a Home owner association that fines the Heck out of you for a messy yard!

Maybe they have trouble collecting the money they billed for mowing so have gone a step further. Often it is absentee landlords with abandoned/empty property that gets overgrown. They probably just ignore the bills when they come.

Maybe they should have made it a fourth-degree misdemeanor to not pay the mowing bill!