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Lynnwood(Washington)sets height limit on grass: 8 inches
The Everett Herald ^ | February 9, 2010 | Mina Williams

Posted on 02/09/2010 5:56:50 PM PST by MountainLoop

LYNNWOOD — Lawns with grass taller than 8 inches are now illegal in this city. Placing the restriction on unsightly yards was one of several steps the City Council took on Monday to tighten up its nuisance ordinance.

Provisions also were added to rules governing overnight parking of trucks in residential areas and “mother-in-law” apartments.

“It is unfortunate that this ordinance has been tagged as the ‘grass ordinance,’ since there is only a couple of lines in the whole ordinance addressing lawns,” Councilman Loren Simmonds said. “This is not government weighing in on little people. We are simply trying to encourage property owners to take pride in their property.”

Two people spoke on the yard maintenance issue at a meeting Monday,both in favor. A public hearing on the issue was held last month.

The new ordinance cites “lack of yard maintenance” as the litmus test spurring code enforcement. Over the course of discussion a residence with blackberry brambles growing over the house and encroaching on a neighbor’s property was cited as an example of what city officials want to halt.

“People are tired of slipping property values because their neighbors have no pride of ownership,” Councilwoman Kerri Lonergan said. “I reluctantly support this ordinance because of what I heard while doorbelling this summer. It is a number one concern of residents.”

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldnet.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: citycouncil; communism; grass; kelo2; lawn; lynnwoodwa
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1 posted on 02/09/2010 5:56:51 PM PST by MountainLoop
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To: MountainLoop
I hope that includes all those annoying "ornimental" grasses.
2 posted on 02/09/2010 6:02:07 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Is anyone in the 0bama administration competent at anything?!!?)
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To: MountainLoop

New jobs! Workers to go forth with rulers and clean up the earth.

More jobs for goons.


3 posted on 02/09/2010 6:02:50 PM PST by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fascism.)
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To: MountainLoop

What if it grows say 24” long but lies down kinda like a crop circle?


4 posted on 02/09/2010 6:03:02 PM PST by Sparky1776 (N)
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To: MountainLoop

News flash for the moonbats:

Real estate values are going down down down no matter what byzantine rules you impose on the surfs.


5 posted on 02/09/2010 6:06:57 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: MountainLoop

The tall grass is there for a reason. To hide all the empty budweiser cans from the metalhead parties. Yes, I know heavy metal kind of went out with the 80’s, but for Lynnwood, every day is 1987 again. Rock on Lynnwood.


6 posted on 02/09/2010 6:08:10 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: MrEdd

So what happens if I am a great fan of Pampas grass?


7 posted on 02/09/2010 6:08:26 PM PST by hal ogen
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To: MountainLoop

So isn’t cutting the grass more often less environmentally friendly according to the environmental goon police?

and I hope the Everett politico was not singling out people of shorter stature in his statement?

“This is not government weighing in on little people....”


8 posted on 02/09/2010 6:08:43 PM PST by rod1
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To: MountainLoop
"Lynnwood(Washington)sets height limit on grass: 8 inches"

Geezzz...that's a coin flip.

Hmmmm....limit on grass: 8 inches.

NO height limit, BUT four hour limit on Viagra.

Decisions, Decisions......

9 posted on 02/09/2010 6:09:16 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: MountainLoop

“Councilman Loren Simmonds said. “This is not government weighing in on little people. We are simply trying to encourage property owners to take pride in their property.”

Wrong, Simmonds. This IS government ruling over little people.


10 posted on 02/09/2010 6:09:29 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: Sparky1776

That’s Ok but don’t park your UFO in the front yard.


11 posted on 02/09/2010 6:09:51 PM PST by rod1
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To: MountainLoop
Excellent! When will they come cut it?
12 posted on 02/09/2010 6:12:10 PM PST by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: MountainLoop

Gee; they missed that one in the Audi ad. . .could have had the ‘green team’ with rulers. ..and then. . .Well, the picture all to clear, really. Will give new meaning, however, to ‘watching the grass grow’ per some new Gov. jobs.


13 posted on 02/09/2010 6:14:15 PM PST by cricket (Proud to be in the 'Party of NO')
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To: hal ogen

The grass police busts your door down while taking a flame thrower to your yard.


14 posted on 02/09/2010 6:16:06 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: Sparky1776; MountainLoop

Crop circles are Chuck Norris’s way of showing the world that sometimes grass needs to lie down.


15 posted on 02/09/2010 6:16:50 PM PST by Redcitizen (Zot-choo!!)
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To: MountainLoop

They could put those on Gov. ‘unemployment’ and/or those on welfare to work, mowing these lawns. Refreshing to stretch that tax dollar; most likely the taxes the homeowner has already paid.


16 posted on 02/09/2010 6:21:54 PM PST by cricket (Proud to be in the 'Party of NO')
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To: Proud_USA_Republican
Yes, I know heavy metal kind of went out with the 80’s,

Since when?

17 posted on 02/09/2010 6:25:32 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

I have moss


18 posted on 02/09/2010 6:26:00 PM PST by ezo4 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32cxf_yuri-bezmenov)
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To: Sparky1776
What if it grows say 24” long but lies down kinda like a crop circle?

That would require a closed door meeting of the city council to determine if grass that lays down horizontally, but exceeds current vertical restrictions, is in violation of local government ordinance.

19 posted on 02/09/2010 6:31:01 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: cricket
I had a renter in Montgomery, AL who didn't mow the lawn at my rental house for two months. I was charged $164 for one mowing by the city, which they didn't tell me about until I sold the house a few months later and it was held up at closing to pay off the city, with fines for non-payment/late payment! The renter out of spite didn't send the letters from the city sent to the address in Montgomery ... and the tax records had my Tennessee address as owner of the property. Ain't bureaucracy grand?
20 posted on 02/09/2010 6:31:07 PM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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